(One who practices divination)

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• divination and fortune-telling — Divination has been a prominent feature of Chinese culture for at least three thousand years. Until recently, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has actively discouraged the practice, but the ‘Open Policy’ inaugurated by the government in 1978… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• divination — divinatory /di vin euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /div euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means. 2. augury; prophecy: The divination of the high priest… …   Universalium

• DIVINATION — Man, by nature, longs to know what the future holds for him, either out of inherent curiosity or in order to anticipate the dangers that await him. Therefore, in all ancient civilizations and even in some cultures of today there were diviners who …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Divination — This article is about divination as a whole. For the numerous varieties of divination, see Methods of divination. For other uses, see Divination (disambiguation). This man in Rhumsiki, Cameroon, supposedly tells the future by interpreting the… …   Wikipedia

• Beliefs and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses — The beliefs and practices of Jehovah s Witnesses are based on the Bible teachings of its founder, Charles Taze Russell and his successors, Joseph Franklin Rutherford and Nathan Homer Knorr. Since about 1976 they have also been based on decisions… …   Wikipedia

• Witchcraft and divination in the Hebrew Bible — This article discusses the Hebrew Bible. See Christian views on witchcraft for Christian interpretations. Various forms of witchcraft and divination are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, generally with a disapproving tone. The masoretic text of the… …   Wikipedia

• necromancer — noun 1. one who practices magic or sorcery • Syn: ↑sorcerer, ↑magician, ↑wizard, ↑thaumaturge, ↑thaumaturgist • Derivationally related forms: ↑necromancy, ↑wizard ( …   Useful english dictionary

• Scrying — Seer stone redirects here. For the usage in Mormonism, see Seer stone (Latter Day Saints).Scrying (also called crystal gazing, crystal seeing, seeing, or peeping) is a magic practice that involves seeing things psychically in a medium, usually… …   Wikipedia

• Shamanism in Ayyavazhi — Shamanism is in practice in Ayyavazhi right from the period of Vaikundar. At present certain people who are considered to be posed by the divine power use to perform shamanism in many Ayyavazhi worship centers. Though a whole acceptance from the… …   Wikipedia

• occult — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mystic, mysterious, supernatural, secret, hidden. See sorcery. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hidden] Syn. unrevealed, esoteric, obscure; see hidden 2 , secret 1 , 3 . 2. [Concerning supernatural… …   English dictionary for students

• prophet — prophethood, n. prophetless, adj. prophetlike, adj. /prof it/, n. 1. a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration. 2. (in the Old Testament) a. a person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel: Moses was the… …   Universalium