Common divination

 

This article is written to show the different kinds of divination that are practiced  in our world. All the information I have listed in this article I obtained from the wikipedia web site. I searched for divination and I got all these different kinds of divination that are practised from a long time as well as new one.  We mentioned that divination is a sin in the sight of God. Listed bellow are some verses, they are some from many that forbid divination.

{Eze 12:24} “For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel”

{Eze 21:21}  "For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver”   {Eze 21:22}  “In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall”   

{Eze 21:23}  “And it will be to them like a false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn oaths with them; but he will bring their iniquity to remembrance, that they may be take”

{Ac 16:16}“Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune–telling” we see from these verses that divination is wrong and every form of divination is wrong. When we disobey the word of God there will be bad outcome happen to us, so it is very wise that we honour what the word of God says. I have listed the most common divination that is known to our modern civilisation. I am sure there are a lot more to the ones I have listed.

1-Ailuromancy: by the behaviour of the movement of cats.

2-Aura-Soma is a divination system based on colour.

3-Bibliomancy is the use of books in divination. The method of employing sacred books (especially specific words and verses) for 'magical medicine', for removing negative entities, or for divination is universal in all religions of the world.

4-Cartomancy is a form of fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards.(by cards, e.g., playing cards, tarot cards, and non-tarot oracle cards.

5-Chiromancy consists of the practice of evaluating a person's character or future life by "reading" the palm of that person's hand. Various "lines" ("heart line", "life line", etc.) it is also called Palmistry

6-Crystallomancy/Scrying is the occult practice of using a medium, most commonly a reflective surface or translucent body, to aid perceived psychic abilities such as clairvoyance. In this sense scrying constitutes a form of divination or fortune-telling.

7-Dactylomancy is divination by means of finger movements upon tripods, planchettes, pendulums, Ouija boards, or through the use of finger rings.

8-Extispicy (from Latin extispicium) is the practice of using anomalies in animals' entrails to divine future events. Extispicy is from the entrails of sacrificed animals

9-Geomancy is a method of divination that interprets markings on the ground, or how handfuls of dirt land when someone tosses them. The Arabic tradition consists of sketching sixteen random lines of dots in sand, includes Feng Shui divination

10-Graphology is analysing the hand writing of a person to tell his character as a form of divination.

11-I Ching divination (ancient Chinese divination using I Ching: (However, as performed by some diviners with heavy reliance on an accompanying I Ching manual, this is, in effect, also a form of Bibliomancy/Stichomanc.

11-Numerology (by numbers) Numerology and numerological divination were popular among early mathematician.

12-Oneiromancy is a form of divination based upon dreams; it is a system of dream interpretation that uses dreams to predict the future.

13-Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names and it is becoming very popular these days.  

14-Ouija (Wē'jə, -jē) is the belief that one can receive messages during a séance by the Ouija board (also called talking board, spirit board) and planchette. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette which then moves about a board covered with numbers, letters and symbols so as to spell out messages. Ouija is a trademark for a talking board.

15-Podomancy (also known as solistry) is a divination by examining the lines of soles. Similar to palmistry, where the divination is based on the person's palm shape and lines, podomancy is based on the belief that person's feet represent the symbol of that person's soul.

16-Phrenology (from Greek: φρήν, phrēn, "mind"; and λόγος, "knowledge") is a theory which claims to be able to determine character, personality traits, and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head (reading "bumps"). Developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gall around 1800, and very popular in the 19th century, it is now discredited as a pseudoscience.

17-Pyromancy, The most basic form of pyromancy is that in which the diviner observes flames, from a sacrificial fire, a candle, or another source of flame, and interprets the shapes that he or she sees within them..

18-Runecasting, Runic divination is a modern practice of divination based on interpretation of the ideograms contained within the Proto-Germanic Elder Futhark and other Runic systems. Runic divination as it is now practiced is not based on historical evidence.

19-Scatomancy (by droppings, usually animal)

20-Sternomancy (by markings or bumps on the chest(

21-Axinomancy is one of several obscure methods of divination using an axe, hatchet.

22-Esotericism refers to the doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge. Futurology literally means the study of the future.

23-Guru, is a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, as well as in many new religious movements. Based on a long traditional line of philosophical understanding as to the importance of knowledge, the guru is seen in these religions as a sacred conduit.

24-Ifá is a system of divination that originated in West Africa among the Yoruba ethnic groups. It is also practiced among believers in Lucumi, (sometimes referred to as Santería(

25-New Age is a broad movement of late 20th century and contemporary Western culture, characterised by an eclectic and individual approach to spiritual exploration. The New Age is a diverse movement of individuals including many who graft new age beliefs onto a traditional religious affiliation. Recent surveys of U.S. adults indicate that around 20% of Americans hold at least some New Age beliefs.

26-Nostradamus (1503–1566), Latinised name of Michel de Nostredame, was one of the world's most famous publishers of prophecies. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555. Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death, Nostradamus has attracted an almost cult following. His many enthusiasts, as well as the popular press, credit him with predicting numerous major world events. In contrast, most of the academic sources listed below maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus' are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever interpreted any of Nostradamus' quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance. Read more about it in the wikipedia.

27-Occultism Occultism is the study of occult or hidden wisdom. It can involve such subjects as magic.

28-Oracle In the ancient world many sites gained a reputation for the dispensing of oracular wisdom: 

29-An omen, or portent, is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. Interpretation of omens and prophetic signs is a form of divination.

30-Postdiction (or post-shadowing, retroactive clairvoyance, or prediction after the fact) is an effect of hindsight bias that explains claimed predictions of significant events, such as plane crashes and natural disasters.

31-Bone divination. are pieces of bone or turtle shell used in royal divination in the mid Shang to early Zhou dynasties in ancient China, and often bearing written inscriptions in what is called oracle bone script.    

32-Dowsing. Dowsing, sometimes called divining or water witching, is a generic term for practices which proponents claim empower them to find water, metals, gemstones and hidden objects over a piece of land or over a map  

33-Dream interpretation.

34- searching on the internet for web sites specializing in divination and witchcraft. It is becoming very popular among the young people, when you do that you open yourself into the demonic world and that is very dangerous. We will talk about these issue in details in future article.

I pray to God the father in Jesus name that every reader will understand the seriousness of venturing in these practises of divination. That everyone will rely totally on the knowledge of the word of God and the discernment of the holy spirit.