Divining the Self
Divining the Self

Author: Velma E. Love

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 0271061456

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Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the accompanying mythology, philosophy, and ritual technologies engaged by African Americans. Drawing from the personal narratives of African American Ifa practitioners along with additional ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oyotunji African Village, South Carolina, and New York City, Love’s work explores the ways in which an ancient worldview survives in modern times. Divining the Self also takes up the challenge of determining what it means for the scholar of religion to study scripture as both text and performance. This work provides an excellent case study of the sociocultural phenomenon of scripturalizing practices.

Re-Divining Self
Re-Divining Self

Author: Nikala Asante

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-02-19

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1300158263

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Re-Divining Self is a collection of original poetry, spoken word, short stories, and personal essays that explores stages of personal growth and modern realities through spirituality, honesty, and captivating lyricism. Asante traverses a wide range of genres from lyric poetry to science fiction. Her work evokes thought and lays the groundwork for change upon the premise that true change, begins with reflection, begins with self. Re-Divining Self includes all poetry and short stories from Asante's chapbook Graffiti Nommo plus over 50 pages of previously unreleased work. Secure your copy today.

The Divining Mind
The Divining Mind

Author: T. E. Ross

Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

Published: 1990-12

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780892812639

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Learn how to dowse beginning with water and other easily verifiable and traditional subjects, moving toward accessing information of every kind, working beyond the confines of space and time. Instructions are given in the use of various dowsing devices as well as remote healing.

Divining Margaret Laurence
Divining Margaret Laurence

Author: Nora Foster Stovel

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 0773533761

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The most complete consideration of all the major writings of Margaret Laurence.

Reviewing Reality
Reviewing Reality

Author: W. E. A. van Beek

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 3643903359

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From crab divination in the Cameroon to friction oracles in the Congo Basin, from reading cast objects in Mozambique to spirit possession in Cote d'Ivoire, from Sudanese ebony diviners to South African Xhosa healers, divination systems throughout Africa serve their communities by answering questions and resolving problems. Divination helps people chart a course in their lives through a deeper understanding of past and present. This important book reveals the extraordinary diversity and complexity of African divination systems, focusing on self-knowledge, social reality, and intercultural and historical relations. (Series: African Studies / Afrikanische Studien - Vol. 50)

Feminist Philosophy of Religion
Feminist Philosophy of Religion

Author: Pamela Sue Anderson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780415257497

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Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Critical Readings brings together key new writings in this growing field.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Divining the Future
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Divining the Future

Author: Laura Scott

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781592570881

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This fascinating guide takes readers on a magical tour through the many ways they can read the future through the mind, body, and spirit-and shows them how to take control of things to come. € Discover which methods of predicting the future can answer life's most perplexing questions € Explore the signs and messages the body reveals about the past, present, and future-and learn the physical methods that inspire divination € Learn how divination methods such as aura and Tarot reading can connect a person with his/her emotions

Divining Your Life: Candle Readings with the Flame of Vesta
Divining Your Life: Candle Readings with the Flame of Vesta

Author: Debra May Macleod

Publisher: Debra May Macleod

Published:

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1999430069

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Divining Your Life: Candle Readings with the Flame of Vesta If reading Debra May Macleod’s historical fiction novels on the Vestals of ancient Rome made you feel like lighting a candle, this unique and spirited nonfiction offering might appeal to you. In Divining Your Life, the author blends elements of ancient divination practices with modern sensibilities to create a simple yet illuminating and intelligent method of “candle reading,” one inspired by her research and performed by the sacred flame of the goddess Vesta. By learning to read the flame, vapor and wax formations of a candle—and by tapping in to your own intuition as you do—you can gain insight into your own past and present, as well as what may lie ahead for you. After all, since the dawn of civilization, humankind has turned to divination practices—from ancient oracles to modern astrologers—to know the unknowable, and to discover the answers to life’s most pressing questions, from romance to finances. So whether you are seeking to discover meaningful answers to life’s big questions, or you just want to have some fun with friends as you peer into your respective futures, this fiery little book may be for you.

In the Shadow of the Shaman
In the Shadow of the Shaman

Author:

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780875428888

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In the Shadow of the Shaman is about the importance of connection to the deepest power of Nature. It tells you how to use natural objects from the shamanic worlds -- Plant, Mineral, Animal, and Human -- to help make this personal connection with Earth energies. In doing this, you are able to reconnect with the center of your own power. Because the shamanic path is such a personal one, often not able to be shared, this book has been designed so that it has the experiential quality of the shamanic journey traditions. The author is also careful to present the information in a clear, organized manner. In doing so, she blends the deeply personal wisdom of a shamanic path with the shared, community wisdom of a medicine path. This represents an ideal for Aquarian shamanism. But this book is not simply about shamanism -- it shows, through techniques, exercises, meditations, and rituals, how anyone can become a shaman. You will learn how to attune yourself with the shamanic worlds of Nature, and with the Higher Self, for self-healing and self-empowerment. You will learn to develop shamanic balance, to become the living tree, and you will do this by using such tools as stones, crystals, feathers, masks, drums, and incense. Book jacket.

Divining with Achi and Tārā
Divining with Achi and Tārā

Author: Jan-Ulrich Sobisch

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-09-02

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9004402624

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Divining with Achi and Tārā is a book on Tibetan methods of prognostics with dice and prayer beads (mālā). Jan-Ulrich Sobisch offers a thorough discussion of Chinese, Indian, Turkic, and Tibetan traditions of divination, its techniques, rituals, tools, and poetic language. Interviews with Tibetan masters of divination introduce the main part with a translation of a dice divination manual of the deity Achi that is still part of a living tradition. Solvej Nielsen contributes further interviews, a mālā divination of Tārā and its oral tradition, and very useful glossaries of the terminology of Tibetan divination and fortune telling. Appendices provide lists of deities and spirits and of numerous identified ritual remedies and supports that are an essential element of a still vibrant Tibetan culture.