We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 7, Issue 1 of the International Journal of Divination and Prognostication (IJDP), now available on Brill’s platform.
This issue offers new research that bridges European and Asian traditions, with articles exploring geomantic elements in Dante’s Commedia and literary representations of astrology and divination in the Mongol Empire, as well as reviews of recent scholarship in the field on investigations of divination and magic, cognitive anthropology, and contemporary Chinese practices.
Contents of Volume 7, Issue 1
- Call for Papers: Special Issue on the Philosophy of Divination in the Yijing.
- Virgil the Geomancer: A Geomantic Reading of Purgatorio from Dante’s Commedia, with a Focus on Canto XIX – Erwan Dianteill
- Mongol Superstition versus Christian Rationality: Literary Representations of Astrology and Divination in the Mongol Empire by European Travelers – Yinghan Li
- Theoretical and Empirical Investigations of Divination and Magic: Manipulating the Divine (eds. Sørensen & Petersen) – Michael Grünbart
- Cosmic Coherence: A Cognitive Anthropology through Chinese Divination (William Matthews) – Wang Xing
- Fate Calculation Experts: Diviners Seeking Legitimation in Contemporary China (Geng Li) – Radu Bikir
- Divination: A Cognitive Perspective (Ze Hong) – Gerhard Mayer
We appreciate the dedication of our authors, reviewers, and readers in advancing the discourse in the IJDP. The full issue is now available online: https://brill.com/view/journals/ijdp/7/1/ijdp.7.issue-1.xml
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