Oracle Bones Divination: The Greek I Ching Kostas Dervenis
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company

First the animal was ritually slaughtered. Feb 24, 2014 - Oracle Bones Divination, the Greek I-Ching by Kostas Dervenis(Destiny Books, $16.95, Paperback). Although divination with the I Ching is thought to have originated prior to the Shang Dynasty, it was not until King Wu of Zhou (1046–1043 BC) that it took its present form. Mar 24, 2014 - In China, the use of oracle bones dates as far back as the Shang Dynasty, (1600–1046 BC). Next it was butchered, with the haruspex examining the size, I Ching The I Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and divinatory technique with a set of explanatory commentaries ascribed to the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. The I Ching, or “Book of Changes”, is a collection of linear signs used as oracles that are from that period. It is said that it rivaled Delphi as the lead oracle source in ancient Greece. In the Shang period a characters were written on 'oracle bones' for purposes of divining the future (the Romans did something similar). Haruspicy In ancient times the haruspex (diviner) interpreted the divine will by inspecting the entrails of a sacrificial animal. Jan 30, 2012 - To consult the oracle the king had to send a messenger up a mountain in southern Greece; to extract an answer from a divination bone the bone had to be heated and cracked, and wait while those cracks were interpreted. Mar 5, 2014 - Bone divination (by examining and reading bones) - Cartomancy (by cards, e.g., playing cards, tarot cards, oracle cards and non-tarot cards) - Taromancy (by specially I Ching (ancient Chinese divination method) However, as performed by some diviners with heavy reliance on an accompanying I Ching manual, this is, in effect, also a form of Bibliomancy/Stichomancy - Necromancy Cheiromancy: (Greek cheir, “hand”; manteia, “divination”). In spelling of historical figures such as Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong 毛泽东); Chiang Kaishek (Jiang Jieshi) Cities: Peking (Beijing); Tientsin (Tianjin); Canton (Guangzhou); Kirin (Jilin) Rivers: Yangtse Kiang (Yangzi Jiang) and cultural history Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing); I Ching (Yi Jing). Dec 7, 2012 - In this regard it is only really rivaled by the Greek language.