As intuitive beings, we often tend to let go of or loose sight of this ability as we age. Today, the idea is not so different.ĭivination is considered unusual insight or intuitive perception. Discoveries of hidden knowledge, usually by the interpretation of omens or by the assistance of supernatural powers was how it was perceived. It attempts to tell what anything must be like in order to be at all.Īs far back as the 14th century, divination was considered the art or practice that would seek to foresee or foretell future events. It seeks a description so basic, so essentially simple, so all-inclusive that it applies to everything, whether divine or human or anything else. Traditionally, metaphysics refers to the branch of philosophy that attempts to understand the fundamental nature of all reality, whether visible or invisible.
