2007-02-08 07:17:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dowsing for water etc. using metal rods.
2007-02-08 07:20:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The practice of predicting the future and/or securing for a person the services of supernatural powers. It is also used as a means to gain knowledge.
Moreover: If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes.
2007-02-08 07:22:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divination (Greek μαντεια, from μαντις "seer", anglicized in the suffix -mancy, see also mania) is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency[1].
If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates" [2], though most Romans believed in dreams and charms. Advocates of divination will usually cite a mass of anecdotal evidence for the efficacy of divination.
Divination is a universal cultural phenomenon which anthropologists have observed as being present in many religions and cultures in all ages up to the present day.
2007-02-08 07:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the attempt of people to understand and learn from the Divine. Hence the name.
2007-02-08 08:56:48 · answer #4 · answered by rich k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divination is the act of calling on the spirits of the dead for council. Saul was guilty of it and it is associated with Baal worship and is an abomination to God.Deuteronomy 18:10-13.. The Old Testament people, generally held rock parties for them Exodus 22:18.
2007-02-08 07:34:37 · answer #5 · answered by Sassy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the Bible divination is the attempt to foretell the future or discover occult knowledge by interpreting omens or by using paranormal or supernatural powers.
2007-02-08 07:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been called divine being or going within.
2007-02-08 08:28:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the king of Babylon did when deciding which way to go in Ezekiel 21:21.
2007-02-08 07:28:36 · answer #8 · answered by Erica R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is putting your trust and faith in things like tarot cards and palmist/clairovoyance (cant spell it) and in the stars instead of putting your faith and trust in God Divination is the attempt to foretell the future or discover occult knowledge by interpreting omens or by using paranormal or supernatural powers.
2007-02-08 08:16:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Believe it or not it occurs in the Bible, under Urim and Thummim, but no-one is quite sure how they did it. It may be a bit like I-Ching. It's harmless and has nothing to do with evil spirits.
2007-02-08 07:47:15 · answer #10 · answered by mesun1408 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Foretelling future events
2007-02-08 07:21:04 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋