Post by Taylor Yeven Reeck on Jun 12, 2008 23:27:37 GMT
(I know it's wayyyy since due...-sigh- Don't bother signing up just come to the class)
Taylor sat on his chair and his feet on his desk. The ball infront of him swirled with different images. He could process his visions easier when he placed them in there with his thoughts patterns. He waved his hand, going from one to another. His class was small but Taylor didn't mind much, he already had the POD(plan of the day) out. He sighed and took out his wand, waving at the board and another flicker to get the crystal balls out of the shelves and onto the tables. On the board it wrote a long two paragraph explantion for Divination.
Divination (from Latin divinare "to be inspired by a god", related to divine, diva and deus) is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency, either by or on behalf of a querent.
If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates" , though most Romans believed in dreams and charms"
(Taken by Wikipedia)
[/color]Taylor sat on his chair and his feet on his desk. The ball infront of him swirled with different images. He could process his visions easier when he placed them in there with his thoughts patterns. He waved his hand, going from one to another. His class was small but Taylor didn't mind much, he already had the POD(plan of the day) out. He sighed and took out his wand, waving at the board and another flicker to get the crystal balls out of the shelves and onto the tables. On the board it wrote a long two paragraph explantion for Divination.
Divination (from Latin divinare "to be inspired by a god", related to divine, diva and deus) is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency, either by or on behalf of a querent.
If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates" , though most Romans believed in dreams and charms"
(Taken by Wikipedia)
