The Art of Divination

by Scott Cunningham

Offers basic information on the different divination systems around, explains why divination works, and examines divination with water, crystals, palmistry, candles, and more

Genres: Witchcraft, Divination, Wicca, Paganism

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Scott Douglas Cunningham was an American writer. Cunningham is the author of several books on Wicca and various other alternative religious subjects.
His work Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published; he was a friend of notable occultists and Wiccans such as Raymond Buckland, and was a member of the Serpent Stone Family, and received his Third Degree Initiation as a member of that coven.

Reviews

[Raven Wells · Rating 3 out of 5]

Usually I’m a huge fan of Scott Cunningham, but this wasn’t a favorite of mine. It is well researched and gives the history for a variety of different divination tools. He spends a majority of the book on random techniques such as water or paper but very little on the more popular ones like tarot, runes, and even the use of the pendulum was only briefly covered. There are a handful of random ways to get yes or no answers with the more obscure methods. I had hoped for something a bit more in depth from Cunningham. However, this was one of the last books published from him so perhaps that had something to do with it. (Publication 1993)