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Anthropology of religion

practices for gaining knowledge of hidden matters or the future through procedures read as messages, treated in Peek's volume as systems of knowing.

In anthropology of religion, divination refers to practices for gaining knowledge of hidden matters or the future through procedures read as messages, treated in Peek's volume as systems of knowing. This meaning comes from Peek (1991) in African divination systems.[1]

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  1. Peek, P. M. (1991). African divination systems. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253206534

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