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Period: 4000 BCE to
Fortune Telling
Forms of fortune-telling were practiced in ancient China, Egypt, Chaldea, and Babylonia as long ago as 4000 bce. Fortune telling is still used in today's society all over the world. Fortune telling can be told in many different ways in today's age, e.g. cards, reading of a crystal sphere, reading tea leaves in a cup, reading of the palms -
What do fortune tellers do?
Fortune telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. -
Can fortune telling be harmful?
A popular method of fortune-telling practiced in ancient times called haruspication required someone to cut open a recently butchered animal and pull its intestines onto the ground to see if the bloody entrails formed any symbols that could be interpreted as a portent of things to come. -
Why do people go to fortune tellers?
People visit fortune tellers to gain self-understanding, and knowledge which will lead to personal power or success in some aspect of life.