Taghairm
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Taghairm
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Taghairm, sometimes interpreted as "spiritual echo," or calling up the dead, was an ancient Scottish mode of divination. The definition of what was required varied, but often involved torture or cruelty to humans or animals and sometimes included animal sacrifice. The Scottish writer Màrtainn MacGille Mhàrtainn describes three different ways of consulting spirits common in the Scottish Hebrides in the 17th century. All involved acts which were supposed to summon spirits or demons in the form of
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Ancient Scottish mode of divination
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taghairm
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2023-08-18T21:44:54Z
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