Home›Divinatory Rituals›Frequency›As the occasion requiresBrowse ByAs the occasion requiresThis page groups rituals by how often they are performed, from a once-in-a-lifetime rite to one repeated on a fixed cycle. Wikipedia notes that "calendrical rituals give social meaning to the passage of time, creating repetitive weekly, monthly or yearly cycles." Browsing by frequency lets a visitor tell an annual festival apart from a rite performed only once in a person's life.FactsLearn MoreAs the occasion requiresSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites performed to obtain knowledge not otherwise available - about a decision, an outcome or a hidden cause - by a procedure the tradition holds to be reliable. Systems differ in whether the answer is taken to come from a deity, from an impersonal order, or from the diviner's trained reading of a sign, and the difference governs how each is practised. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe Divinatory Rituals This group holds divinatory rituals, the rites by which a question is put to the divine or to hidden knowledge and an answer is read from signs, drawing on the structured procedures of divination in a ceremonial setting. The browser will find divinatory rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's method and interpretive frame, noting the tradition to which it belongs.As the occasion requiresFilter Results8 entriesAddressed ToAllUtu (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-1750 (1)-900 (1)800 (1)1781 (1)1850 (1)1900 (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (8)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed alone or together (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (2)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Trained or authorised specialists (5)Native To RegionAllChina (1)Etruria (1)Mesoamerica (1)Mesopotamia (1)Scandinavia (1)United States (1)Originated InAllChina (1)Italy (1)Mesoamerica (1)Mesopotamia (1)Scandinavia (1)United States (1)Kind of ritualAllDivination by Cards, Casting and Signs (4)Divination by Examination of Entrails (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8Barutu (Mesopotamian Extispicy)As the occasion requiresCasting GeomancyAs the occasion requiresConsulting the I ChingAs the occasion requiresExtispicy and HaruspicyAs the occasion requiresPatolliAs the occasion requiresRunecastingAs the occasion requiresTable-TurningAs the occasion requiresTarot ReadingAs the occasion requiresSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. DivinationView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.