Divination: Perspectives for the New Millenium
Ed. Patrick Curry
To be published by Ashgate, 2010 as Divination for the New Millenium
Contents
Editor’s Introduction
Geoffrey Cornelius (Religious Studies, University of Kent), “Interpreting the Chicane in African Divination
Dr Patrick Curry (Independent scholar), “ Embodiment, Alterity and Agency in Divination: Resolving Antinomies”
Paul Devereux (Independent Scholar), “Walking with Spirits – the Precursors”
Dr Dorian Greenbaum (History, The Warburg Institute, University of London), “Astrology as a Stochastic Art”
Dr Laura Grillo (Pacifica Graduate Institute), “ Walking with Spirits and Negotiating Destiny with West African Diviners”
Professor Stuart Harrop (Anthropology, University of Kent), “The Carbon Footprint of Oracles: How Green is Divination?”
Dr Evan Heimlich ( Associate Professor, Cross-Cultural Studies, Kobe University, Japan), “ Mantological Historiography: Towards a Categorical Model of Divinatory Action
Professor Philip Peek (Anthropology, Drew University), “ Twinning and ‘Perfect Knowledge’ in African Systems of Divination”
Professor Juha Pentikainen (Comparative Religion, University of Helsinki), “The Siberian Shaman as Diviner”
Professor Barbara Tedlock (Anthropology, State University of New York at Buffalo), “Divinatory Speech Acts”
Dr Anthony Thorley, Chantal Allison, Petra Stapp and John Wadsworth, “A Proposal for a Distinction between Practitioner Divination and Essential Divination”
Dr Angela Voss ( Religious Studies, University of Kent), “The Descent of Orpheus: Life-Between-Life Dialogue: Divination, Initiation or Therapy?”