From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)
Divination is the practice of ascertaining information from
supernatural sources. If a distinction is to be made with
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 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"
[1], though most Romans believed in dreams and charms. However, advocates say there is plenty 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.
Scientific research and methods have made it possible to predict future events with some success, e.g., eclipses, weather forecasts and volcanic eruptions. However, this is not divinatio
