Speaking in Abeokuta, Ogun state, during a 50th birthday celebration for renowned female talking drummer Olamuyiwa Aralola, ...

Sand divination is an ancient African practice dating back thousands of years. It is inextricably linked to African ...

From astrology and tarot to reading entrails, divination comes in a wide variety of forms. Yet they all address the same human needs. They promise to tame uncertainty, help us make decisions or ...

Does Ifa, the spiritual divination system in Yoruba religion, know everything? Is there anything hidden from Baba Àgbonnìrègún? Why, for instance, is one of Ifa’s cognomens is: He who sees the outer ...

This winter, the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford, U.K., delves into the histories of the practice of divination and the myriad ways we seek answers to our most pressing questions in ...

Then we come to the purpose of the lesson, reading the tea leaves. A dicey area of divination to begin with, it is made more so by the students' interpretations. Then Sibyll gets into the act by ...

Two practices that extend from these ancient dynasties to the present are ancestral rites, performed in conjunction with the ancestral cult, and divination. Although they are not unique to Chinese ...

And, as Dr Quinton Deeley observes, it also has significance for research into modern experiences of divination and ritual: ‘The virtual oracle provides clues about ancient religious experience, and ...