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Divination is supposed to predict what is going to happen in the future.
Or it could mean to discover truths by communicating with supernatural powers. Geomancy is supposed to foretell the future through such devices as observing the cracks on a burned ox's skull or by the configurations made by randomly throwing down a handful of rocks. To date only Japan has fully succeeded in this quest. Non-Western civilizations will continue to attempt to acquire the wealth, technology, skills and machines and weapons that are part of being modern. They will attempt to reconcile this modernity with their traditional cultural values and interests.