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Divinatory Rituals

Divinatory Rituals is a structured ceremonial practice within the broader category of divination practices that is distinguished by its systematic sequence of symbolic actions, often involving specific material, linguistic, and behavioral components, performed to facilitate communication with supernatural or transcendental entities in order to obtain prophetic knowledge or insight into future, hidden, or metaphysical matters.

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Publications

80

The Last Word: Women, Death, and Divination in Inner Mani.

Jane K. Cowan, C. Nadia Seremetakis · Man · 1992 · 462 citations

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Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual

Jan Vansina, Victor Turner · The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 1977 · 150 citations

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Anthropology and spirit possession: A reconsideration of the Pythia's role at Delphi

Lisa Maurizio · The Journal of Hellenic Studies · 1995 · 125 citations

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The last word: women, death, and divination in inner Mani

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 112 citations

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Divination and its Social Contexts

George K. Park · The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland · 1963 · 103 citations

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Authors

97

  1. WD
    W. D. Hammond‐Tooke

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    3 publications · 134 citations

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  2. WB
    William Bascom

    Northwestern University, United States

    3 publications · 227 citations

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  3. RG
    R. Gordon Wasson

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  4. MI
    Mario I. Aguilar

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 102 citations

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  5. KG
    Knut Graw

    2 publications · 50 citations

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Institutions

31

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    131 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  3. Moore College of Art and Design

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

  6. California Southern University

    Chandler, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  7. Établissement public Campus Condorcet

    Aubervilliers, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. Tulane University

    New Orleans, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

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Venues

  1. Man

    5 publications · 658 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 253 citations

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  3. Africa

    4 publications · 104 citations

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  4. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    3 publications · 65 citations

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  5. Anthropological Quarterly

    AQ · 2 publications · 51 citations

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