10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLEROMANCY»
Discover the use of
cleromancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cleromancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Urim and Thummim: Israelites, Hebrew Bible, Hoshen, ...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
2
Rethinking Plato: A Cartesian Quest for the Real Plato
The details of the story as related by Plato point to cleromancy as the particular
method of divination used in the case of Chaerephon. A common procedure in
the oracular tradition, cleromancy is the determination of a response through an ...
3
Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic
Quintus mentions astrology on several occasions and discusses cleromancy (i.e.
divination based on the casting of lots and sortition), with special emphasis on
the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Praeneste.18 Finally, there are several ...
Federico Santangelo, 2013
4
Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction
Various forms of cleromancy are still in use today. For example, the ancient
Chinese system chiao-pai, which is still practiced, involves the tossing of two
curved bamboo blocks on the ground. If both blocks land with curved sides up,
the ...
Clifford A. Pickover, 2001
5
Divination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece
The second is lot oracle or cleromancy: the casting of lots, stones, or dice.
Cleromancy is another case of the movement of inanimate objects. Here,
movement guided by chance revealed and expressed divine will. Objects used
as lots ...
6
An Encyclopædia of Occultism: A Compendium of Information on ...
In spiritualistic divination at Smyrna, where the oracles of Apollo were circles the
faculty is frequently claimed by mediums, but thus interpreted. distinction must be
made between the " inner voice," in Cleromancy was practised by throwing ...
7
A Companion to Greek Religion
Cleromancy is divination by drawing a lot. An easy method, of course, it could be
used anywhere, even at Delphi (Cordano and Grottanelli 2001; S.I. Johnston
2003). It resolves a question posed in the form of an alternative and it is ideal, ...
8
The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and ...
Cleromancy is a form of drawing—or, more specifically, throwing—lots. Black and
white beans are used, as are small bones, dice, and stones. Methods vary and
are detailed under sortilege. When dice are used it is more specifically ...
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The Occult Sciences: Sketches of the Traditions and ...
[E. B.I CLEROMANCY "Was practised by throwing black and white beans, little
bones or dice, and, perhaps, stones ; anything, in short, suitable for kUroi or lots.
A method of practising cleromancy in the streets of Egypt is mentioned under the
...
Edward Smedley, William Cooke Taylor, Henry Thompson, 1855
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Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus ...
Translators rightly assume that the context implies thatconsulerehere does not
denote discussion, but divinatory consultation, specically in the form of
cleromancy, in the present text in combination with magic. Cf. e.g. Suet. Tib. 63.1
Haruspices ...
Jan den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers, Daniël den Hengst, 2013
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLEROMANCY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cleromancy is used in the context of the following news items.
(306) Is Saju an occult theory?
Tarot cards, derived from Europe and now spread throughout the world for divinatory purposes, can be a type of cleromancy, like oracle turtle ... «Korea Times, Jun 15»
SEC Football: Ranking The League's Quarterbacks
Turns out with a red ale and cleromancy. Below are the rankings submitted by A Sea of Blue. Teams within the second and third tiers are ... «A Sea of Blue, Aug 14»
More Than Words: Which Witch is Which?
He postulates that this led to the Gothic word weihs (“sacred”) because of cleromancy, the practice of throwing dice (or bones, or stones) to ... «Autostraddle, Oct 13»
Gabriel Lester's Suspension of Disbelief
In another film in the exhibition, 'Cleromancy #2′ (2010), Lester stages a lottery draw like those seen all over the world in a well-nigh abstract ... «E-Flux, Jan 11»
Bones, museums, and First-Class Relics
What is the difference between science and cleromancy? As always, the details matter. It is one thing to claim that something is a fact, another ... «ScienceBlogs, Jun 07»
