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Divine , divine
di·vine1 / diˈvīn/ • adj. (-vin·er , -vin·est ) 1. of, from, or like God or a god: heroes with divine powers | paintings of shipwrecks being p… Divination , Man, by nature, longs to know what the future holds for him, either out of inherent curiosity or in order to anticipate the dangers that await him. T… Crystal gazing , Catoptromancy (or Enoptromancy)
A type of divination using a mirror, described thus by the second-century Greek traveler Pausanius:
"Before the Templ… Magic , MAGIC. The English term "magic" (magie in French, Magie in German, and magija in Russian) comes from the Greek magikos, a term that referred to a cla… Necromancy , Necromancy involves the evocation of spirits of deceased individuals for the purpose of divination. Some magicians believed that spirits could only b… Rome , Rome (Ancient Religion & Magic)
Magical practice was widespread among the ancient Romans. Magic was integral to their worship and operated as an orga…
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