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Definition of divination in English: divinationnoun ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃ(ə)nˌdɪvəˈneɪʃ(ə)n mass nounThe practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means. 占卜,预测 the Celtic art of divination count noun the mediums are hired to perform divinations Example sentencesExamples - In this area of the world, being narrowly missed by a lightning bolt gives one the ability to perform divination.
- Do you include any form of divination in your daily practices?
- In terms of divination could it be that one is simply seeing the most probable of the outcomes?
- The art of divination is important in our everyday life whether we recognize it or not.
- However, I often get the feeling when I've done some sort of divination that now the future is set, and that's the way it is.
- He then took a step which is far more like an act of divination than science.
- True, the essay is about divination practices, but the subject of the book is art.
- It is also used as a type of divination and has been used in conjunction with astrology.
- Yet their principal gifts are those of the spirit, which include divination and clairvoyance.
- I will get more in depth with what each divination is and how to use it, as follows.
- Another traditional use for key divination was to discover the sex of an expected child.
- In my view the question of time is central to the practice of divination.
- It was her involvement in astronomy and astrology that purportedly aligned her with black magic and divination.
- All such forms of divination seem to be based on sympathetic magic and cold reading.
- Because the summertime is grand, I had the occasion to perform some situationalist divination into The Moon.
- Is this because many astrologers are still acting as if they are involved in an exercise in divination?
- This conference aims to explore the nature of divination in relation to sacred knowledge and ritual practice.
- They are far simpler than tarot but have great power in both divination and practical magick.
- There are many ways of performing divination related to the practice of various deities.
- So what is the problem with divination and acting on the information it gives?
Synonyms fortune telling, divining, foretelling the future, forecasting the future, prophecy, prediction, soothsaying, augury clairvoyance, second sight magic, sorcery, witchcraft, spellworking rare vaticination, sortilege, auspication, witchery
Derivativesadjective As I studied the divinatory meanings, I looked at the image of the card, and associated it with a culture. Example sentencesExamples - However, using an oracle or some divinatory method, we gain a wider perspective of The Now and can find the item/person.
- An energy surge of some kind was taking place during the divinatory process.
- One would think that, on the basis of that commonality, invoking Scathach and Odhinn for a divinatory ritual would present no problems.
- He provides a useful overview of divinatory techniques, astrology, and so on to demarcate these from precognition.
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin divinatio(n-), from divinare 'predict' (see divine2). Definition of divination in US English: divinationnounˌdɪvəˈneɪʃ(ə)nˌdivəˈnāSH(ə)n The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means. 占卜,预测 the Celtic art of divination count noun the mediums are hired to perform divinations Example sentencesExamples - Another traditional use for key divination was to discover the sex of an expected child.
- Because the summertime is grand, I had the occasion to perform some situationalist divination into The Moon.
- True, the essay is about divination practices, but the subject of the book is art.
- This conference aims to explore the nature of divination in relation to sacred knowledge and ritual practice.
- It is also used as a type of divination and has been used in conjunction with astrology.
- They are far simpler than tarot but have great power in both divination and practical magick.
- In this area of the world, being narrowly missed by a lightning bolt gives one the ability to perform divination.
- However, I often get the feeling when I've done some sort of divination that now the future is set, and that's the way it is.
- I will get more in depth with what each divination is and how to use it, as follows.
- The art of divination is important in our everyday life whether we recognize it or not.
- It was her involvement in astronomy and astrology that purportedly aligned her with black magic and divination.
- There are many ways of performing divination related to the practice of various deities.
- All such forms of divination seem to be based on sympathetic magic and cold reading.
- Yet their principal gifts are those of the spirit, which include divination and clairvoyance.
- He then took a step which is far more like an act of divination than science.
- In my view the question of time is central to the practice of divination.
- In terms of divination could it be that one is simply seeing the most probable of the outcomes?
- Is this because many astrologers are still acting as if they are involved in an exercise in divination?
- Do you include any form of divination in your daily practices?
- So what is the problem with divination and acting on the information it gives?
Synonyms fortune telling, divining, foretelling the future, forecasting the future, prophecy, prediction, soothsaying, augury
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin divinatio(n-), from divinare ‘predict’ (see divine). |