This article inquires into the effects of heritagisation on popular religious practices in Guangdong Province, People’s Republic China. With establishment intangible cultural heritage (ICH) inventory system China, numerous practices, such as procession local deities, ancestor worship, temple festivals, exorcisms, divination, and spirit mediumship, are free stigma “feudal superstition” now recog...

Science in the cards Those looking for guidance these uncertain times might be tempted to turn tarot cards—a divination tool that’s been popular centuries. Skeptics may scoff at such soothsaying, but aficionados say do have power: their ability prompt a good story. Now card readers can draw on two decks that tell tales through science. Women of Tarot , deck from online news media site Massive f...

62 reads "Cooke (1936)", and p. 230 note 1 reads "Harrison (1982-1976)", but neither is to be found in the bibliography. In one instance (p. 47 notes 93 and 94) the footnotes are incomplete. Despite these shortcomings in the published volume, the author has in this study not only catalogued terms and texts relating to divination and magic from the ancient northwest Semitic world but also interp...