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"The oracle-glass was maddeningly literal, capable of answering only the question one asked, rather than that which one wanted answered."
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Oracle"The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro the arched roof in words deceiving."
An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through occultic means, it is a form of divination.