Home›Divinatory Rituals›Practitioner›Trained or authorised specialistsBrowse ByTrained or authorised specialistsThis page groups rituals by who is qualified to perform them. Wikipedia notes that "healing rites performed by shamans frequently identify social disorder as the cause, and make the restoration of social relationships the cure." Browsing by practitioner lets a visitor find every ritual entrusted to one particular kind of specialist.FactsLearn MoreTrained or authorised specialistsSourcesComments (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.Trained or authorised specialistsFilter Results5 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-900 (1)800 (1)1781 (1)1900 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (5)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed alone or together (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)Native To RegionAllChina (1)Etruria (1)Scandinavia (1)Originated InAllChina (1)Italy (1)Scandinavia (1)Kind of ritualAllDivination by Cards, Casting and Signs (3)Divination by Examination of Entrails (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5Casting GeomancyTrained or authorised specialistsConsulting the I ChingTrained or authorised specialistsExtispicy and HaruspicyTrained or authorised specialistsRunecastingTrained or authorised specialistsTarot ReadingTrained or authorised specialistsSources1. 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.