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studies of divination by Africans, 13; |
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Ifa history and divination verses, 38 |
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specificity of oracular communication, 203 |
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Almquist, Alden: |
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typologies and divination systems, 216 |
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traditional religion of Malagasy, 54-55; |
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sikidy system, 65; |
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Batammaliba divination, 77, 79; |
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Apagibeti culture, 102 |
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Androgyny: |
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Nyole diviners, 158; |
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diviners and gender, 196-97 |
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sacrifice and sikidy configurations, 65; |
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Batammaliba diviners, 77; |
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Lobi divination, 94-95; |
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foxes and Dogon divination, 140, 198; |
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imagery and world view, 198, 207n |
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critics of rationalism, 137; |
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anthropologist as diviner, 215. |
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Apagibeti: |
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ethnographic background, 101-103 |
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Arabic influence: |
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divinatory practices in Madagascar, 39; |
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Malagasy system of astrology, 56, 65; |
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Temne divination, 145; |
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types of Nyole diviners, 156-57; |
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Nyole divination and Arabic books, 159-60, 161-62, 169; |
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Kenyan "Arab" diviners, 175, 177-79 |
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Ardner, Edwin: |
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simultaneity and sequencing in human cognition, 173 |
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bricolage and modern science, 184-85 |
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origins of in Madagascar, 55; |
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adaptation of Arabic system to Madagascar, 56, 65; |
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Malagasy calendar, 56-60 |
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Atuot: |
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account of origins of divination, 37-38; |
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role of divination in search for knowledge, 38-39, 41, 44-51 |
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Authority: |
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public and private spheres of divination, 149-50; |
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Nyole divination and power structure, 167-70 |
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Barth, F.: |
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view of innovative individual, 187 |
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Bascom, William R.: |
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American study of divination, 6; |
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Yoruba diviners and folktales, 202 |
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Batammaliba: |
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diviners as alienists and annunciators, 73-90 |
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Beattie, J.M.H.: |
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British study of divination, 9; |
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rituals and philosophy, 45 |
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initiation ceremonies, 25 |
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Malagasy calendars, 60 |
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Birds: |
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Temne divination, 143; |
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vultures' hearts, 198. |
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p'Bitek, Akot: |
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African scholarship and Western biases, 14 |
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Blier, Roudolph: |
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divination and social order, 69-70; |
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typologies and divination systems, 216 |
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Blier, Suzanne: |
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locomotion and divinatory processes, 12 |
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divinatory vision, 200 |
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initiation of Zulu women diviners, 25 |
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Boxes: |
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image in Temne divination, 149 |
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Brain: |
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left and right sides of divinatory configurations, 205 |
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Bricolage: |
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as described by Lévi-Strauss, 183; |
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divinatory diagnosis and schizophrenia, 184; |
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art and modern science, 184-85 |
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shifts in diviner's brain waves, 205 |
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Bunyole: |
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Burkina Faso: |
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culture and divination among Lobi, 91-99 |
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Burton, John W.: |
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divination's role in search for knowledge, 38-39, 217 |
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Buxton, J.: |
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possession and divination in Nilotic Sudan, 42-43 |
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Calendars: |
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traditional Malagasy astrology, 56-60 |
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Callaway, Henry: |
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European view of divination, 5; |
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study of Zulu divination, 23-26; |
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initiation of Zulu diviners, 27-33; |
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typologies and divination systems, 216 |
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Children: |
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Batammaliba and learning of consultation process, 74-78 |
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Christianity: |
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divination in Madagascar, 53; |
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Apagibeti and Catholicism, 102; |
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Nyole divination, 159 |
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Clairvoyance: |
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Batammaliba diviners, 76-77; |
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Yaka oracles, 118-19 |
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Clients: |
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autonomy of Nyole, 166-67; |
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Nyole ideology and role of diviner, 170-71; |
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innovative power of relationship with diviner, 187-88; |
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quality of divinatory communication, 195; |
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relationship with diviner, 204, 207n-208n. |
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Cognition: |
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simultaneity and sequencing, 173; |
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non-normal modes and African divination systems, 193-200, 202-206 |
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Colby, Benjamin N. and Lore M.: |
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American study of divination, 7 |
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Community: |
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truth and orientation of African systems of divination, 135 |
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Consultation club: |
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Batammaliba divination, 83-85 |
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