When will I find true love? Will I get the job? Will things get better in the new year? From the I Ching and palm reading to tarot and astrology, humans have long used all kinds of tools to predict ...

It’s not a party until someone brings out the animal matter. Israeli archaeologists have discovered the unusual purpose behind 600 Hellenistic-era dice fashioned from the talus bones of ancient ...

Spirituality can be woven into everyday life through prayer, mindful movement, divination, and acts of compassion. These practices go beyond ritual, creating deeper connection with oneself and the ...

Source: Heinrich Stürzl / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons We can define divination as using a systematic approach in order to try to gain insight into a situation or problem (Peek, 1991). In the ...

Calligraphic standard in the shape of a falcon (Golconda, India, 17th-century), perforated gilt copper (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Although it has manifested in ways that are manifold, the ...

It’s easy for us to look around our world populated by iPhones, AI-driven data analysis, self-driving cars, and self-flying planes, and think that we, and our contemporary technology-rich culture, are ...

In January, the New Orleans Museum of Art opened a retrospective of globally acclaimed Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu. As part of this exhibition, I worked with the artist to select a number of works ...

HONG KONG — Every day during his lunch break, Sean Cheng, a fortuneteller, pulls out his phone, logs onto Instagram and checks his messages for new client appointments. Subscribe to read this story ad ...

The Harry Potter series has woven an overt web across the world, creating a new generation of readers who have soaked up each successive tome with a surprising enthusiasm never before seen in the ...