anthropology
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Chuckmuck: The Fanny Pack of the Silk Road
Picture this: It’s the 17th century, and you’re a traveler on the ancient trade routes stretching from the snow-capped Himalayas to the bustling ports of Japan. Hanging from your belt is a curious contraption – part fashion statement, part survival tool. This, my friends, is the chuckmuck, the ultimate accessory for the discerning nomad. The…
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đż Modern Dowsing: Pseudoscience, Persistence and the Human Need for Answers
Modern dowsing lives in a strange, fascinating borderland where rural craft, New Age metaphysics, ghostâhunting theatrics, YouTube tutorials and quiet personal ritual all coexist without ever fully acknowledging one another. In rural America, especially Appalachia, the Ozarks, the Mountain West, and pockets of the Midwest, dowsing remains a practical skill, passed down through families who…
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Scatomancy Notes
Scatomancy, the ancient art of gazing into the abyss of the human digestive aftermath and declaring, âBehold! Your destiny lies within this steaming pile!â What could be more unhinged than plumbing the depths of poop for cosmic wisdom? Let us embark on this fecal odyssey, where divination meets digestion and prophecy smells faintly of last…
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Haruspex
In the religion of ancient Rome, a haruspex (plural haruspices; also called aruspex) was a person trained to practise a form of divination called haruspicy (haruspicina), the inspection of the entrails (extaâhence also extispicy (extispicium)) of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry. The reading of omens specifically from the liver is also known by the Greek term hepatoscopy (also hepatomancy). The Roman concept is directly derived from Etruscan religion, as one of…
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BÄrĂ»tu, the âart of the divinerâ
The BÄrĂ»tu, the âart of the diviner,â is a monumental ancient Mesopotamian compendium of the science of extispicy or sacrificial omens stretching over around a hundred cuneiform tablets which was assembled in the Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian period based upon earlier recensions.â At the Assyrian court, the term extended to encompass sacrificial prayers and rituals, commentaries and organ models. The ikribu was the name of collections of incantations to accompany the extispicy.…
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“An entire legion of herion-addicted, long-haired rock and rollers are said to have tried Urine Therapy”
While many people are aware that Gandhi drank his urine, few know that leather-clad rocker Jim Morrison (who, like Gandhi, had an unwatchable movie made of his life) began the practice of drinking his urine while on an LSD-induced spiritual quest in the Mojave Desert. And like Gandhi, Morrison is now dead. As is John…
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Golden cure? arguments for and against urine therapy
According to its supporters, urine therapy is the number one treatment for all medical ailments. Although the centuries old practice is mired in controversy, they argue, don’t knock it till you try it. Mira Patel, Golden cure? arguments for and against urine therapy www.indianexpress.com (article requires subscription) Updated: June 8, 2022
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 âShivambuâ, which literally means âbeneficial waterâ, refers to auto or self-urine therapy
From the article 'One teaspoon twice a day â Indians opting for âurine therapyâ to âcureâ cancer, Covid' by Tina Das
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Fish Otoliths and Folklore: A Survey
Duffin, Christopher J.. âFish Otoliths and Folklore: A Survey.â Folklore 118 (2007): 78 – 90. The folklore associated with fish otoliths is traced from classical times to the present day for the first time. Otolithomancy involved divination of maritime weather conditions by consulting the properties and morphology of the âstones.â In folk medicine, they were…
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