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Paperback Divination's Grasp: African Encounters with the Almost Said Book

ISBN: 0253018897

ISBN13: 9780253018892

Divination's Grasp: African Encounters with the Almost Said

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Richard Werbner takes readers on a journey though contemporary charismatic wisdom divination in southern Africa. Beginning with the silent language of the divinatory lots, Werbner deciphers the everyday, metaphorical, and poetic language that is used to reveal their meaning. Through Werbner's skillful interpretations of the language of divination, a picture of Tswapong moral imagination is revealed. Concerns about dignity and personal illumination,...

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