Oracles of the Dead: Ancient Techniques for Predicting the Future

This book explores ancient methods of divination and fortune telling from around the globe. It chronicles divination methods from ancient Greek and Roman traditions to Chinese and Indian methods, looking at a variety of divination techniques as well as their history and uses. Learn how ancient beliefs like the Oracle at Delphi or the IChing were related and how they were used to allow participants to contact the divine. Particularly, it explores the "darker" side of these practices, examining attitudes and how these were reflections of the societies from which they sprung.