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The culture of divination and astrology in the Safavid period, citing the lyric poems of Mohsen Tafsir Tabrizi and the fortune-telling preserved in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul [PDF]

open access: yesهنر اسلامی, 2022
متون نظم و نثر ادب فارسی علاوه‌بر دارا بودن مضامین زیبای ادبی، مذهبی، اخلاقی، علمی و ... دربردارندۀ اطلاعات مفیدی درخصوص اجتماعات و طرز زندگی ایرانیان در قرون گذشته و حال  هستند. در متون نظم عصر صفویه که مقارن با ظهور سبک هندی در شعر فارسی است، شاهد نمود
Parastoo Seyedalmasi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Object and Objectivity in Divination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In this article, the author explores basket divination, a technique found in Zambia and neighboring countries, as a form of material religion. Mores specifically, the author shows that in basket divination the idea of objectivity (objective knowledge) is
Sonia Silva
core   +1 more source

Rendre compte de l'insaisissable

open access: yesRevue d'ethnoécologie, 2023
Agriculture in Senegal is predominantly rain-fed and depends heavily on meteorological services. Any information on future rainfall is therefore important for farmers to anticipate the delayed arrivals of rains or particularly dry years.
Youssoupha Tall   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prasenā, Prasīnā & Prasannā: The Evidence of the Niśvāsaguhya and the Tantrasadbhāva

open access: yesCracow Indological Studies, 2014
Prasenā, Prasīnā & Prasannā: The Evidence of the Niśvāsaguhya and the Tantrasadbhāva The literature of the Śaiva Mantramārga evidences differing strategies of incorporating prasenā divination into its theoretical frameworks.
Somadeva Vasudeva
doaj   +1 more source

ETHNO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE PLANT IMAGE IN KUPALA RITUALS OF UKRAINIANS OF TRANSCARPATHIA IN THE FIRST PART OF THE XXth CENTURY

open access: yesАктуальні питання суспільних наук та історії медицини, 2020
The aim of the article is an analysis of folk beliefs of Ukrainians of Transcarpathia which deal with magic features of plant at Kupala night and studying their ethno-psychological basis.
Oksana TYKHOVSKA
doaj   +1 more source

Added Prognostic Value of EEG Reactivity in Comatose Patients Following Cardiac Arrest

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the added prognostic value of EEG reactivity for favorable outcome compared with background analysis during and after targeted temperature management (TTM). Methods Prospective observational cohort study of comatose post–cardiac arrest patients admitted to a single academic center between 2017 and 2022, all undergoing ...
Sarah Caroyer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

How the Turtle Lost its Shell: Sino-Tibetan Divination Manuals and Cultural Translation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This article is a pan-Himalayan story about how the turtle, as a cultural symbol within Sino-Tibetan divination iconography, came to more closely resemble a frog.
Poupard, Duncan J
core   +1 more source

Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alejandro Magno, el “nuevo” Posidipo y los prodigios. A propósito de los epigramas 31 y 35 A.-B.

open access: yesGaia, 2021
Through the study of epigrams 31 and 35 A.–B. by Posidippus, dedicated to Alexander the Great and to divination, it is possible to verify some of the specific principles of docta poetry, such as the taste for novelty and for little known details. In this
Esteban Calderón Dorda
doaj   +1 more source

'Stalking the stalker': a Chwezi initiation into spirit possession and experiential structure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Among Sukuma (Tanzania) the Chwezi spirit society operates in the shadow of, and in tension with, the lineage cults domesticating the dead. As this ethnography describes, Chwezi candidates are initiated into spirit possession by 'stalking the stalker ...
Stroeken, Koenraad
core   +2 more sources

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