About 30 results for ‘Divination’
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Divination
Divination (from Latin divinare "to foresee, to be inspired by a god", related to divinus, divine) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms for thousands of years, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency. Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appear to be disjointed, random facets of existence such that they provide insight into a problem at hand. If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context, as seen in traditional African medicine; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Particular divination methods vary by culture and religion. Divination is often dismissed by sceptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition. In the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, "Alexander the false prophet", trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates", although most Romans believed in dreams and charms. It is considered a sin in Islam, most Christian denominations and Judaism, though some methods, especially dream interpretation, do appear in Scripture.
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Le Pet de l'Ane, ou le Mort parlant. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cadaver
- Château
- Conversation
- Divination
- Falling (accident)
- Man
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Théodore Chassériau
Macbeth et les trois sorcières
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Old age
- Witchcraft
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis de Boullogne
APOLLON ET LA SYBILLE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apollo
- Divination
- Littoral zone
- Lyre
- Woman
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- François Boucher
LA DISEUSE DE BONNE AVENTURE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Divination
- Flower
- Goat
- Individual
- Woman
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- Date:
- 18th century
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L'OMBRE DE SAMUEL APPARAISSANT A SAUL CHEZ LA PYTHONISSE ...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Armour
- Beatific vision
- Divination
- Horse
- Samuel
- Saul
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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LA PROPHETESSE LIBUSE, REINE DE BOHEME DE 700 A 783 ENVIRON
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Leaf
- Libuše
- Tilia
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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COUPLE SEIGNEURIAL SUR UN PORT DE MER AVEC UNE STATUE DE ...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Diana (mythology)
- Divination
- Dog
- Galley
- Individual
- …
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Vitrail de la Galerie de Psyché au château de Chantilly, ...
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LES PREDICTIONS DE NOSTRADAMUS (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astronomy
- Beatific vision
- Book
- Candlestick
- Card game
- Catherine de' Medici
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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LE PETIT ANE SAVANT (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Card game
- Caricature
- Circus
- Clown
- Divination
- Flag
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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L'ELEPHANT BLANC / PREDIT L'AVENIR (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Asia
- Divination
- Elephant
- Flower
- Lepidoptera
- Pagoda
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Théodore Chassériau
Macbeth et Banquo rencontrant les sorcières
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Old age
- Serviceman
- Witchcraft
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Croquis des sorcières interpellant Macbeth
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Old age
- Serviceman
- Witchcraft
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Projet d'illustration pour Macbeth : Hécate et les trois ...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Heath
- Hecate
- Old age
- Witchcraft
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Projet d'illustration pour Macbeth : Hécate et les sorcières
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Hecate
- Old age
- Witchcraft
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Michele Desubleo
Sibylle
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Sibyl
- Turban
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Théodore Chassériau
Macbeth et Banquo rencontrant les sorcières
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Old age
- Serviceman
- Witchcraft
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Giulio Carpioni
Liriopé présentant Narcisse à Tirésias
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Blindness
- Child
- Divination
- Liriope (nymph)
- Man
- Nymph
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Le diseur de bonne aventure
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- Portrayed subject:
- Costume
- Divination
- Man
- Pearl
- Woman
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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Homme portant la chlamyde
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Costume
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cage (enclosure)
- Chicken (food)
- Divination
- Man
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Broc
La Magicienne consultée
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Magic (paranormal)
- Man
- Old age
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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La diseuse de bonne aventure
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Domestic worker
- Man
- Palace
- Palmistry
- Woman
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Une devineresse prédisant la papauté à Sixte-Quint
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Divination
- Sitting
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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La bonne aventure (Femmes des champs en sous-titre dans R...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Peasant
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Diseur de bonne aventure
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Egypt
- Man
- Reading (process)
- Street
- Veil
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques Callot
Les Bohémiens (2) : La halte des bohémiens : les diseuses...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Conversation
- Divination
- Woman
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Charles-Antoine Coypel
Don Quichotte consulte la tête enchantée dans la maison d...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divination
- Don Quixote
- Magic (paranormal)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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