diviner

In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Slate’s judicial diviner Mark Joseph Stern joins to talk about a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on abortion that really took both text and history and human rights seriously.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2024

Lacking recourse to the United Nations, the Moabites turned to a diviner named Balaam to curse the Israelis.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020

“I have no plan when I go into the studio,” said Garry Nichols, who has a sideline as a water diviner.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2013

The water diviner will soon be positioned directly over the subway.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2012

“Even though that question is to test me,” the diviner said, making me start, “to set your mind at ease, I’ll answer it. But remember this: I can read all your thoughts.”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

“In 2020, specifically, there was general agreement that masses flocked to astrology,” astrologer Julia Kelley said, referring to her community of celestial diviners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

But from a TV or filmgoer's point of view, Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil are fascinating diviners of human weakness and strategists on how best to exploit them.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2022

Born with snow white hair and deep brown skin in the imaginary country of Orïsha, young diviners morph into mighty, magic-wielding maji, or magicians, at 13.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2018

In ancient China, hermits were shamans, herbalists and diviners.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2017

“Because I know what my father knew. And his father before him. It is what diviners know.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool