（天学网：双语阅读）占卜得知过去发生事件的真相
英文原文
【英文原文】
摘要：试图通过魔法或超自然手段获取未知信息称为占卜。迷信认为，占卜人能够通过占卜得知过去发生事件的真相、异地正在发生的事件以及未来发生的事件。
is the of to learn about the by or means. A is to have the to learn about the past, , or . Some they can learn the of past . For , if a has died , the is to be able to tell when, where, and how the died. Other , , claim they can find the of water. Still they can , such as when a will die or whom a will marry.
There are many kinds of . Some try to learn about the by with the of the dead. is an to by the of the sun, the moon and stars. Some to . to know one’s by the lines on the palm of one’s hand. Some are to be able to see, in their balls, of that in the past, are at or are going to in the .
in the West once used to the guilt or of . in a trial was an . For , in many witch of the 17th in and , a witch was tied up and into water. If she sank, she was . If she , she was a witch – and was .
中文译文
【中文译文】
试图通过魔法或超自然手段获取未知信息称为占卜。迷信认为（天学网：双语阅读）占卜得知过去发生事件的真相，占卜人能够通过占卜得知过去发生事件的真相、异地正在发生的事件以及未来发生的事件。例如迷信的人靠占卜或算命来决定（天学网：双语阅读）占卜得知过去发生事件的真相，如有个人死得很神秘迷信的人靠占卜或算命来决定，占卜人就能说出那人死亡的时间、地点和方式。有一类占卜人叫找水人迷信的人靠占卜或算命来决定，他们自称能找到地下水的确切位置。还有一类占卜人为人算命，告诉人能活多久或将与何人结婚。
占卜的方式多种多样。有的人通过与亡灵交流占卜。占星术通过观察日月星辰的位置预测未来。有的人靠圆梦占卜。看手相的通过观看手掌的形状和纹路为人卜卦。也有的人算命使用水晶球，声称从水晶球里能看到过去、现在或未来事件的画面。
西方的法庭曾用占卜来确定被告是否有罪。这种裁判法称神裁法。例如，在17世纪的欧洲和北美殖民地周易专家网，有女巫嫌疑的人往往被捆绑起来，投入水中，如果下沉，就证明清白，如果浮在水面，就被断定为女巫而处以死刑。
