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Onmyōdō
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Onmyōdō is a system of natural science, astronomy, mantras, almanac, divination and magic that developed independently in Japan based on the Chinese philosophies of yin and yang and wuxing
Abe no Seimei, a famous onmyōji
Abe no Seimei, a famous onmyōji
Divination
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Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic ritual or practice. Using various methods throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact or interaction with supernatural agencies such as spirits, gods, god-like-beings or the "will of the universe".
Display on divination, featuring a cross-cultural range of items, in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England
Display on divination, featuring a cross-cultural range of items, in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England
Russian peasant girls using chickens for divination; 19th-century lubok.
Russian peasant girls using chickens for divination; 19th-century lubok.
Joseph Enthroned. Folio from the "Book of Omens" (Falnama), Safavid dynasty. 1550. Freer Gallery of Art. This painting would have been positioned alon
Joseph Enthroned. Folio from the "Book of Omens" (Falnama), Safavid dynasty. 1550. Freer Gallery of Art. This painting would have been positioned alongside a prognostic description of the meaning of this image on the page opposite (conventionally to the left). The reader would flip randomly to a place in the book and digest the text having first viewed the image.