ACOUP - Practical Polytheism, Part III: Polling the Gods

This time, Bret turns to an analysis of divination. What is divination, and, in a broad sense, how did it function as a means for humans to communicate with the gods? Using examples, such as augury and haruspicy, he examines the basic foundation of this (broad, broad) field of religious practice.

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