Volume 3 | Number 2 | Summer 2017 : Divination and Oracles
"Divination and Oracles" is Volume 3, Number 2 (Summer 2017) of the Walking the Worlds journal. This issue explores the practice of divination, found in nearly every polytheistic religion the world over. Divination was far more than 'fortune-telling,' rather it was - and is - a means of engaging with the Holy Powers of a tradition, negotiating praxis, and navigating the perils of one's daily life. This issue examines the various ways in which these practices were utilized in ancient polytheisms, and how they are being used to define and restore contemporary polytheisms today.
Contents
"The Role of Divination in Establishing a Ritual Tradition," by Baal-Is-My-Help
"From the Gods to Divination," by Stephen Dillon
"Bibliomancy: A Brief Thumb-Through of Several Premodern Systems," by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
"Ancient Greek Cleromancy," by John Opsopaus, Ph.D.
"At Sixes and Sevens: Further Thoughts on the Ephesia Grammata," by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
"Kafemanteía: Coffee Divination as Women’s Prophetic Art in Ancient and Modern Times," by Laura Shannon
"Fidlanna in Old Irish," by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
"Tricks that the Brain Plays: The 2016 Election for U.S. President," by Virginia Carper
"When the Gag Order Comes Down," by Raven Kaldera
"Review: Hunting Wisdom: A Bacchic Orphic Diviner’s Manual, by H. Jeremiah Lewis," by Edward P. Butler
