Oracles of the Dead Ancient Techniques for Predicting the Future

Name: Oracles of the Dead Ancient Techniques for Predicting the Future
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ISBN: 9781594770852

ISBN-10: 1594770859

ISBN-13: 9781594770852

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robert Temple

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An examination of the shadow side of prophecy in human history and our attitudes toward fate and predicting the future- Explores the divinatory techniques and traditions of classical Greece and Rome as compared with ancient China- Contains new information concerning the location of the Greek Oracle of the Dead at Baia- Shows how the latest discoveries in science may validate the system of the I ChingMany methods for predicting the future, such as tarot, runes, the I Ching, and other divinatory oracles, can be traced back to ancient cultures. In Oracles of the Dead Robert Temple examines the Greek and Roman traditions and techniques of divination and compares them to those of ancient China.…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Inner Traditions International, Limited
Publication date: 9/7/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Western Tradition



Discovery of the Underworld



The Descent into Hell



The Oracular Establishments



Signs



Portents



Divination by Entrails



The Chinese Tradition



The Book of Change



The Oracle Bones



The Oracular Hexagonal Lattice



Higher-Order Events



A Hitherto Unpublished Seventeenth-Century Account of the Area of the Baian Oracle



Fables, Riddles, and Mysteries of Delphi



An Anatomical Verification of the Reading of a Term in Extispicy



A Table of Binary Numbers Converted into Decimal Numbers


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index