sparhawk
January 23rd, 2007, 03:07 PM
A great article that perhaps touches, sideways, the Lamb of God thread (http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/friends/showthread.php?t=3749)
Tedlock's theory applies to most kinds of divination, including "reading patterns of cracks in oracular bones, made from the shoulder blades of deer, sheep, pigs and oxen, or the shells of turtles. Water-, crystal-, and star-gazing, dreaming, and the casting of lots. The taking of hallucinogenic drugs, and the contemplation of mystic spirals, amulets, labyrinths, mandalas and thangkas. Reading natural signs such as the flight of birds or the road crossings of animals. Rod or pendulum dowsing, the Tarot, the Chinese I Ching, and the Yoruba Ifa readings, together with palmistry and geomancy. Contacting spirits to answer questions." (http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/improbable/story/0,,1996071,00.html)
Here is the link to the actual article from professor Barbara Tedlock (http://www.anthrosource.net/doi/abs/10.1525/ac.2006.17.2.62)
Luis
Tedlock's theory applies to most kinds of divination, including "reading patterns of cracks in oracular bones, made from the shoulder blades of deer, sheep, pigs and oxen, or the shells of turtles. Water-, crystal-, and star-gazing, dreaming, and the casting of lots. The taking of hallucinogenic drugs, and the contemplation of mystic spirals, amulets, labyrinths, mandalas and thangkas. Reading natural signs such as the flight of birds or the road crossings of animals. Rod or pendulum dowsing, the Tarot, the Chinese I Ching, and the Yoruba Ifa readings, together with palmistry and geomancy. Contacting spirits to answer questions." (http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/improbable/story/0,,1996071,00.html)
Here is the link to the actual article from professor Barbara Tedlock (http://www.anthrosource.net/doi/abs/10.1525/ac.2006.17.2.62)
Luis