WASHINGTON A rare collection of unique, ornate books of divination consulted by shahs, sultans and Muslim laymen in 16th century Persia and Turkey are on show at Washington's Smithsonian Institution. ...
“Why the Divan of Hafez?” many people may ask. Top Persian litterateur Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nadushan has given two reasons for this subject in a speech. One of the reasons, as Eslami Nadushan says, is ...
Who stole your motorcycle? Who has bewitched the kids? Spiders and crabs are still used to decode the past and read the future, in Cameroon. A large number of different forms of divination are used in ...