Ideas across traditions · ritual · Chinese
divination
Works in 17 traditions beyond Chinese attest this concept, on 10,034 cited pages. Translators have rendered it as “mantike”, “manteia”, “占”, “mantia” and 5 other ways; a link through a rendering is marked as such, because another translator chose differently.
Also under: divinatio · “mantike” · “manteia” · “占” · “mantia” · “卜” · “diuinatio” · “卜筮” · “μαντική” · “μαντεία”
124works in other traditions, with a cited page
7works in Chinese, its home tradition on the maps
370further works where only a vocabulary list or keyword names it; not shown
0judged analogues in other traditions (a different word for a neighbouring idea)
In other traditions
Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.
Greek
- 750 BCEHomer, Iliad & Odysseysame word and a translator’s rendering
- 725 BCEHomer, the dream of Agamemnon and Penelope's gates of horn and ivorysame word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divinationhings he did not consciously intend, those who came after him have recognized them in his poems. Some use his verses forOmerou ilias. = Homeri ilias, 1524, p. 115 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantike — mantic art or prophecyThe art of prophecy Men are benefited by theThe Odyssey and Other Works of Homer, 1517, p. 616 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 450 BCEPresocratic fragments (Diels): Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Democritus on soulsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 430 BCEHerodotus, the dreams of Croesus, Xerxes and Astyagessame word and a translator’s rendering
- divination — the ability to foresee the futures bought those fields from their owners and gave him what he had chosen. Soon after this, he received an innate power ofHerodotus: Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiae Libri IX. Et De Vita Homeri libellus, Unknown, p. 608 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantikē — divination/prophecyy record the outcome, and if a similar event happens later, they believe the result will be the same. 83 Their system ofThe Histories, 1884, p. 317 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 400 BCEHippocratic corpus, Regimen IV (On Dreams)same word and a translator’s rendering
- divinationmedical context, this refers to prognosis, the art of foretelling the outcome of a disease. | the ... more prophetic | |Medical Compendium: Galen and Hippocrates, 14th century, p. 5 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationseems to the sick as if to one looking at another to be harmful: thus the art of medicine is redacted into the vanity ofArticella or The Art of Medicine, 1476, p. 222 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 400 BCEHippocratic corpus: On the Sacred Disease; Regimen IV (On Dreams); On the Nature of Mansame word and a translator’s rendering
- 390 BCEPlato (attr.), Alcibiades Isame word and a translator’s rendering
- 385 BCEPlato, Symposiumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 380 BCEPlato, Phaedosame word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divination/oraclen regards to being sensible. I must now demonstrate my wandering to you, like one performing certain labors, so that theEuthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, 1913, p. 111 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantikē — prophetic monitorto me, O judges—for in calling you judges I would be calling you rightly—a wonderful thing has occurred. For my habitualPlato Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, 1683, p. 160 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationbecome connected with truth by establishing a prophetic knowledge of future events within it. That the divinity assignedThe Cratylus, Phaedo, Parmenides, and Timaeus of Plato, 1793, p. 552 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 375 BCEPlato, Republic IX (the lawless desires in sleep) and Timaeus on the liversame word and a translator’s rendering
- mantikē — prophetic artuld be correct. Speech of Socrates, a recantation of disparaged Love Benefits of madness The Sibyl manikē madness calledComplete Works of Plato, 1561, p. 335 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantike — divinationdivinity according to a different power, and others according to a different order, enjoy it. For what if the powers ofThe Complete Works of Plato, 1534, p. 1101 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantike — divination/madnessdisgraceful. For they would not have linked this name to the most noble art by which the future is discerned, calling itWorks of Plato, 1491, p. 338 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 370 BCEPlato, Phaedrussame word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divination/oraclen regards to being sensible. I must now demonstrate my wandering to you, like one performing certain labors, so that theEuthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, 1913, p. 111 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantikē — prophetic monitorto me, O judges—for in calling you judges I would be calling you rightly—a wonderful thing has occurred. For my habitualPlato Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, 1683, p. 160 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantike — prophecydness is not simply base, but there is also a certain divine madness. And having divided madness itself into four parts:Hermias, Commentary on Plato's Phaedrus, 15th century, p. 10 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 370 BCEPlato, Phaedrus (tripartite soul, divine madness, recollection)same word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divination/oraclen regards to being sensible. I must now demonstrate my wandering to you, like one performing certain labors, so that theEuthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, 1913, p. 111 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantikē — prophetic monitorto me, O judges—for in calling you judges I would be calling you rightly—a wonderful thing has occurred. For my habitualPlato Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, 1683, p. 160 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantike — prophecydness is not simply base, but there is also a certain divine madness. And having divided madness itself into four parts:Hermias, Commentary on Plato's Phaedrus, 15th century, p. 10 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 370 BCEXenophon, Memorabilia and Oeconomicussame word and a translator’s rendering
- 370 BCEXenophon, Memorabilia (Socrates' daimonion, I.1; the mind that governs the body, I.4)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 360 BCEPlato, Timaeus (world-soul, sense-perception, the liver and divination, 69–72)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 350 BCEPlato (attrib.), Alcibiades I (self-knowledge; the soul is the self), with Proclus and Olympiodorussame word and a translator’s rendering
- mantike — divination/inquisitive artng to Plato: one type is the prophetic, as he says in the Phaedrus , which is enthusiastic and divine. The other is likeCommentary on the First Alcibiades of Plato (Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.27), 1525, p. 102 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantike — divinationther god, come undefiled to the mortal place and to the souls nourished in it, and some benefit the less perfect throughCommentary on the First Alcibiades of Plato, 1820, p. 116 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 340 BCEAristotle, On Sleep, On Dreams, On Divination in Sleep (Parva naturalia)same word and a translator’s rendering
- mantia — divinatione certain principles. Such are necromancy, hydromancy, pyromancy, chiromancy, geomancy, and aerimancy. Where this suffixShort Treatises on Nature, 1498, p. 63 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divination# CHAPTER I As to the divinationThe Works of Aristotle, Vol. 3 (De mundo), 1910-1931, p. 391 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 340 BCEAristotle, Parva naturalia (De sensu, De memoria, De somno, De insomniis, De divinatione per somnum)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 200 CEOrphic Hymnssame word and a translator’s rendering
Hermetic & Gnostic
- 100 BCESibylline Oraclessame word
- 150 CECorpus Hermeticum (I Poimandres; X; XI; XIII On Rebirth)same word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divinationto men by dreams and signs. For the notion that man is exalted above the beasts, and brought near to God, by the gift ofHermetica, Volume II: Notes on the Corpus Hermeticum, 1925, p. 368 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — the Greek word for divinationfury truly prophesy. Later people, however, added the letter "t" and named itThe Divine Pymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries, 1532, p. 235 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divinations page those seized by frenzy, they prophesy truly. The latter, however, with the addition of the letter "t", they namedMercurii Trismegisti Pymander, de potestate et sapientia Dei, 1532, p. 236 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 150 CEHermetica, Corpus Hermeticum I (Poimandres, the vision in sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divinationto men by dreams and signs. For the notion that man is exalted above the beasts, and brought near to God, by the gift ofHermetica, Volume II: Notes on the Corpus Hermeticum, 1925, p. 368 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divinationss or frenzy , because only those seized by divine frenzy truly prophesy. Later ones, however, added a 't' and called itDe Mysteriis Aegyptiorum (with Pimander & Asclepius), 1607, p. 67 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 200 CECorpus Hermeticum (Pimander / Poimandres)same word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divinationto men by dreams and signs. For the notion that man is exalted above the beasts, and brought near to God, by the gift ofHermetica, Volume II: Notes on the Corpus Hermeticum, 1925, p. 368 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divinationss or frenzy , because only those seized by divine frenzy truly prophesy. Later ones, however, added a 't' and called itDe Mysteriis Aegyptiorum (with Pimander & Asclepius), 1607, p. 67 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 200 CECorpus Hermeticum (CH I Poimandres; X The Key; XI Nous to Hermes; XII On the common nous)same word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divinationto men by dreams and signs. For the notion that man is exalted above the beasts, and brought near to God, by the gift ofHermetica, Volume II: Notes on the Corpus Hermeticum, 1925, p. 368 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divinations page those seized by frenzy, they prophesy truly. The latter, however, with the addition of the letter "t", they namedMercurii Trismegisti Pymander, de potestate et sapientia Dei, 1532, p. 236 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 250 CEKore Kosmousame word and a translator’s rendering
- mantikeseasons of the year—is called **Astronomy**. Furthermore, all sacrifices and the things over which the art of divinationTwo Books of Eclogues by Joannes Stobaeus, 1575, p. 39 · original word kept by the translator
- μαντικήmore difficult state now than in my previous life. It seems I appear to you to be 30 inferior to the swans in prophecy .The Anthology of John Stobaeus, 1856, p. 506 · original word kept by the translator
- 250 CEAsclepius (Latin Hermeticum)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis III (divine dreams and god-sent sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divinationan parts or actions. Rather, these things lie silent. And the god uses them as instruments. He fills every instrument ofIamblichus, On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 15th century, p. 91 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — the Greek word for divinationfury truly prophesy. Later people, however, added the letter "t" and named itThe Divine Pymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries, 1532, p. 235 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divination# IAMBLICHUS / ON THE MYSTERIES. ->232-233 referring to the Greek change from mania to mantike and called itPymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 1532, p. -119 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 300 CEAsclepius (Latin Hermetic dialogue; on the soul, immortality and daimones)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 300 CEZosimos of Panopolis, alchemical corpussame word and a translator’s rendering
Roman
- 45 BCECicero, Tusculan Disputations I (the soul and its immortality)same word and a translator’s rendering
- diuinatio — divinationms to me to confirm most of all that human affairs are looked after by the providence of the gods. For there is, indeed,M. T. Ciceronis De philosophia volumen primum, in quo haec continentur. Academicarum quæstionum editionis primæ liber se, 1523, p. 123 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinatioomen and illiterate men, attributes everything to fate? Then follows your mantike (original: "μαντικὴ"), in Latin calledCicero's Tusculan Disputations, On the Nature of the Gods, and On the Commonwealth, 1894, p. 231 · flagged as a term by the translator
- manteiae Greeks call divination performed through the dead necyomantia . For nekrou means "corpse" and nekros means "dead," andTusculan Disputations, 1496, p. 25 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 45 BCECicero, Tusculan Disputationssame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinatioomen and illiterate men, attributes everything to fate? Then follows your mantike (original: "μαντικὴ"), in Latin calledCicero's Tusculan Disputations, On the Nature of the Gods, and On the Commonwealth, 1894, p. 231 · flagged as a term by the translator
- manteiae Greeks call divination performed through the dead necyomantia . For nekrou means "corpse" and nekros means "dead," andTusculan Disputations, 1496, p. 25 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 44 BCECicero, De divinatione (and De fato)same word and a translator’s rendering
- diuinatio — prediction of future eventsood and moderate drink so that, while the body is lulled to sleep, the soul itself remains awake. This is the divinationOn Philosophy, Volume Two, 1546, p. 218 · flagged as a term by the translator
- diuinatio — divinatione to confirm most strongly that human affairs are governed by the prouidentia providence of the gods. For there is trulyM. Tullii Ciceronis De philosophia prima pars uolumen secundum .. De philosophia uolumen secundum, id est, De natura deo, 1541, p. 128 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinatio — divinationCICERO and what each thing signifies, has been observed through frequent attention. 110 "The secondOn Old Age, On Friendship, On Divination, 1923, p. 354 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 44 BCECicero, On Divination (De divinatione) and the Dream of Scipiosame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinatio — divinationCICERO and what each thing signifies, has been observed through frequent attention. 110 "The secondOn Old Age, On Friendship, On Divination, 1923, p. 354 · flagged as a term by the translator
- manteia — divinationentirely rejected. The Greeks called them by different names: for they called them chresmos oracle/divine utterance , orTractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi ... De divinatione & magicis praestigiis: quarum veritas ac vanitas solide exp, 1615, p. 42 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationng the discussion back to the point from which it wandered. Assume that I can give no reason for any of the instances ofCicero: On Old Age, On Friendship, On Divination, 1923, p. 210 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 160 CEApuleius, De deo Socratis; Metamorphoses XI (the Isis initiation)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 170 CEAulus Gellius, Noctes Atticaesame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinatio — divinationMercklin, and Kretzschmer have with one voice proclaimed to be the same as the commentaries named in III 9 and 18: II 4Attic Nights, 1903, p. 63 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinatio — divinationproclaimed with one voice to be the same as the commentaries named in III 9 and 18, [the following] are explained: II 4Attic Nights, Vol. I, 1903, p. 62 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinatio — divinationthe accusation or the subscription against the defendant, that matter and the cognitive process of the judges is calledAttic Nights of Aulus Gellius, 1870, p. 50 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 170 CEApuleius, Metamorphoses XI (the dream of Isis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 430 CEMacrobius, Commentary on the Dream of Scipiosame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinatio — foretelling, as if spoken by old women, and unlearned ones at that. There follows our mantike divination , which in Latin is calledOn the Nature of the Gods and Other Philosophical Works, 1494, p. 9 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinatioand those who are uneducated, everything seems to happen by fate? There follows our mantice divination , which is calledOn the Nature of the Gods and Other Philosophical Works, 1496, p. 15 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 524 CEBoethius, Consolation of Philosophy (the dream-vision frame)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Divination — De Divinatione, the same, and the will will be intact and... ...have fallen due to its difficulty, which Tullius treats in the book ofThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1490, p. 225 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Divination — Cicero's De Divinationeagitated, that is, treated by Marcus Tullius, when he distributed, that is, divides, divination, that is, in the book ofThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1499, p. 129 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Divination->IV<- Then she said: "This debate about providence is an old one, and it is vigorously discussed by Cicero in hisThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1900, p. 206 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 524 CEBoethius, Consolation of Philosophysame word and a translator’s rendering
- Divination — De Divinatione, the same, and the will will be intact and... ...have fallen due to its difficulty, which Tullius treats in the book ofThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1490, p. 225 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Divination — Cicero's De Divinationeagitated, that is, treated by Marcus Tullius, when he distributed, that is, divides, divination, that is, in the book ofThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1499, p. 129 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Divination->IV<- Then she said: "This debate about providence is an old one, and it is vigorously discussed by Cicero in hisThe Consolation of Philosophy, 1900, p. 206 · flagged as a term by the translator
Hebrew & Jewish
- 30 CEPhilo, On Dreams (De somniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
Hellenistic & Late Antique
- 50 CECebes, Tabula (Pinax)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 50 CECebes (attr.), Tabulasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 100 CEPlutarch, Moraliasame word and a translator’s rendering
- mantikē — divinationvine encounters a few through itself and rarely, but gives signs to the many, from which the so-called art of divinationMoralia, Vol. 6, 1888, p. 25 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationw, regarding human learning, such as history, he retained that knowledge all year round; but as for the gift of prophecyPlutarch's Morals, Vol. 4 (includes Isis and Osiris), 1878, p. 49 · original word kept by the translator
- 100 CEEpictetus, Enchiridion and Discoursessame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinationanner and not in a slovenly way, nor carelessly, nor indeed stingily, nor beyond one’s means. 1 c. 32. When you approachEpictetus' Discourses Vol. 2 (Books 3-4) & Encheiridion, 1898, p. 524 · flagged as a term by the translator
- DIVINATIONstances?" "What circumstances?" "I am about to die." And is everyone else going to be immortal? ### CHAPTER VII. #### ONEpictetus Works (Discourses, Enchiridion, Fragments), 1866, p. 137 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationne with purity and not in a slovenly or careless manner, nor stingily, nor beyond one’s means. ### 32. When you approachEpictetus Enchiridion and Cebes Tabula (1660), 1651, p. 97 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 100 CECebes, Tabula (the allegory of the soul's life)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 108 CEEpictetus, Discourses and Enchiridion (prohairesis, the use of impressions), with Simplicius' commentarysame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinationanner and not in a slovenly way, nor carelessly, nor indeed stingily, nor beyond one’s means. 1 c. 32. When you approachEpictetus' Discourses Vol. 2 (Books 3-4) & Encheiridion, 1898, p. 524 · flagged as a term by the translator
- DIVINATIONstances?" "What circumstances?" "I am about to die." And is everyone else going to be immortal? ### CHAPTER VII. #### ONEpictetus Works (Discourses, Enchiridion, Fragments), 1866, p. 137 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationne with purity and not in a slovenly or careless manner, nor stingily, nor beyond one’s means. ### 32. When you approachEpictetus Enchiridion and Cebes Tabula (1660), 1651, p. 97 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 108 CEEpictetus, Discourses (Arrian)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 110 CEPlutarch, De Iside et Osiride; De genio Socratis; De E apud Delphossame word
- 125 CEEpictetus, Enchiridionsame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinationanner and not in a slovenly way, nor carelessly, nor indeed stingily, nor beyond one’s means. 1 c. 32. When you approachEpictetus' Discourses Vol. 2 (Books 3-4) & Encheiridion, 1898, p. 524 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationne with purity and not in a slovenly or careless manner, nor stingily, nor beyond one’s means. ### 32. When you approachEpictetus Enchiridion and Cebes Tabula (1660), 1651, p. 97 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 165 CELucian, moral dialoguessame word and a translator’s rendering
- 170 CEArtemidorus, Oneirocriticasame word and a translator’s rendering
- divination — foretellingtensively about it. Among whom the first-mentioned Aristotle, in his booklet on the conjecture of dreams, says that thisTraumbuch Artemidori ... darinnen Ursprung, Unterscheid und Bedeutung, allerhand Träumen ... : sambt eyner Erinnerung Ph, 1570, p. 34 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinatioby its own merit, the art of interpreting dreams was accepted by the ancients among the skillful types of **divination**The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica) by Artemidorus Daldianus and Achmet, 1518, p. 14 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 170 CEMaximus of Tyre, Orationssame word and a translator’s rendering
- 170 CEGalen, De usu partium (books VIII–IX, XVI: brain, nerves, sense organs)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 180 CEMaximus of Tyre, Dissertations (Or. 11: how to see Plato’s God)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 180 CEMaximus of Tyre, Dissertations (on Socrates' daimonion; whether prayer and prophecy reach the soul)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 190 CEGalen, Quod animi mores corporis temperamenta sequantur (with De temperamentis, De locis affectis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 230 CEDiogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of the Philosophers (doxography of soul theories)same word and a translator’s rendering
- mantike — prophecy or fortune-tellingmen. For a man who lives among immortal goods bears no resemblance to a mortal being. He rejects all forms of divination[Greek: Peri Bion, Dogmaton kai apophthegmaton ton en philosophia eudokimesanton: biblia deka] De vitis, decretis & resp, 1533, p. -291 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationa god among men. For a man who lives amidst immortal goods is in no way like a mortal animal. In other works, he rejectsLives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, 1570, p. 444 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 230 CEDiogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosopherssame word and a translator’s rendering
- 250 CEDemotic Magical Papyrus of London and Leiden (vessel-divination rites)same word
- 260 CEPlotinus, Enneads (I.6, IV.8, V.1, VI.9: turning inward and union)same word and a translator’s rendering
- μαντική — mantikeginal: "πνεύματος" (pneumatos); in this context, the animating breath or a semi-material substance. ? And **divination**The Enneads, 1455-1460, p. 66 · original word kept by the translator
- divinationsomething common to both the bodies and the sense organs, it works out that which comes from them. But it is clear thatThe Enneads, 1200-1300, p. 99 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 260 CEPlotinus, Enneads (IV on the soul; V on Nous; I.1 What is the living being and what is man)same word and a translator’s rendering
- μαντική — mantikeginal: "πνεύματος" (pneumatos); in this context, the animating breath or a semi-material substance. ? And **divination**The Enneads, 1455-1460, p. 66 · original word kept by the translator
- divinationsomething common to both the bodies and the sense organs, it works out that which comes from them. But it is clear thatThe Enneads, 1200-1300, p. 99 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 265 CEPorphyry, Philosophy from Oracles (fragments)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 270 CEPorphyry, Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes (with Vita Plotini, Ad Marcellam)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis (Reply to Porphyry’s Letter to Anebo)same word and a translator’s rendering
- divination — foretellinguth, and we therefore do not need for this purpose any weighing of astrological rules or mere craft-based (astrological)On the Secret Teachings, 1922, p. 213 · flagged as a term by the translator
- manteia — divinationan parts or actions. Rather, these things lie silent. And the god uses them as instruments. He fills every instrument ofIamblichus, On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 15th century, p. 91 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divinationss or frenzy , because only those seized by divine frenzy truly prophesy. Later ones, however, added a 't' and called itDe Mysteriis Aegyptiorum (with Pimander & Asclepius), 1607, p. 67 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, De mysteriis (divination, possession, ecstasy, theurgy)same word and a translator’s rendering
- divination — foretellinguth, and we therefore do not need for this purpose any weighing of astrological rules or mere craft-based (astrological)On the Secret Teachings, 1922, p. 213 · flagged as a term by the translator
- manteia — divinationan parts or actions. Rather, these things lie silent. And the god uses them as instruments. He fills every instrument ofIamblichus, On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 15th century, p. 91 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divinationss or frenzy , because only those seized by divine frenzy truly prophesy. Later ones, however, added a 't' and called itDe Mysteriis Aegyptiorum (with Pimander & Asclepius), 1607, p. 67 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, On the Pythagorean Lifesame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinationheard God himself, or has gained it through divine art. For this reason, the Pythagoreans were diligent in the study ofIamblichus' Life of Pythagoras, 1818, p. 82 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationheard God, has heard God himself, or discovers it through divine art. Hence, the Pythagoreans were diligent students ofLife of Pythagoras, with Pythagorean Fragments, 1818, p. 127 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, De anima (fragments in Stobaeus)same word and a translator’s rendering
- mantikeseasons of the year—is called **Astronomy**. Furthermore, all sacrifices and the things over which the art of divinationTwo Books of Eclogues by Joannes Stobaeus, 1575, p. 39 · original word kept by the translator
- μαντικήmore difficult state now than in my previous life. It seems I appear to you to be 30 inferior to the swans in prophecy .The Anthology of John Stobaeus, 1856, p. 506 · original word kept by the translator
- 300 CEIamblichus, Protrepticussame word and a translator’s rendering
- 400 CEEunapius, Lives of the Philosophers and Sophistssame word and a translator’s rendering
- divination — astrological or theurgic calculationy about him is preserved, and no one contradicts what is said. One of those men from Egypt who was skilled in the art ofDe vitis philosophorum et sophistarum, 1568, p. 242 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantike — divinationPIUS'S CHRYSANTHIUS "If you wish me also to speak on these matters," he said, "tell me first: what is the manner of your[Greek: Bioi philosophon kai sophiston] De vitis philosophorum et sophistarum, 1596, p. -108 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationthat of Maximus, and like him was passionately absorbed in working marvels; he withdrew into the study of the science ofPhilostratus and Eunapius: The Lives of the Sophists (Loeb), 1922, p. 447 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 405 CESynesius of Cyrene, On Dreams (De insomniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Manteia — Divination. | 33 | Love potions. | | 8 | For a bladder stone. | 34 | Natural vision of demons. | | 9 | For inguinal hernia. | 35 |Four Books on Dreams, 1585, p. 453 · flagged as a term by the translator
- μαντείαightning | 258 | | | | Malabathrum | 302 | | | | Causes of evils | 19 | | | | Evil, many things | 243 | | | | DivinationSomniorum synesiorum omnis generis insomnia explicantes, libri IIII : quibus accedunt, eiusdem haec etiam De libris prop, 1585, p. 354 · original word kept by the translator
- 440 CEProclus, Commentary on the Timaeus (soul, world-soul, the vehicles)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 450 CEStobaeus, Anthology (Anthologium/Eclogae)same word and a translator’s rendering
- mantikeseasons of the year—is called **Astronomy**. Furthermore, all sacrifices and the things over which the art of divinationTwo Books of Eclogues by Joannes Stobaeus, 1575, p. 39 · original word kept by the translator
- μαντικήmore difficult state now than in my previous life. It seems I appear to you to be 30 inferior to the swans in prophecy .The Anthology of John Stobaeus, 1856, p. 506 · original word kept by the translator
- 470 CEProclus, On the Hieratic Art (De sacrificio et magia)same word and a translator’s rendering
- mantia — divination# IAMBLICHUS / ON THE MYSTERIES. ->232-233 referring to the Greek change from mania to mantike and called itPymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 1532, p. -119 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divinationss or frenzy , because only those seized by divine frenzy truly prophesy. Later ones, however, added a 't' and called itDe Mysteriis Aegyptiorum (with Pimander & Asclepius), 1607, p. 67 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 470 CEProclus, Elements of Theology and Platonic Theology (the self-constituted soul; reversion)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 524 CEBoethius, Consolatio Philosophiaesame word and a translator’s rendering
Early Christian & Monastic
- 225 CEOrigen, De principiissame word and a translator’s rendering
- 360 CEOrigen, Philocaliasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 400 CENemesius of Emesa, De natura hominissame word and a translator’s rendering
- 620 CEIsidore of Seville, Etymologiae XI / Sententiae / Differentiaesame word and a translator’s rendering
- manteia — divinatione dead appear to be resuscitated to divine and to respond to questions. For nekros dead in Greek is called a corpse, andThe Etymologies, Vol. I, 1911, p. 328 · flagged as a term by the translator
- mantia — divinationcantations the dead appear to be resurrected, to divine, and to answer questions. For necro is called dead in Greek, andEtymologiae, 1499, p. 86 · flagged as a term by the translator
Arabic
- 900 CEAchmet (pseudo-Ibn Sīrīn), Oneirocriticonsame word and a translator’s rendering
Byzantine & Orthodox
- 950 CEAchmet, Oneirocriticonsame word and a translator’s rendering
Medieval Latin
- 1242William Peraldus, Summa de virtutibus et vitiissame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1259Bonaventure, Itinerarium mentis in Deum / De triplici via / Soliloquiumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1259Bonaventure, Itinerarium mentis in Deumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1267Roger Bacon, Opus maius V (Perspectiva) on the inner sensessame word and a translator’s rendering
- mantike — divinationarisen in the matter in consequence of the equivocal meaning of the word, Mathematics, sometimes held to be derived fromOpus Majus of Roger Bacon, Vol. I (Bridges ed.), 1900, p. 72 · flagged as a term by the translator
- μαντεία — divinationr is derived from ματήσει learning (with the middle syllable long, without aspiration), or from μάντις diviner , or fromUnpublished Works of Roger Bacon (Opus Tertium, Opus Minus, Compendium Studii), 1859, p. 383 · flagged as a term by the translator
- μαντική — mantikēthe matter in consequence of the equivocal meaning of the word Mathematics, sometimes held to be derived from divinationThe Greater Work (Opus Majus), Vol. 1, 1897, p. 72 · original word kept by the translator
- 1268Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae Ia qq. 75–89 (Treatise on Man)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1272Thomas Aquinas on dreams (Summa II-II q.95 a.6; commentary on De somniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- divinatio — divinationat reason is lost concerning the consummative cause of idololatria . It must now be shown concerning the superstition ofSummary of Theology: Second Part of the Second Part, 1463, p. 241 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinatio — divinationknow future things. And thus, as Augustine says in the second book *On Genesis to the Letter*, it has a certain power ofSumma Theologiae: Second Part of the Second Part, 1479, p. 570 · flagged as a term by the translator
- manteiais called nigromantia necromancy , because, as Isidore says in his book *Etymologies*, nekros in Greek is "dead," whileSummary of Theology: Second Part of the Second Part, 1491, p. 278 · flagged as a term by the translator
Kabbalistic & Hasidic
- 1290Zohar (Book of Splendor)same word
- 1290Zohar (with Tikkunei Zohar and commentaries)same word
- 1290Zohar on sleep, the soul's ascent and dreamssame word
Indian
- 1300Śivasvarodaya (breath-divination and svara yoga)same word
Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
- 1366Petrarch, De remediis utriusque fortunaesame word
- 1476Marsilio Ficino, Epistolae (Letters)same word and a translator’s rendering
- divinationof a balanced temperament, purity of life, and the abstraction of sleep are in a way separated from the body—**divine**The Letters of Marsilio Ficino, 1497, p. 16 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationphecy, he thinks is nothing other than a foreknowledge inspired by divine breath. We name this by its more proper terms:Ficino Letters, 1497, p. 40 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1500Erasmus, Adagiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1530Paracelsus, on dreams and the sidereal bodysame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia (Book III on religious ascent)same word and a translator’s rendering
- divinatio — divinationwith a deformed nose. And Apuleius Roman philosopher and writer says in his Apology that for a boy to be initiated intoThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533, p. 230 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationvealed. These dreams require no other art of interpretation, unlike those we spoke of in the first book, which belong toThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1551, p. 366 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia libri tressame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinatio — divinationwith a deformed nose. And Apuleius Roman philosopher and writer says in his Apology that for a boy to be initiated intoThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533, p. 230 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationvealed. These dreams require no other art of interpretation, unlike those we spoke of in the first book, which belong toThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1551, p. 366 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1533Agrippa, De occulta philosophia III (on dreams and prophecy)same word and a translator’s rendering
- divinatio — divinationwith a deformed nose. And Apuleius Roman philosopher and writer says in his Apology that for a boy to be initiated intoThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533, p. 230 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationvealed. These dreams require no other art of interpretation, unlike those we spoke of in the first book, which belong toThree Books of Occult Philosophy, 1551, p. 366 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1537Paracelsus, Astronomia magna (Philosophia sagax)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1545Cardano, De immortalitate animorum (with De subtilitate)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1555Ryff and the German Traumbücher (Troumbüchlin 1555; Lupius)same word
- 1562Cardano, Somniorum synesiorum libri IVsame word and a translator’s rendering
- Manteia — Divination. | 33 | Love potions. | | 8 | For a bladder stone. | 34 | Natural vision of demons. | | 9 | For inguinal hernia. | 35 |Four Books on Dreams, 1585, p. 453 · flagged as a term by the translator
- μαντείαightning | 258 | | | | Malabathrum | 302 | | | | Causes of evils | 19 | | | | Evil, many things | 243 | | | | DivinationSomniorum synesiorum omnis generis insomnia explicantes, libri IIII : quibus accedunt, eiusdem haec etiam De libris prop, 1585, p. 354 · original word kept by the translator
- 1562Girolamo Cardano, Somniorum Synesiorum libri IVsame word and a translator’s rendering
- Manteia — Divination. | 33 | Love potions. | | 8 | For a bladder stone. | 34 | Natural vision of demons. | | 9 | For inguinal hernia. | 35 |Four Books on Dreams, 1585, p. 453 · flagged as a term by the translator
- μαντείαightning | 258 | | | | Malabathrum | 302 | | | | Causes of evils | 19 | | | | Evil, many things | 243 | | | | DivinationSomniorum synesiorum omnis generis insomnia explicantes, libri IIII : quibus accedunt, eiusdem haec etiam De libris prop, 1585, p. 354 · original word kept by the translator
- 1619Fludd, Utriusque cosmi historia — tractatus de microcosmo (soul, imagination, prophecy, memory)same word
- 1746Calmet, Dissertations sur les apparitions et les vampiressame word
- 1766Richard, La théorie des songessame word
- 1779Mesmer, Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal (with the 1784 Commission reports)same word and a translator’s rendering
Modern European
- 1779Mesmer, Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animalsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1807Hegel, Phänomenologie des Geistes (with Enzyklopädie, subjektiver Geist)a translator’s rendering
- 1813Deleuze, Histoire critique du magnétisme animalsame word
- 1834Du Potet, Cours de magnétisme animalsame word
- 1836Colquhoun, Isis Revelata; Townshend, Facts in Mesmerism; Gregory, Letters on Animal Magnetism (British mesmerism)same word
- divinationmanner. They conceived that these vapors produced a state of mental excitement, and disposed the soul to the exercise ofAn History of Magic, Witchcraft, and Animal Magnetism, Vol. 1, 1851, p. 253 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationy gave rise to the ancient oracles and mysteries, and to the early blending of religious worship, medicine, and prophecyAn History of Magic, Witchcraft, and Animal Magnetism, Vol. 2, 1851, p. 208 · original word kept by the translator
- divinationparts. If this were accepted, there would be very little difficulty in explaining mesmerism; however, a sublime insightFacts in Mesmerism, or Animal Magnetism, 1841, p. 419 · original word kept by the translator
- 1844Ennemoser, Geschichte der Magiesame word and a translator’s rendering
- Divinatio — DivinationXXXIII Contents. # Third Division. # Divination. | | | | |---|---|---| | §. 81. |History of Magic, 1844, p. 35 · flagged as a term by the translator
- μαντείαetelling future events by means of an axe or hatchet. The word is derived from the Greek, ἀξίνη (*axinē*), "an axe"; andThe History of Magic, Vol. II, 1854, p. 468 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1848Crowe, The Night-Side of Naturesame word
- 1869New Thought and mind-cure (Evans, Wood, Atkinson, Coué)same word
- 1887Binet & Féré, Le magnétisme animalsame word
Norse & Celtic
- 1826Barddas (Welsh Bardic Triads, Iolo Morganwg)same word
Theosophical & Modern Esoteric
- 1856Éliphas Lévi, Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (Transcendental Magic)same word
- 1856Lévi, Dogme et rituel de la haute magiesame word
- 1888Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (the seven principles, manas, states of consciousness)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1923Waite, Lamps of Western Mysticism / The Interior Lifesame word
- 1929Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice (with Liber E and Liber O)same word
Native American & Mesoamerican
- 1868Brinton, Myths of the New World / Religions of Primitive Peoplessame word and a translator’s rendering
- divinationthe writer's subject is war, love, hunting, or religion. This connection is generally beyond the power of interpretationMyths of the New World: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America, 1886, p. 22 · original word kept by the translator
- μαντείαimitive Religious Expression pebbles, was almost as sacred. The Greeks frequently said and often repeated that *manteia*Religions of Primitive Peoples, 1897, p. 175 · original word kept by the translator
Zoroastrian
- 1922Modi, Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parseessame word
At home in Chinese
- 600 BCEYijing (Book of Changes)same word
- 600 BCEShijing (Book of Odes)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 400 BCEAnalectssame word and a translator’s rendering
- 400 BCEMozisame word and a translator’s rendering
- 350 BCEDaodejingsame word
- 300 BCEYijing / Xici zhuan (Great Commentary)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 卜筮 — bǔshìi, representing the ideal, timeless order hexagram positions, and consulted various books on the tradition of divinationIllustrated Explanation of the Diagrams and Images of the I Ching, 1663, p. 105 · original word kept by the translator
- divinationa literal word-for-word approach. ->xv PREFACE.<- ...author or authors, whoever they were, viewed it merely as a book ofI Ching, 1882, p. 17 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 100 BCELiji (Book of Rites)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 卜 — Pǒucided (i. e., read the signs expressed) in the ink; the ruler of the realm decided (interpreted) the signs. Divination (Li Ki: Mémoires sur les bienséances et les cérémonies, 1913, p. 702 · flagged as a term by the translator
- divinationeir faces toward the south ¹. 18. When a person was buried in a grave that was already occupied, there was no divinationThe Sacred Books of China: Li Ki, Part 2 (SBE Vol. 28), 1879, p. 65 · original word kept by the translator
Evidence gate. A work is listed only where a translator marked the word as a term with a gloss, or kept the original word beside the English, on at least one page of a held edition. Vocabulary lists and keywords alone do not count: in a Greek vocabulary list ἡσυχία is the ordinary word for quiet. Up to 3 pages are shown per work, preferring those with a gloss. The vocabulary was built 2026-09-11; the graph on 2026-09-13.