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| − | '''Divination''' is the process of finding answers | + | '''Divination''' is the process of finding answers or [[forecasting]] future events or about hidden things. Scrying, dowsing, phrenology, [[ouija board]], tea leaves and entrails are all well known forms or [[tool]]s of divination. |
In [[Dante's Inferno]], divination is the main form of [[sorcery]] punished in the eighth circle of [[Hell]]. In a good example of ''contrapasso'', the sinners there are punished by having their heads twisted backwards, since they tried to see too far forward while alive. | In [[Dante's Inferno]], divination is the main form of [[sorcery]] punished in the eighth circle of [[Hell]]. In a good example of ''contrapasso'', the sinners there are punished by having their heads twisted backwards, since they tried to see too far forward while alive. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:15, May 23, 2024
Divination is the process of finding answers or forecasting future events or about hidden things. Scrying, dowsing, phrenology, ouija board, tea leaves and entrails are all well known forms or tools of divination.
In Dante's Inferno, divination is the main form of sorcery punished in the eighth circle of Hell. In a good example of contrapasso, the sinners there are punished by having their heads twisted backwards, since they tried to see too far forward while alive.