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, showing eight priestesses in a temple of prophecy]] An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or , were often referred to under the same name — a name derived from the Latin verb ''ōrāre'', to speak. ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS China Oracles were common in many civilizations of antiquity. In China, the use of oracle bones dates as far back as the Shang Dynasty , ( 1600 BC - 1046 BC ). The I Ching , or "Book of Changes", is a collection of linear signs used as oracles that dates from that period. Although Divination With The I Ching is thought to have originated prior to the Shang Dynasty, it was not until King Wu of Zhou (1046 BC-1043 BC) that it took its present form. In addition to its oracular power, the I Ching has had a major influence on the philosophy, literature and statecraft of China from the time of the Zhou Dynasty ( 1122 BC - 256 BC ). Egypt Another oracle of note lay in Egypt, in a temple dedicated to Amun , whom the Greeks associated with Zeus . Alexander The Great once visited it, and although no record of his query remains, the oracle is thought to have hailed him as Ammon's son, influencing his conceptions of his own divinity. Greece |
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