1. This ambition was encouraged by the magicians, soothsayers and necromancers who clustered at the Imperial Court.

2. Belshazzar cried out loud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers

3. In reality were, 'part of a broad spectrum of specialists including necromancers, soothsayers, magicians, and Augurists' (1994:101)

4. The ancient soothsayers looked to birds for Auguries -- the birds upon the wing were the flexion of her soul

5. Unlike pagan diviners or soothsayers, . . . they do not have to employ arts or devices for penetrating divine secrets. . . .

6. In Roman times several Emperors would barely move without consulting Augurists and soothsayers, the medicine man is part of many tribal cultures in Africa and the Americas ,as are High Priests with divine insights.

7. In Roman times several Emperors would barely move without consulting Augurists and soothsayers, the medicine man is part of many tribal cultures in Africa and the Americas ,as are High Priests with divine insights.

8. As soon as some indicator or other is published that gives a snap shot of economic conditions for just one relatively short instance in time it is jumped upon by all and sundry (like soothsayers and shaman Augurists)to be a portent of things to come.