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Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Fortune-telling & divination > General
A great number of historical examples show how desperate people
sought to obtain a glimpse of the future or explain certain
incidents retrospectively through signs that had occurred in
advance. In that sense, signs are always considered a portent of
future events. In different societies, and at different times, the
written or unwritten rules regarding their interpretation varied,
although there was perhaps a common understanding of these
processes. This present volume collates essays from specialists in
the field of prognostication in the European Middle Ages.
Contributors are Klaus Herbers, Wolfram Brandes, Zhao Lu, Rolf
Scheuermann, Thomas Krumpel, Bernardo Bertholin Kerr, Gaelle
Bosseman, Julia Eva Wannenmacher (), Matthias Kaup, Vincent
Gossaert, Jurgen Gebhardt, Matthias Gebauer, Richard Landes.
This is the first comprehensive book that presents the manifold
aspects of divination and prognostication in traditional and modern
China, from the early period of oracle bones to present-day
fortune-tellers. It introduces what is out there in the field of
Chinese divination and prognostication, and how we can further
explore it especially through different disciplines. Eminent
specialists outline the classifications of divination, recently
excavated texts, the relationship between practitioners and
clients, the place of the "occult" arts in cosmology, literature
and religion, and the bureaucratic system. Contributors are:
Constance Cook, Richard J. Smith, Marc Kalinowski, Stephen R.
Bokenkamp, Lu Lingfeng, Liao Hsien-huei, Philip Clart, Fabrizio
Pregadio, Esther-Maria Guggenmos, Andrew Schonebaum, and Stephanie
Homola.
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