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Anthony North: There are many forms of divination, ranging from Palmistry to Astrology, Numerology to the I Ching. And let us not forget ancients such as the Auguries, who used to read your fate from animal entrails. I"ve always had a healthy skepticism for such practices. I"ve not condemned them, but thought human psychology can account for them. However, I want to explore the possibility of deeper mechanisms behind such practices. I"ll begin with my healthy skepticism.: Rather than man"s fate being slave to outside forces, such as the position of planets at birth, I"ve seen divination as a form of therapy and advisor. It works like this. A person consults a practitioner and through atwo way system of suggestion, the subject intuits, himself, what his unconscious is really after.
Thus his path seems to open up as if destined, whereas he has simply been given the confidence to follow his real inner desires. I still thing this covers most of the subject.: But even I have to admit there are annoying gaps in the idea, especially if we take much of divination at face value. Consider Palmistry, which claims much of your future is already mapped out in the lines of your palm. How is this possible? Let us consider genetics. Now, genetics does map out a great deal of your life from conception, including physical attributes, possibilities of future illnesses and, if correct, leanings towards certain behaviour. Could it be possible that such "predestination" could affect you in a wider way,such as the patterning of lines on your palm? Basically, could the palm be a physical map of your basic genetic make-up? Genetics could hold the key to other areas, too.: Indeed, I think if we can highlight a genetic answer to even one part of divination, it could rationally be seen as important to the rest as well. I say this because one of the main problems with divination is the sheer number of contrary and conflicting "systems". Surely it would be more rational to identify a common thread between them all.
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