Divination is the art and science of obtaining information by occult means. Divination has been practiced in every culture in the world throughout history. The receptive side of occult practice, as magic is the active side, divination is a basic skill used by most magicians, witches, and other occult practitioners in one form or another.
Source: The New Encyclopedia of the Occult by John Michael Greer.
Image: Divination display at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, Wikimedia Commons
Sources: New World Encyclopedia and The Witch's Way: A Guide to Modern-Day Spellcraft, Nature Magick, and Divination by Shawn Robbins and Leanna Greenaway
Pellomancy, or divination through use of a pendulum, consists of some sort of weighted material that hangs from a chain or a string. The pendulum can be used to answer yes or no questions.
Image: Antranias, WikiMedia Commons
To scry means to peer or gaze into some sort of surface or medium in order to actually see and interpret images that appear there. Most scryers use a reflective object like a mirror, crystals, a crystal ball, or even a bowl of water.
Image: "The Crystal Ball" by John William Waterhouse, 1902, Wikimedia Commons
Astrology and Divination by
Can we see into the future to tell if we are going to be happy or rich? What does fate have in store for us? These are the kinds of questions that come up when most people think of divination, making it seem like mere fortune-telling or, worse, just plain superstition. Rather than predicting the future, however, divination provides insight and guidance to help a person create the future. It is a way of contacting part of the human mind that resides in the unconscious, providing greater perspective and access to psychic abilities. ""Astrology and Divination"" is an overview of the history and forms of divination that have existed in human culture around the world since prehistoric times. Delving into the reasoning and psychology of divination, it looks at divination methods including Tarot, astrology, palmistry, and other body readings, the I Ching, and other oracular methods.Chapters include: Confronting the Divine, Omens, Astrology, Divination Games and The Tarot.
Divination and the historical and allegorical sources of the I ching, the Chinese classic, or; Book of changes by 
The Magical Universe by
The universality of the magical beliefs which have existed throughout Europe from the time of the Romans to the present has been hidden by a focus on the sensational aspects of magic, and on witch trials in particular. The Magical Universe shows how magical beliefs and practices permeated all aspects of work and of family life, and profoundly influenced the approach of men and women to health and healing, birth, marriage and death. Magic offered the hope of protection in a dangerous and uncertain world, if the correct rituals were observed. Magical beliefs borrowed from and were incorporated in church rites. Such beliefs, shared by the powerful as well as the poor, lasted remarkably late in many rural areas and have still not completely vanished.
Crystal Gazing by
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