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Oracle Bones Before the I Ching Myth: Shang Diviners, Ancestors, Cracks, and the Birth of Written Divination

Secret Magic Editorial Team August 21, 2026

Inscribed oracle bone fragment, Shang dynasty, ca. 1600–1046 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access, Public Domain. Oracle bones are among the most important…

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