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This Element adopts a naturalistic, cognitive perspective to understand divination. Following an overview of divination and the historical background of its scholarly study, Section 2 examines various definitions and proposes a working definition that balances common usage with theoretical coherence.
Baroin, Catherine
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Ancient Divination and Experience [PDF]
, 2019 The introduction to this volume describes the contribution that it makes to scholarship on ancient divinatory practices. It analyses previous and current research, arguing that while this predominantly functionalist work reveals important socio-political
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"Work with the god" : military divination and rational battle-planning in Xenophon [PDF]
, 2023 Xenophon opens his 'Cavalry Commander' with an injunction to the prospective commander first to seek the help of the gods (before he even procures, let alone trains, either horses or men) and closes it with an explanation of why he has laced his deeply ...
Anderson, Ralph Thomas
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Divination and ontologies: a reflection
, 2021 The way types of divination move round the planet means it is not helpful to simply attribute one unitary ontology to specific techniques or to groups of practitioners.
Zeitlyn, David
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Intersections of Sensorial Perception and Imagination in Divination Practices in Postwar Mozambique
, 2015 Following a long-term analysis of diverse divination practices in central Mozambique, this article examines how the civil war (1976–1992) and developments since the war’s end (2004–2010), which triggered new forms of consumption of mass-media ...
Igreja, Victor
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, 2010 International audienceDu latin divinatio, deviner, le terme " divination " désigne l'action qui se donne pour objectif de deviner, prévoir et/ou influencer une réalité cachée, à l'aide de la lecture d'éléments, ou présages, selon une technique ...
Schlemmer, Grégoire
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Divination: Using Excel to explore ethnomathematics [PDF]
, 2014 This paper presents the way Microsoft Excel is used as a tool to explore properties of the sikidy divination system used in Madagascar. This is an example of how topics of ethnomathematics can be investigated using a technological tool.
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Questions mésopotamiennes sur la divination
, 1999 Mesopotamian questions on divination The author prepares the ground for a comparative approach to Chinese and Mesopotamian divination : motivations of the invention of writing, writing as a range of techniques apt to create new possibilities of social ...
Glassner, Jean-Jacques
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Lama Tsongkhapa Rosary Divination
, 2020 Introduction. Rosary divinations used to be most widespread in Tibet, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia and other Buddhist regions. Various types of this divination include ones implying appeals to Yidam deities, Buddhist protector deities, and prominent ...
Zhargal D. Dugdanov, Bembya L. Mitruev
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