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Scrying (also called seeing or peeping) is the practice of looking into a translucent ball or other material with the belief that things can be seen, such as spiritual visions, and less often for purposes of divination or fortune-telling. The most common media used are reflective, translucent, or luminescent substances such as crystals, stones, glass, mirrors, water, fire, or smoke. Scrying has been used in many cultures in the belief that it can divine the past, present, or future. The visions that come when one stares into the media are thought to come from one's subconscious and imagination, though in the past they were thought to come from gods, spirits, devils, the psychic mind, depending on the culture and practice.

Domain: Anthropology; Category: Cultural anthropology

占卜 (也叫看到或偷窥) 是寻找到一个半透明的球或其他材料可以看到的东西,如精神视野和较少的通常用于占卜或算命的信念的实践。使用的最常见的媒体都是反光半透明,或发光的物质,如晶体、 石头、 玻璃、 镜子、 水、 火、 或烟雾。占卜,曾经在许多文化中它可以神圣的过去、 现在或未来的信念。当一个人盯着看进入媒体的异象被认为来自一个 ' s 潜意识和想象力,尽管在过去被认为是来自神,灵,恶魔,灵魂的思想,取决于文化和实践。

Domain: Anthropology; Category: Cultural anthropology

Palmistry, or chiromancy (also spelled cheiromancy), is the claim of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as palm reading or chirology. The practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations. Those who practice chiromancy are generally called palmists, palm readers, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists.

Domain: Anthropology; Category: Cultural anthropology

看手相或手相术 (也拼写 cheiromancy),是索赔的表征和预言今后通过手掌上,也称为手相或 chirology 的研究。这种做法都有了世界文化的许多变化。那些人实践手相术通常称为说什么通灵、 棕榈读者、 手读者、 手分析师或 chirologists。

Domain: Anthropology; Category: Cultural anthropology

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