Cosmology- supplies a structure of understanding how the world came into being, how it is ordered and how supernatural phenomena relate to it.
Mythology- supplies an interpretation of human experiences and customs. It is a more comprehensive framework within which individuals and society understand themselves and in terms of which they explain all that is beyond rational explanation.
Divination and Magic- provide a bridge between the world of the supernatural and that of humans, one by which humans aim at some special insight or power of controlling their destiny.
Divination- is the practice of knowing the future, it occurs in two forms:

Inductive- when the diviner uses and object (omen) The objector omen may be a natural event (sign in the sky), usually phenomena (the behaviour or noise of the animals), or a ritual involving water, oil, fire, arrow, or lots.
Intuitive- occurs when an individual act as a medium to give a word from the gods.

	Created by Tony Ngeny over 6 years ago

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