Divination is any ritual and its associated tradition performed in
order to ask a more-than-human intelligence for guidance. A
universal human practice, it has received surprisingly little
academic attention. This interdisciplinary collection by leading
scholars in the field is dedicated to fascinating new insights into
divination and oracles arising from recent work in anthropology,
religious studies, history and classical studies. Central
importance is given to the practical and theoretical perspectives
of diviners as well as scholars of divination; several contributors
are both. This book explores philosophical issues such as the
nature of divinatory intelligence, the relationship between
divinatory and metaphorical truth, the primacy of ontology over
epistemology, the importance of reflexivity in scholarly studies of
divination, and astrology as the principal Western form of
divination. The ethnographic and historical examples range from
contemporary Nigeria, urban Cuba, Mayan Guatemala and the shamanic
cultures of the circumpolar Arctic to classical Greece and ancient
Judea.
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