SRS 1110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Ornithomancy, Oneiromancy, Necromancy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1110
• Professor: Shelley Rabinovitch

Document Summary

From the latin divinare (to foretell, predict), refers to a wide variety of different methods aimed at determining the will of the gods/goddesses. The kabbalah is a system of esoteric philosophy developed by jewish mystics in the twelfth century, but which may have its roots in. Based on the concept drawing called the tree of life. Magic refers to methods that somehow interface with the supernatural and by which people can bring about particular outcomes. It may be used for the public good, although sorcerers generally are considered evil figures that deal in matters that are downright antisocial. Did you know early anthropologist were quite ethnocentric when it came to the study of magic, often placing it in a separate category from religion. The issue of whether or not magic is part of religion or a separate category altogether is largely a function of how religion itself is defined.