Divination, or mantic operations, are culturally sanctioned methods of arriving at a judgement of the unknown through a consideration of incomplete evidence. It is likely that divinatory practices have existed since the remote origins of human society....

The term divination covers a wide array of methods that supposedly aid a person in discovering hidden knowledge. The hidden knowledge may be a prediction of future events, an explanation of current happenings, or an insight into past events. The...

is the art or practice of discovering the personal, human significance of future or, more commonly, present or past events. A preoccupation with the import of events and specific methods to discover it are found in almost all cultures. The culture...

This man in Rhumsiki, Cameroon, tells the future by interpreting the changes in position of various objects as caused by a fresh-water crab through nggàm[1]. Divination (Greek μαντεια, from μαντις "seer", anglicized in the suffix -mancy,...

Werewolves of Fairfield: New Moody novel goes pre-9-11 THE DIVINERS By Rick Moody Little, Brown, 567pp., $25.95 DOWSE JONES "Thing is, while I was reading the script, I did have that sensation that I could start eating steak tartar out of a...

by Robert Stackhouse Robert Stackhouse was born in Bronxville, NY, on July 31,1942. He received his BA degree from the University of South Florida, Tampa, in 1965 and his MA degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1967. He specializes in...

At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the rest of us to enjoy a good meal or even live in...

At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the rest of us to enjoy a good meal or even live in...