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Divination

By Catherine Beyer, About.com

Definition:

Attempts to read the future or gain additional insight on the past or present through supernatural or paranormal means. Readings of the future may involve the prediction of actual events or simply the analysis of influences that should be in play in regards to a certain matter or period of time.

Practices that are commonly considered divination include tarot cards, astrology, necromancy (speaking with the dead), palm reading, rune casting, I Ching, numerology, scrying (evoking images in a reflective surface such as a crystal or mirror) and augury (reading of signs and portents).

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