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🇬🇷 GreeceKykeonκυκεών An Ancient Greek ritual drink linked to the Eleusinian Mysteries and peasant lifeSubstance · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Wonder and entertainment Historical 🇬🇷 Greece and 2 moreCrithomancy Divination by reading barley cakes and scattered cereal grains for omensOracle · Seeing and foretelling Historical 🇮🇳 IndiaTormaགཏོར་མ Sculpted offerings of flour and butter used in Tibetan Buddhist ritualsTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Protection Living

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