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[[Image:Rhumsiki crab sorceror.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A diviner in [[Rhumsiki]], [[Cameroon]].]]
'''Divination''' (Greek μαντεια, from μαντις "[[seer]]") is an attempt to get [[information]] through [[omen]]s or [[supernatural]] things. The [[:wikt:verb|verb]] form is ''to divine'', but this should not be confused with the [[:wikt:adjective|adjective]] ''divine''. Divining the outcome of things has been done by many different [[:wikt:method|methods]], such as the ones listed below.
Divination is different from [[fortune-telling]]. Divination is more [[ritual]], usually [[religion|religious]]. Fortune-telling is more for personal things.
== Types of divination ==
* [[Astrology]] (by celestial bodies)
* [[Ailuromancy]] (by the behaviour of felines)
* [[Augury]] (by the flight of birds)
* [[Aura-Soma]], based on colors
* [[Bibliomancy]] (by book, frequently but not always a religious text)
* [[Cartomancy]] (by cards, e.g., playing cards, tarot cards, and non-tarot oracle cards; see also Taromancy)
* [[Cheiromancy]] (by palms; see Palmistry)
* [[Chronomancy]] (by time; lucky/unlucky days)
* [[Coscinomancy]] (by a sieve)
* [[Crystallomancy]] (by crystals or other reflecting objects; see also Scrying)
* [[Extispicy]] (from the entrails of sacrificed animals)
* [[Geomancy]] (by earth), includes [[Feng Shui]] divination
* [[Graphology]] (by handwriting)
* [[I Ching divination]] (ancient Chinese divination using [[I Ching]]): (But using an I Ching manual can make it also a form of [[Bibliomancy]]/[[Stichomancy]])
* [[Heruspicy]] (by the [[Organ (anatomy)|organs]] of [[sacrifice]]d animals)
* [[Necromancy]] (by trying to ask the dead)
* [[Numerology]] (by numbers)
* [[Oneiromancy]]/Incubatio (by [[dreams]])
* [[Onomancy]] (by names)
* [[Ouija]] board divination
* [[Palmistry]] (by palm inspection)
* [[Phrenology]] (by the shape of one's head)
* [[Pyromancy]], or pyroscopy (by fire)
* [[Rhabdomancy]] divination by rods
* [[Scrying]] ("seeing" in a [[crystal ball]], a [[mirror]], or water
* [[Runecasting]] / [[Runic divination]] (by [[runes]])
* [[Sternomancy]] (by markings or bumps on the chest)
* [[Taromancy]] (by specially designed cards: [[Tarot]]; see also Cartomancy)
==Other websites==
{{wiktionary}}
*[http://TarotCanada.tripod.com/AppleDivination.html Apple Divination]
*[http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/astdiv Ancient Astrology and Divination on the Web], resources on Greco-Roman and Mesopotamian divination
*[http://www.ancientlibrary.com/divination/ W. R. Halliday, ''Greek Divination''] (1913), a complete scanned edition of the most recent general treatment of Greek divination
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05048b.htm 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia: Divination]
*[http://www.paralumun.com/divination.htm Divination Methods]
* [http://www.iranian.com/Sep96/Iranica/IranicaDivine/IranicaDivine.html Encyclopedia Iranica: Divination]
*[http://tim.maroney.org/Essays/Theory_of_Divination.html Theory of Divination] by Tim Maroney, exploring different possibilities
*[http://www.religionebooks.com/docu/skull.htm The Sator Formula engraved on a human skull]
{{religion-stub}}
[[Category:Occult]]
'''Divination''' (Greek μαντεια, from μαντις "[[seer]]") is an attempt to get [[information]] through [[omen]]s or [[supernatural]] things. The [[:wikt:verb|verb]] form is ''to divine'', but this should not be confused with the [[:wikt:adjective|adjective]] ''divine''. Divining the outcome of things has been done by many different [[:wikt:method|methods]], such as the ones listed below.
Divination is different from [[fortune-telling]]. Divination is more [[ritual]], usually [[religion|religious]]. Fortune-telling is more for personal things.
== Types of divination ==
* [[Astrology]] (by celestial bodies)
* [[Ailuromancy]] (by the behaviour of felines)
* [[Augury]] (by the flight of birds)
* [[Aura-Soma]], based on colors
* [[Bibliomancy]] (by book, frequently but not always a religious text)
* [[Cartomancy]] (by cards, e.g., playing cards, tarot cards, and non-tarot oracle cards; see also Taromancy)
* [[Cheiromancy]] (by palms; see Palmistry)
* [[Chronomancy]] (by time; lucky/unlucky days)
* [[Coscinomancy]] (by a sieve)
* [[Crystallomancy]] (by crystals or other reflecting objects; see also Scrying)
* [[Extispicy]] (from the entrails of sacrificed animals)
* [[Geomancy]] (by earth), includes [[Feng Shui]] divination
* [[Graphology]] (by handwriting)
* [[I Ching divination]] (ancient Chinese divination using [[I Ching]]): (But using an I Ching manual can make it also a form of [[Bibliomancy]]/[[Stichomancy]])
* [[Heruspicy]] (by the [[Organ (anatomy)|organs]] of [[sacrifice]]d animals)
* [[Necromancy]] (by trying to ask the dead)
* [[Numerology]] (by numbers)
* [[Oneiromancy]]/Incubatio (by [[dreams]])
* [[Onomancy]] (by names)
* [[Ouija]] board divination
* [[Palmistry]] (by palm inspection)
* [[Phrenology]] (by the shape of one's head)
* [[Pyromancy]], or pyroscopy (by fire)
* [[Rhabdomancy]] divination by rods
* [[Scrying]] ("seeing" in a [[crystal ball]], a [[mirror]], or water
* [[Runecasting]] / [[Runic divination]] (by [[runes]])
* [[Sternomancy]] (by markings or bumps on the chest)
* [[Taromancy]] (by specially designed cards: [[Tarot]]; see also Cartomancy)
==Other websites==
{{wiktionary}}
*[http://TarotCanada.tripod.com/AppleDivination.html Apple Divination]
*[http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/astdiv Ancient Astrology and Divination on the Web], resources on Greco-Roman and Mesopotamian divination
*[http://www.ancientlibrary.com/divination/ W. R. Halliday, ''Greek Divination''] (1913), a complete scanned edition of the most recent general treatment of Greek divination
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05048b.htm 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia: Divination]
*[http://www.paralumun.com/divination.htm Divination Methods]
* [http://www.iranian.com/Sep96/Iranica/IranicaDivine/IranicaDivine.html Encyclopedia Iranica: Divination]
*[http://tim.maroney.org/Essays/Theory_of_Divination.html Theory of Divination] by Tim Maroney, exploring different possibilities
*[http://www.religionebooks.com/docu/skull.htm The Sator Formula engraved on a human skull]
{{religion-stub}}
[[Category:Occult]]