“Writing with the Phoenix Brush” in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region

Spirit-writing community from Taiwan

We are very pleased to announce the visit of a spirit-writing (fuji 扶乩 or 扶箕) community from Taiwan, hosted by CAS-E at the invitation of ISCSD president and CAS-E director Michael Lackner. The practice of “writing with the phoenix brush” remains widespread in Taiwan and parts of China to this day. A religious temple community […]

Online Lecture by Erwan Dianteill on Ifa and Geomancy

Erwan Dianteill, "Ifa Divination: A Comparative Project"

On May 7, 2025, ISCSD member Erwan Dianteill (Université Paris Cité – UFR SHS Sorbonne; Hutchins Center Fellow, Harvard University) held an online presentation on the YouTube channel of The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. The lecture entitled “Ifa and Geomancy: A Comparative Hermeneutics of Divinatory Systems in Africa, […]

Second Issue of IJDP 2024 Fresh off the Press

International Journal of Divination and Prognostication vol. 5, issue 2

  We are proud to present to you this year’s second issue of the International Journal of Divination and Prognostication.   Discover Volume 5, Issue 2 The second IJDP issue of 2024 continues the series of memorial articles edited by our guest editor Marta Hanson and dedicated to her late mentor Nathan Sivin, one of […]

First Issue of IJDP 2024 Out Now

International Journal of Divination and Prognostication vol. 5, issue 1

  We are delighted to inform you about the publication of the latest issue of the International Journal of Divination and Prognostication previously announced in March.   What Volume 5, Issue 1 Has to Offer This time, the journal presents a diverse collection of personal and scholarly perspectives on the history and current state of […]