The book of african divination

He also mentions numerous famous or infamous people associated with divination. Interpreting the forces of destiny with techniques from the venda, zulu, and yoruba hardcover september 1, 1992. Interpreting the forces of destiny with techniques from the venda, zulu, and yoruba. Silva documents the special processes involved in weaving the baskets and transforming them into oracles. In parts of africa where islamic influence has been particularly strong, many moslems combine african divination practices with their islamic faith. The concept of communication with the spirits and guardian angels in the african diaspora religions is an intricate part of the spiritual development of the practitioners, whether initiate or life long spiritual head of an ile or house of worship. Many societies have given up the practice of divination, but there are some contemporary africans who continue to use it as an important source of information and counsel. Divination is an attempt to form, and possess, an understanding of reality in the present and additionally, to predict events and reality of a future time. Art and oracle african art and rituals of divination book. If you are a student of ifa and or a practicing ifa priest, then this book will be an invaluable resource for your studies, and practice. The essays in this collection provide a very useful overview of both the diversity of african divination systems and of recent approaches to their study.

African divination is about using your powers of observation, listening to your intuition and having a connection with your ancestors, asking them to assists in aiding the querent and protect you from harmful forces. Drawing on diverse african traditions, the authors take us on a fascinating journey of magical divination practicesfrom venda tablets and divining bowls to zulu. Kathleen binger has specialized in african divination, using many of the systems found in this book, and has carried out research on these methods, including corresponding with diviners in various. Discover the powerful messages of the orishas and the mystical divination techniques of candomble, santeria, and other traditions. Written by a longtime practitioner, african cowrie shells divination provides the meaning of the sixteen shell combinations as well as tips and variations for readings based on the specific question being asked. The silent voices of african divination harvard divinity. Divination is an incredibly rich area for anthropological research. This book, therefore, seeks to describe what the ifa divination system truly is and to illustrate its pertinence to modern information technology. This book explores philosophical issues such as the nature of divinatory intelligence, the relationship between divinatory and metaphorical truth, the primacy of ontology over epistemology, the importance of reflexivity in scholarly studies of divination, and astrology as the principal western form of divination. Another guiding principle of the contributors to this book was to provide an overview of sub saharan african cultures and contemporary divination scholarship. The authors and books recommended by others who are opposed to buckland just aid the intellect and have a historical relevant they do not pass what has been done through. An authority on the occult and supernatural, raymond buckland is the author of numerous books on magic. Divination is an attempt to form, and possess, an understanding of reality in the present and. Interpreting forces of destiny by kathleen binger vg at the best online prices at ebay.

This book makes available the revised versions of the papers read at the fifth annual university of chicago oriental institute seminar science and superstition. Interpretation of signs in the ancient world, which took place at march 67, 2009. Colonial ideas have reduced many valuable practices like african divination systems to primitive superstition. Dec 31, 2017 today we are talking about art and oracle african art and rituals of divination. He is the cocreator of the bestselling tarot of the orishas, the first tarot deck based on this theme. Click download or read online button to get divination book now.

Babalawos or iyanifas use either the divining chain known as opele, or the sacred palm or kola nuts called ikin, on the wooden divination tray called opon. Most african societies hold that individuals must maintain proper relations with their spirit doubles as well as other entities in order to live a good life. Pages clean, a bit of bumping to corners, mild shelfwear, generally solid. Traditional african divination systems as information. While belief systems differ all through afri ca, the core techniques of divination. Sep 24, 2019 african divination frequently has the same recourse. Dec 05, 2017 osteomancy aka bone reading divination has seen a massive surge of interest in recent years thanks to the internet and an increased interest in atrs african traditional religions. Methods of divination and fortunetelling lisa boswell. Interpreting the forces of destiny with techniques from the venda, zulu, and yoruba by raymond buckland 19920901 mass market paperback january 1, 1992. Interpreting the forces of destiny with techniques from the venda, zulu, and yoruba by raymond buckland 19920901 isbn. Im sought after and known for his insight and advice which he gives based on the study of the world through the lens of traditional and modern day west african cosmology and related through his multicultural perspective. African divination explored in 80 stunning cards wbook. Originated by the yoruba people of west africa, cowrie shell divination is a powerful technique for connecting to the wisdom of ancestors, spirits, and deities. African divination is about using your powers of observation, listening to your intuition and having a connection with your ancestors, asking them to assists in.

Drawing on diverse african traditions, the authors take us on a fascinating journey of magical divination practicesfrom venda tablets and divining bowls to zulu bone casting, yoruba seashell casting, and tikar spider cards. Traditional african divination systems as information technology by andre croucamp a wealth of knowledge resources from africa has been overlooked. Zolrak is a longtime practitioner of cowrie shell divination and other spiritual traditions of the african diaspora. Ifa a complete divination gives you a comprehensive presentation of 256 odu beautifully articulated in yoruba and english sidebyside. Using coconut or cowrie shells its history and purpose in divination. Divination and interpretation of signs in the ancient world.

I use either the divining chain known as opele or the sacred palm or kola nuts called ikin on the wooden divination tray called opon ifa. Metpublications is a portal to the mets comprehensive book and online publishing program with close to 700 titles published from 1964 to the present. African divination systems are a kind of information technology. Divination represents a way of knowing fernandes 1991 that has been neglected by societies who rely on writing as their primary information technology. The book of african divination raymond buckland kathleen binger. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read african cowrie shells divination. Interpreting the forces of destiny with techniques from the venda, zulu, and yoruba isbn. This book is largely the personal account by patrick mbunwe samba, of how life in his home village of binshua has been permeated throughout by belief in.

Witchcraft, magic and divination african books collective. This book shares the divination with cowrie shells is one of the oldest known spiritual practices in the world. Orunmila is identified as the grand priest, as he is who revealed divinity and prophecy to the world. Even after several decades of research on african diviners and divination systems, the subject continues to fascinate me because of divination s importance in daily human lives, its centrality in cultural systems, its articulation of values and laws, and its breadth of artistry. Divination systems 2005 university of metaphysical sciences 2 divination methods are covered, the author attempts to give full explanations of each and how they are done. Interpreting the forces of destiny with techniques from the venda, zulu, and yoruba buckland, raymond, binger, kathleen on. Jun 21, 2019 the ifa divination system has been greatly misconceived as a mere esoteric system, devoid of any form of technological information. In the book of african divination, raymond buckland and kathleen binger offer an overview of african spirituality and divinatory practices.

Artist, author, and practicing psychic, kathleen binger specializes in the study of african cultures and divination techniques. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. They describe the divining bowl and tablets of the venda of zimbabwe, the bones used by zulu practitioners and the yoruba shell system. Specialist diviners are apprenticed, trained and then become masters.

The book of african divination raymond buckland, kathleen. In along an african border, anthropologist sonia silva examines how angolan refugees living in zambia use these divination baskets to cope with daily life in a new land. A divination may be used to check in any intuition you may be experiencing, or before starting a new phase of your life. More than just a deck thats a unique divination tool, its a book filled with a host of new ways to apply your intuition to the future. Perhaps one of the most ancient forms of divination to include the use of tools, bone casting has been around for thousands of years. Metpublications is a portal to the mets comprehensive publishing program featuring over five decades of met books, journals, bulletins, and online publications on art history available to read. Drawing on diverse african traditions, the authors ta. Buy a cheap copy of the book of african divination by raymond buckland. In addition to five different types of african fortune telling, the book includes chapters on divination itself, africa and its cultures and african divination specifically.

Ifa divination, babalawo reading, babalawo divination, odu ifa. Illustrates in detail how to make and use many different traditional tools of. The book of african divination interpreting the forces of destiny. Comes complete with an eightycard divination deck based on the tikar spider cards. Zuesse divination and deity in african religions divination as a spiritual phenomenon has had very little written about it, perhaps due in part to the ready labeling of it as a form of magic and therefore irrational, utilitarian, egoistic, and insuffici ently religious. Apr 11, 2019 african bone divination the practice of bone divination is one of the oldest on earth, and has played an important part in many african cultures. African divination is divination practiced by cultures of africa. There are some charts, illustrations and photographs. This got me thinking about the implications of viewing african divination systems as technology.