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Introduction to the Volume "Glimpses of Tibetan Divination. Past and Present", containing the background history of the Volume.

Within the vast array of mantic tools that characterize the discernment and interpretation of hidden circumstances, oneiromancy occupies a revered position and plays a specific role. According to the indications contained in textual sources, the dream state can be the vehicle for visions of pure fields, prophetic encounters, emblematic appearances of totemic animals and of messengers of powerful entities, to name just a few instances.