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The 18 pages that link to Divination, each with the reason it gives.

• Oracle bone scriptRelated: Royal questions about events and decisions were posed through divination before being inscribed.

• ProphecyCompared with: Unlike divination, prophecy presents its message as received from a deity.

• MagicRelated: It shares ritual techniques with magic but aims chiefly to reveal information.

• Ancient Near Eastern religionRelated: Specialists interpreted omens to guide rulers and communities.

• OccultismRelated: Divination is a recurring occult practice for obtaining knowledge unavailable to ordinary senses.

• WitchcraftRelated: Some witchcraft traditions use divination to discover hidden causes or future events.

• African traditional religionsRelated: Divination can diagnose misfortune and guide decisions in particular religious systems.

• Discernment of spiritsCompared with: Christian discernment tests present inner movements rather than seeking hidden facts through divinatory techniques.

• Renaissance magicRelated: Astrological and other divinatory techniques overlapped with, but were not identical to, magical operations.

• ProphetRelated: Prophecy overlaps with divination but centers on a divinely commissioned messenger.

• Mongolian shamanismRelated: Divination can identify spiritual agents or circumstances behind a problem.

• NecromancyNarrower topic: Consulting the dead is one method of divination.

• African traditional medicineRelated: Some healers use it to interpret causes of illness or choose treatment.

• Magic 8 BallNarrower topic: The toy imitates divination while presenting its answers as entertainment.

• OnmyōdōNarrower topic: Onmyōdō used calendrical and cosmological calculations to interpret uncertain events.

• West African VodúnRelated: Divination helps communities interpret spiritual causes and determine appropriate responses.

• Ancient Semitic religionRelated: Mesopotamian and Levantine specialists interpreted omens to guide rulers and communities.

• Bantu religionRelated: Some communities use divination to diagnose misfortune or seek guidance from spiritual powers.