oracle

Days later, the Dalai Lama fled the palace, a decision he said was based on divine orders from his personal oracle.

Woodburn had the rare ability to be both outrageous and oddly profound - like a foul-mouthed oracle in marigolds.

Writer and performer Sandra Tsing Loh had the honors Sunday, and she gamely followed the script’s instructions as though presiding over an evening of charades that an oracle had dreamed up in advance.

Star Feliz, a New York artist now based in L.A., was exploring the connection between civilian oracles and artificial technologies in their art when they were approached to make a new piece for the show.

It’s not that I am any kind of oracle.