Divination

Divination is the general discipline recorded in this atlas under the esoteric-text discipline value divination, for texts that teach ways of gaining insight into a question or situation by ritual or practice, without belonging to one named method. Wikipedia defines divination as the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice, and says diviners have throughout history given answers to querents by reading signs, events, or omens. This entity stands for the umbrella discipline, distinct from the separately recorded methods. It is recorded as its own discipline entity so that the esoteric texts that belong to it can be grouped and compared in one place, while each text entry keeps its own facts and sources.