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I thought it would be interesting for us to create a list of how and when divination works best. I put a star (*) before a list item and then have followed it with a discussion (in the case below with a quote).
* It extends our range of knowledge to what cannot be otherwise known.
"Divination is actually an attempt to extend the range of the rational, to encompass things within our range of knowledge that cannot otherwise be known. Thus there is no contradiction or disjunction here between so-called rational and irrational ways of understanding the world. Rather, in the context of divination, they are sympathetic and supplementary ways of viewing the workings of the world and the place of human experience within it." -- Michael Flower, The Seer in Ancient Greece, Univ of CA Press, 2008).
* It extends our range of knowledge to what cannot be otherwise known.
"Divination is actually an attempt to extend the range of the rational, to encompass things within our range of knowledge that cannot otherwise be known. Thus there is no contradiction or disjunction here between so-called rational and irrational ways of understanding the world. Rather, in the context of divination, they are sympathetic and supplementary ways of viewing the workings of the world and the place of human experience within it." -- Michael Flower, The Seer in Ancient Greece, Univ of CA Press, 2008).