Abstract
Far from having been overcome by our technocratic society, risks and uncertainty form its constituent marks, both in fact and in perception. While scientific models prefer statistical probability to rational proof, interest in various types of divination reveals the curve of existential doubts. This has been linked to a shift from belief in eternal truths to a sense of constant flux. Reflecting on the roots of this shift and the heightened demand for esoteric-paranormal knowledge, the author signals the ways in which these differ from the aims divination pursues. Using examples from Africa, China and elsewhere, he argues that the allegedly objectifying discourse ignores an essential aspect of divination which, by symbolically inverting signs, fosters a discourse that exposes the emotionally driven search of common (as well as scientific) rationality and points to a pre-original truth.
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