Witchcraft and divination in witch culture

Divination is a worldwide cultural phenomenon, and there are also various forms of divination abroad. However, the discussion on divination here mainly focuses on the ancient divination in China, and the materials used are mostly ancient documents in China. However, whether it is ancient astrology in China, divination, tortoise shell divination, or dirty divination in ancient Babylon, astrology prevailing in ancient Greece and Rome has a similar ideological basis and behavior.

The art of divination once played an important role in China's ancient social life. From a large number of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, that is, Oracle bone inscriptions, we can see that divination plays an important role in social life. Since ancient times, they have been ordered to be kings, and the prosperity of kings is not determined by destiny! This was particularly evident in the Zhou and Qin Dynasties. The royal family in Shang Dynasty advocated superstition. Everything includes sacrifice, conquest, hunting, going in and out, adulthood, storms, diseases and so on. Everything depends on ghosts and gods. The most commonly used method is to use tortoise shell bones to predict good or bad luck. After divination, the time of divination, the name of the diviner, the divination and the result of divination are all engraved on the tortoise shell bone. So far, about150,000 pieces of Oracle bones have been found in Yin Ruins in Anyang.

Whether using tortoise shell bones or animal viscera for divination, the main behavioral purposes of divination in ancient and modern China and foreign countries are roughly the same. Because it was born in the soil of primitive civilization and has a very close relationship with primitive thinking, the ancients often used astrology, divination, pattern occupation, calendar taboo, turtle divination, dream occupation and other means to study the wonderful world around them. Among the fortune tellers, there are both Han folk wizards who manipulate chicken bones, ox bones and ox bones, as well as Yi-ology masters who are proficient in Yi-ology and implement complex prediction techniques. A close relative of witchcraft or a child of witchcraft?