Divination, the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown through understanding signs, symbols, and messages sent from the divine, whether through discovering them in nature or through theurgic practice, is abundant proof that Fate is at work. After all, the prediction of soothsayers could not be true if all things under the Gods were not embraced by this force. Divination plays a substantial role in Hellenism, and in the Phaedrus the divine Plato distinguishes two major categories of divination (Plato Phaedrus, 244a8-d5):

• Intuitive divination: This type is immediate and based on contact between a gifted individual and a God or spirit. The Pythia of Delphi, for instance, was an example of divinely inspired intuitive divination.
• Interpretive divination: Also called inferential divination, this category is indirect doesn’t require the wielder to have any specific gift, but rather is undertaken through a ritualistic methodology whose intent is the interpretation of divine will. This is a method that may be taught and passed on from individual to individual.
  

This website embraces both ancient and contemporary forms of divination.

 

Forms of Divination

Astrology
Auspices
Dream Interpretation
Haruspicy
Kledon
Scrying
Seven Sages
Sortes
Tarot

 

Bibliography

Dervenis, Kostas. Oracle Bones Divination: The Greek I Ching. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 2014.

Dunn, Patrick. The Practical Art of Divine Magic: Contemporary & Ancient Techniques of Theurgy. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd, 2015.

Opsopaus, John. The Pracles of Apollo: Practical Ancient Greek Divination for Today. Woodbury: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd, 2017.