Divination

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of good karma. Save a life. Click a button.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="228d4e50.gif" border=0 width="212" height="229" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> *{+DICE+DIVINATION+}*</div> <div> Clear your mind. Then think of the question. Spin the dice (or die).</div> <div> The number will correspond to an answer.</div> <div> 1 Yes </div> <div> 2 No </div> <div> 3 Take Care </div> <div> 4 Be Wise </div> <div> 5 Good Luck </div> <div> 6 Of Course </div> <div> 7 Have Faith </div> <div> 8 Be Patient </div> <div> 9 Certainly </div> <div> 10 Doubtful </div> <div> 11 Nonsense </div> <div> 12 A Chance</div> <bR> <div> ICHING </div> <div> The iching does not give you specific answers to your questions but rather reveals patterns which helps you arrive at the answer you seek. Answers are given in 64 hexagrams of solid lines (yang) and broken lines (yin). These represent a state of being. </div> <div> The most common method used to determine hexagrams is to toss three coins three times. The traditional method is to toss a set of 50 yarrow sticks. </div> <div> The iching dates back to around 2852 B.C. The chinese emperor Fu-hsi developed a set of trigrams. </div> <div> Later on around 1143 B.C. the trigrams were doubled to hexagrams. The iching found its way to western culture in the 19th century</div> <div> The art of reading tea leaves is reffered to as Tasseomancy. This form of divination is stongly associated with the Gypsies and the English. </div> <div> The history of tasseomancy can be traced back hundreds of years. During a reading the client drinks a cup of tea but leaves a small amount in the bottom of the cup. The cup is turned upside down on a saucer and turned. </div> <div> The reader picks up the cup and reads the patterns formed by the tea leaves. Usually the best tea readers also have natural artistic skills. </div> <div> Various symbols have certain meanings. Time frames are estimated by the proximity of the leaves to the rim. </div> <div> Leaves closest to the rim represent the immediate future. </div> <div> Coffee grounds are also used by some readers. This form of divination is thought to have come from Italy. </div> <div> Divners who read coffee grounds often recite incantations. </div> <bR> <div> DOWSING </div> <div> Dowsing has been used for centuries as a method for finding water, treasures, gold, metals, people, animals and to tell the past and the future. In fact dowsing has been used for nearly 7,000 years and probably even longer. </div> <div> It was used by both the ancient Egyptians and Chinese. In the middle ages it was used in Europe to find coal deposits and water. </div> <div> In the 20th century dowsing has been used in archeological and geological work, and by utility companies in locating damaged pipes and cables. </div> <div> The traditional tool of the dowser is a forked rod made of wood. Certain wood such as Hazel, Willow, Ash and Rowan are the best. </div> <div> Many dowsers prefer to work with a pendulum on a string. The dowser attunes themself to what is being sought usually through visualization. </div> <div> The dowser holds the forked end of the rod making sure palms are turned upwards. The dowser walks until the rod trembles and dips down marking the spot. </div> <div> In the case of dowsing with a pendulum the dowser hangs the pendulum over a map. The pendulum feels like its being pulled down on the spot.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="45020980.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="451902d0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Dowsing is a searching tool that has been used for at least one thousand years by prospectors who have tried, with the help of a Y shaped rod, to locate underground water, ore bodies, oil and other important resources. Dowsing is subjective by nature. Its success depends on the qualities developed by the dowsers themselves, who sense, via a mind-body link, the presence of underground structures. </div> <div> Scientists have tried to understand the physical basis of dowsing; what factors link the movement of the rod in the dowser's hand to underground structures. No one has yet successfully explained the dowsing signal. </div> <bR> <div> Dowsing searches for high points in electromagnetic energy.  When dowsing, the following position is most recommeneded.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="4538c880.gif" border=0 width="140" height="136" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Dowsing rods can be made by bending wire coat hangers in the following way:</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="454c8640.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Rods should be parallel to the ground, and not held too tightly.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="455c8640.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="456c8640.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The rods will either go cross over, or out apart. You can program then by asking them to show you yes. Do this several times to check if it's correct. Program them by saying:</div> <bR> <div> If yes:</div> <div> This is yes, this is yin, this is positive.</div> <bR> <div> Or if no:</div> <div> This is no, this is yang, this is receptive.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> OUIJA BOARD </div> <div> The Ouija Board has been around since the time of the Roman Emporeror Valens in the fourth century. It is also thought to have been used by the Greeks since before the time of Christ. </div> <div> The modern Ouija Board is the combination of two tools used for scrying. The first is a wheel made up of the letters of the alphabet. The second is a glass, usually a wine glass which is inverted and placed in the middle. </div> <div> The letters are usually written on small pieces of paper which are placed in a circle around the table. </div> <div> It was in 1891 that a patent was granted to Elijah J Bond on the first modern Ouija Board. The following year the rights were purchased by William Fuld. </div> <div> The name Ouija means yes-yes. In 1966 the Parker Brothers purchased the rights to the Ouija Board and shifted its manufacturing facilities to Salem, Massachusetts. </div> <div> The Ouija Board ended up outselling the game of Monopoly in its first full year at Salem. Over two million copies of the Ouija Board were shipped. </div> <div> The layout of the Ouija Board seems to vary from country to country. The original and best layout appears to be to place the yes at the top of the circle and the no at the bottom. </div> <div> The letters are placed in a circle starting with the letter A next to the word yes and continuing around until the final letter Z ends up on the other side of the word yes. The nine numbers from one to nine should be placed at the bottom next to the no. </div> <div> The board usually requires a minimum of two people to operate it. It is very rare that one person has the power to operate the board. </div> <div> The two people should sit opposite each other and place the tip of only one finger on the glass. The fingertip should only gently touch the glass. </div> <div> Someone starts by asking a simple question, such as " is there a spirit present?". If there is no response the question should continued to be asked. </div> <div> The glass eventually moves and answers the question. The first time you use a Ouija Board is quite startling. </div> <div> Sometimes someone will deliberatly push the glass but this is easy to spot. The glass tends to move in jerks rather than free flowing. </div> <div> There are stories that Ouija Boards are dangerous to use. These stories are stupid and should be ignored. </div> <div> It is helpful to write down the questions you wish to ask before you start. It is also helpful to have a third person writing down the answers as you go for future reference. </div> <div> Once you become experienced at the Board you will find the pace of responses coming from the glass will increase. In fact sometimes the glass will speed across the table at such great speeds it is almost impossible to keep up. </div> <div> It should be noted that sometimes the communication will be in foreign languages or sometimes it is English backwards. My advise to most people is to make their own Ouija Board. </div> <div> This is simple to do and most effective. Just have a smooth table to work from and cut up small pieces of paper to write on. Any glass will do, though a wine glass is most effective. </div> <div> The responses you get from the Board will really depend on your attitude and commitment. </div> <bR> <div> SHELL SCRYING </div> <div> This is a modern method of scrying and is becoming more popular. Most people are familiar with the sound of when a shell is placed over the ear. </div> <div> It sort of sounds like the ocean. But in fact it is the sounds of blood flowing through the vessels in your ear. </div> <div> If however you listen to this sound you will eventually by able to pick up fragments of conversation. At first you may be able to only make out a few words, but in time you will come to understand whole segments of conversations. </div> <div> The subject of this talk will be usually meaningless, but if you can mentally break into this communication you may find the voices may choose to respond. Just exactly what is happening here Im not sure, but for those of you who have seen the movie "The Phantom Menace" it may give you a clue. </div> <bR> <div> SMOKE SCRYING </div> <div> Smoke scrying is best done while relaxing in front of a campfire. You should be in comfortable visual range of watching the smoke rise. </div> <div> Do not follow the smoke up but rather allow the smoke to forms patterns within your spiritual gaze. In time you will see visions of many far off events. </div> <div> I have generally found people who have natural artistic skill good at this form of scrying. </div> <div> The American Indians practise a special type of smoke scrying. It's called a sweat lodge. </div> <div> Water is poured over hot rocks in a tent to create steam. The steam is inhaled by those who sit naked around the rocks. </div> <div> The combination of temperature, humidity and elevated levels of carbon dioxide produce a state in which visions can arise. This form of scrying may be dangerous and should only be undertaken by experienced people. </div> <bR> <div> MIRROR SCRYING </div> <div> Mirror scrying is an evolved form of water scrying. When it became possible to build mirrors they were regarded as being like water that was fixed into one place. </div> <div> The early mirrors were made of polished copper, brass, marcasite, tin foil or mercury behind glass, polished silver and obsidian. All types of mirrors may be used for scrying and the size is not important. </div> <div> Because mirrors are linked to the moon mirrors should be backed with silver. Try and use a round or oval mirror instead of a square mirror. </div> <div> For the frame try and use a mirror that has a silver frame. Old mirrors also seem to work better than new mirrors. </div> <div> Most seers prefer to use a black mirror. Because this is difficult to buy you may have to make one. </div> <div> Just simply take out the glass and paint it black. You may have to give it a few coats of paint though. When you put it back in the frame make sure the glass part is to the front. </div> <div> The use of black mirrors may be traced back over the centuries. John Dee used a black mirror of obsidian. </div> <div> When using the black mirror for scrying you do not want to see your reflexion. The best is to leave the mirror on a table and look at it from an angle. </div> <div> Look into the depths of the mirror as though you were looking into a bowl of water. At first it may appear grey than colours will come and go. </div> <div> With time and practise you will be able to see scried images like still photographs or moving film images. Spirits may sometimes look at the scryer, talk to the scryer or even touch the scryer. </div> <div> The visions may even exist outside the mirror and surround the scryer on all sides. </div> <bR> <div> PENDULUM SCRYING </div> <div> The ancient Romans were renowned for pendulum scrying and their methods were detailed in the writings of Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus. It is also possible that French seer Nostradamus used this same Roman method of basin scrying by means of a pendulum to produce individual letters that formed intelligible prophetic verses. </div> <div> The bowl used was a composite material of many metals, meaning it was made of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver. A ring was attached by thread to a wand. </div> <div> The ring was probably a band of electrum with occult characters engraved upon it. The twenty four letters of the Greek alphabet were engraved into the flange of the basin. </div> <div> The table used was probably a tripod in which to support the basin. It was made out of branches of laural and had three legs. </div> <div> Laural was the substance specified by the Enochian angels for the scrying table of John Dee. Another method which has been used in Europe for centuries involves the suspension of a ring from a thin silk thread inside an ordinary water goblet. </div> <div> The responses come in the form of tapping sounds as the ring gently raps the side of the glass. The seer asks a specific question that can be answered with a yes or a no. A single tap indicates a yes while two taps indicate a no. More than two taps indicates the spirit is not certain of the response. </div> <div> Another method is to use a sheet of paper with a cross marked upon it. The ring is held suspended over the cross in the left hand upon a silk thread. </div> <div> A simple question is asked which only requires a yes or no. If the answer is yes it will swing back and forth along the vertical arm of the cross. If the answer is no it will swing side to side along the horizontal arm of the cross. </div> <div> Some scryers prefer to use a crystal instead of a ring. Once you have made your pendulum you should purify it. </div> <div> Fill a clear bowl with fresh pure water. Say a cleansing prayer : "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean, Wash me, and I shall br whiter than snow, Create in me a clean heart, And renew a right spirit within me". </div> <div> Dip the crystal and thread into the water and leave for a few minutes. </div> <div> On the night of a full moon place the pendulum and thread in the moonlight and leave for several hours. Never allow your pendulum to be placed in direct sunlight. </div> <bR> <div> Still the pendulum Say to it, "Show me YES." It will soon swing in one direction.... could be side to side, back and forth, or circles. Say, "Show me NO." It should swing in the opposite direction. Program similar to the dowsing rods. Practice makes this easier and faster. Now you are ready to begin. Ask your questions. Eventually you will hear the answers in your mind. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> CLOUD SCRYING </div> <div> Throughout history symbols of political or religeous importance have been seen in the clouds. In A.D. 312 when Emperor Constantine was marching against the army of Maxentius at Rome, both he and his entire army saw a shining cross of light amid the clouds. </div> <div> It was said the cross contained the Greek words "By This Conquer". Later that night Christ appeared to Constantine in his dreams bearing a cross in his hand ordering Constantine to have a military starndard made in the same image. </div> <div> Under this standard his outnumbered army was victorious. Down through history entire military battles have been witnessed in the clouds. </div> <div> Some of the U.F.O. sightings have in fact turned out to be disk shaped cloud formations. Generally cloud scrying is done on days when cloud conditions are good. </div> <div> Having too few or too many clouds is no good for scrying. The best is when the clouds are thick. </div> <div> Find a nice location to lie down and just relax. Try not to focus on any one cloud but rather allow the clouds to drift across your view. </div> <div> Visions cannot be forced, they will come naturally when the time is right. </div> <bR> <div> WIND SCRYING </div> <div> Ancient Greeks practised wind scrying in the sacred grove of Dodona, which was dedicated to Zues. Psellus refered to this technique writing "there is a mode of predicting by means of the air and the leaves of the trees. </div> <div> The method seemed to involve the hanging of striking wands from branches of sacred oak tress in a way that they struck resounding brass basins when the wind blew. Interpretations were made of these sounds and that of the wind. </div> <div> The wind gives itself naturally to scrying because it talks the same as you or me. Find a quite place in the bush where there is no noise of cars, music, etc. </div> <div> A place among the trees is the best. Find a tree and sit under it. </div> <div> Casually focus your attention on the wind, blocking out all other thoughts. In time the wind will talk to you. </div> <div> In order for you to scy the wind, you must, for a time, become the wind. </div> <div> Egyptian dream scrying may be traced back thousands of years. The method used by the Egyptians was recorded in the Greek magical papyri which were written between 200 B.C. to 500 A.D. </div> <div> In preparing to use the Egyptian dream scrying method you must not speak to anyone on the evening you plan to scy. You should remain in silence after the setting of the sun. </div> <div> Do not consume alcohol on that day or engage in sex. You must refrain from consuming food for up to four hours before the scrying. </div> <div> After having a warm bath you anoint your temples with olive oil. You will need an oil lamp which must not be coloured red or bear any inscription. </div> <div> Write on a short narrow strip of white linen with ink mixed with myrrh the name of the dream God and the purpose for the dream scrying. Twist the linen strip into a wick and insert into the oil of the lamp. </div> <div> Place the lamp on a table beside your bed. Using the ink draw the image of the dream God upon your left palm. </div> <div> You must decide which God or Goddess you wish to use. Thoth was well used with the Egyptians. </div> <div> Light your lamp. Kneel before the lamp. </div> <div> Concentrating on the image on your left hand recite the following invocation : Thoth I invoke, blessed power of dreams divine, Angel of future fates, swift wings are thine, Great source of oracles to human kind, When stealing soft, and whispering to the mind, Through sleep's sweet silence and the gloom of night, Thy power awake the sight, To silent souls the will of heaven relates, And silently reveals their future fates. </div> <div> You need to concentrate on your question you wish to know the answer to. Around your left hand wrap a piece of black linen about four inches wide and about thirty inches long. </div> <div> The black cloth is called "black" of Isis. Blow out the flame of the lamp. </div> <div> Now go to bed, clear your mind and go to sleep. Have a tape recorder beside your bed so that when you awaken you may recrd your dreams while still fresh in your mind. </div> <div> You will find that the dream will come to you in a voice that is clear and powerfull rather than in dream images. Sometimes the message is sent in cryptic form so take your time in working out the answer. </div> <bR> <div> WATER SCRYING </div> <div> You will need a large, deep bowl made from glass, brass or silver. It must have a smooth and even rim. </div> <div> You must set your base on some sort of tripod for best results. A tripod made of laural boughs is the best. </div> <div> You will need to do your own testing to find out which bowl works best for you and how much water you should use. Do not use water from a tap. Get clean, fresh water from a stream. </div> <div> The ancient Greeks believed that nature spirits dwelled in fresh water. The water may be stored in a vessel and used again. </div> <div> However it is a good idea to replace your water once a month. Never collect the water of a day time. Water should only be collected at night preferably on a full moon. </div> <div> To make your wand use a branch from a bay tree, hazel tree or the laural. The end of the wand should be covered in dry tree sap or resin. </div> <div> Dip the end of the wand into the water until it becomes wet. Wet the rims of the bowl. </div> <div> The best time to scy is at night when it is quite. By gently drawing the rim of the wand around the bowl it will cause it to resonate. </div> <div> The action of the resonating basin will cause circular ripples to form in the basin. The water seems to breathe with the sounds. </div> <div> It is the harmonics that seem to whisper forth predictions of the future. These are interpreted with the help of a gaurdian angel. </div> <div> You may also recieve visual impressions which Nostradamus likened to that of a "burning mirror". </div> <bR> <div> CRYSTAL SCRYING </div> <div> Both Merlin and John Dee used a crystal globe for scrying. Because of the cost of rock crystal balls many people use a glass ball but this is not advisable. </div> <div> Brazil has the best crystal rocks in the world. Although crystals may grow to a considerable length, they seldom exceed one inch in thickness. </div> <div> There are however some exceptions. Flaws in a crystal such as cracks, bubbles and discolorations do not make crystal unfit for scrying although they may distract your attention. </div> <div> Size is however not important and bigger does not mean it will be better. Crystal scrying should be done in near or total darkness. </div> <div> The main thing is to avoid reflections on the surface of the crystal. The best method is to use the light of a candle when scrying but make sure the candle does not reflect in the ball. </div> <div> Focus your gaze on the centre of the crystal not on its surface. Try looking through the crystal as if it were a mirror upon the astral world. </div> <div> The first thing you may see is clouds that change colour. Eventually a mist will spread outwards from the centre of the crystal to reveal images. </div> <div> When you scry for visions sooner or later you will achieve communication from the spirits. These spirits will help you to understand what you have seen in the visions. </div> <div> It may be helpful to charge your crystal ball once a month with moonlight. Place the ball in a glass bowl of natural water in the glow of a full moon. </div> <bR> <div> OIL SCRYING </div> <div> The history of oil scrying can be traced back to the ancient Babylonians. Some of their magic books have survived down through the centuries with details of the methods they used. </div> <div> One of their techniques was called the "Princess of the Thumb". A scryer annointed the forehead and thumbnail of a subject. </div> <div> The shiny nail acted as a magic mirror in which the scryer saw spirits. Another version was called the "Princess of the Hand". </div> <div> Oil was mixed with black soot to make a black paste that was then smeared upon the hand. The scryer then used the hand as a mirror to scry future events. </div> <div> A third type of oil scrying was called the "Princess of the Cup". Sesame seed oil was used to coate the inside of a cup that was rested on its side. </div> <div> The cup was used as a concave magic mirror to capture and magnify the light of a candle that was fixed on its inner rim. </div> <div> From the Babylonians oil scrying found its way to the Egyptians and Hebrews. The most detailed examples of oil scrying are written in the Greek Magical Papyri written in Egypt between 200 B.C. and A.D. 500. </div> <div> Four kinds of water which is to be mixed with the oil is used for four types of divination. </div> <div> If you call upon the services of the heavenly Gods then use rainwater. If you invoke the terrestrial Gods then use sea water. If you invoke the Gods Osiris or Serapis use riverwater. And if you call upon the souls of the dead then use spring water. </div> <bR> <div> LAMP SCRYING </div> <div> Both the Egyptions and Babylonians scryed by means of an oil lamp. The lamp itself was in fact a stone shaped as a low open dish with a strip of white linen coiled in the oil that had an end hanging over the end of the dish. </div> <div> The Egyptians used clear Oasis oil which was a kind of palm oil. The clearer the oil the better. </div> <div> The Egyptians used a lamp that was red in colour which is the colour of the God Set. Set is in fact the God of evil. </div> <div> It may be advisable for you to use a white lamp. Place your lamp on a table and sit on the west side facing east across the lamp. </div> <div> You should address your invocation to the Greco Roman God who rules the day you scy on. </div> <div> Sunday : Sun. </div> <div> Monday : Moon. </div> <div> Tuesday : Mars. </div> <div> Wednesday : Mercury. </div> <div> Thursday : Jupiter. </div> <div> Friday : Venus. </div> <div> Saturday : Saturn. </div> <div> Using the name of the God of the day you should chant a suitable invocation doing so directly into the flame. This invocation should be chanted in a soft voice and done so several times. </div> <div> Gently focus on the flames of the lamp. You will begin to see moving shadows off to the side. </div> <div> Do not look directly at the shadows or they will vanish. Ask the shadows what it is you seek. </div> <div> You may hear voices or you may see images. </div> <bR> <div> PSYCHOMETRY </div> <div> Psychometry is the ability to read the history of certain objects by holding the object in your hand or placing it to your forehead. Usually small personal objects such as a watch, ring, key or other personal objects are the best. </div> <div> People with the ability to scry this way are called Psychometrist. The term psychometry was invented in 1842 by J R Buchanan. </div> <div> Buchanan experimented with some students from Cincinati medical school and found that when certain students where given an unmarked bottle of medicine they had the same reaction as if they had taken the medicine. Buchanan developed the theory that all things give off an emination. </div> <div> These eminations contained a sort of record of the history of the object. Buchanan believed that objects recorded senses and emotions and these could be played back in the mind of the psychometric scryer. </div> <div> Some theosophists attempt to explain psychometry in terms of the Akashic records. Psychometrists usually scry in a normal state of mind. </div> <div> In other words there is no preparation needed or any need for trance, etc. Scryers are sometimes unable to hold certain objects because of that objects past. For example if the object had been used in a violent crime. </div> <div> In some cases if a scryer has been handed an object of someone who recently died of illness the scryer may suffer from symptoms of the illness. Psychometric impressions may come in the form of emotions, sounds, scents, tastes or images. </div> <div> The visions are usually very rapid in nature. The visual images occur with no logical sequences. </div> <div> Psychometrists usually experience a loss of energy and an increase in body temperature when scrying. Some scryers report an irregular heartbeat. </div> <div> It is generally thought that psychometry is a natural power of the human mind, but some people believe that it is controlled by spiritual beings. Some scryers feel that they act as an instrument and that the spirits do the actual scrying. </div> <div> If you possess a talent for psychometry you probably already know it.</div> <bR> <div> ORNITHOMANCY </div> <div> Ornithomancy is a method of divination that interprets the flight patterns of birds. </div> <div> It also refers to the divination of the songs of birds. </div> <div> It was a very popular form of divination during ancient Rome where in fact it was part of its religeon. </div> <bR> <div> ORACLE </div> <div> An Oracle is a person who acts as a go between for those who seek council from the Gods. </div> <div> Some people use an Oracle to seek a prophecy. </div> <div> Sometimes the Oracle will take on the role of being a medium whose soul is temporarily taken over so as to pass on the information. </div> <div> Oracles have been used by the Dalai Lama and as well in ancient cultures such as Greece. </div> <bR> <div> MONITIONS OF APPROACH </div> <div> Monitions of Approach are ideas of an impending meeting with someone. Basically its when you see someone you know only to realize its not them, then just soon after the real person appears. </div> <div> Some Monitions appear in a much more complicated way. For example it may come in the voice of announcing someone, then the real person appears. </div> <div> It may be that the astral body of the person is somehow projected in advance. </div> <bR> <div> LECANOMANCY </div> <div> A form of divination where a stone is thrown into a basin of water. </div> <div> The scryer will divinate by the sound the stone makes in the water and the images of the rippling water. </div> <div> Sometimes oil is used instead of a rock. </div> <div> In this case the scryer interpretes the shapes of the oil floating on the water. </div> <bR> <div> HAKATA </div> <div> Hakata are pieces of bone, ivory or wood that were used by African witch doctors for divination. </div> <div> These different objects are inscribed with symbols that represent the signs of the zodiac. </div> <div> They are cast upon the ground by the witch doctor who then interprets their meaning. </div> <bR> <div> COSCINOMANCY </div> <div> Coscinomancy is a form of divination that is practised with a sieve and a pair of shears. This form of divination is used to find a thief. </div> <div> A thread was tied to a sieve by which it was upheld. Or a pair of shears which was held up by two fingers. </div> <div> The divinator prayed to the Gods for guidence. They repeated the names of those people under suspicion. The sieve or sheares would then swirl around a person or persons name. This person was then thought to be the guilty one. </div> <div> In the Athenian Oracle it is reffered to as "the trick of the sieve and scissors". </div> <div> This method of divination was also used to find missing persoms and discover love secrets. </div> <bR> <div> CRITOMANCY </div> <div> Critomancy is an ancient form of divination of cakes. </div> <div> The paste of cakes which were offered in sacrifice were divinated. </div> <div> Omens were drawn from the flour spread upon them after being strewn upon sacrifices.</div> <div>  </div> <div> CURSED BREAD </div> <div> In ancient times cursed bread was used in divination to find a guilty person. </div> <div> A piece of bread that would be about an once in weight would be given to the suspected person. </div> <div> The piece of bread would have a spell caste over it. </div> <div> If the person became sick he was regarded as guilty. If he remained fine then he was innocent. </div> <div> Often barley bread was used for this as it often caused choking or the person may be allergic to it.</div> <div>  </div> <div> DACTYLOMANCY </div> <div> Dactylomancy is a form of divination practised with rings in ancient times. There are various methods used. </div> <div> One method involved placing gold or silver rings on the fingernails in certain conjunctions of the planets. </div> <div> In another way a round table is inscribed with the letters of the alphabet and a ring suspended above. The ring will then spell out the message. </div> <div> Another method involves suspending a ring within a glass. If the glass is struck once it will indicate yes, and twice will be no. </div> <bR> <div> DAPHNOMANCY </div> <div> Daphnomancy is an ancient method of divination using a branch from a Laurel tree. </div> <div> A Laurel branch is thrown into a fire and a question is asked. </div> <div> If the branch crackels in burning it is a positive sign. </div> <div> If the branch burns without doing so it is a negative sign. </div> <bR> <div> DERMOGRAPHY </div> <div> Dermography is the psychic phenomenon of skin writing. </div> <div> Although it is similar to stigmata it has one very essential difference. Stigmata lasts for years or an entire lifetime. Skin writing lasts only for a few minutes usually. </div> <div> In fact fraud in skin writing is widespread. </div> <div> For example : many mediums of skin writing burn up a pellet on which a question or name is written. They then rub their forehead or arm with the ashes which gives the opportunity for covertly tracing the message. </div> <div> Skin markings have also been produced by mere suggestion in experiments with hypnotism. </div> <div> Sometimes the skin writing is pictorial. In my research into skin writing I am of the opinion that there is no such real authentic case. </div> <bR> <div> DJEMSCHEED </div> <div> The Djemscheed was a divination cup that had been the subject of poems and myths in ancient persia. </div> <div> It was thought to have been found while digging the foundations of Persepolis. </div> <div> It was filled with the elixir of immortality. </div> <div> It was said that within the cup it mirrored the whole world. </div> <div> All good and evil was revealed within the cup. </div> <div> The entire prosperity of the persian empire was in fact attributed to this cup.</div> <bR> <div> EROMANCY </div> <div> Eromancy is one of six different divination practises by the Persians using air and water. </div> <div> The divinator covered his head in a napkin and exposed to the air a vase filled with water. </div> <div> Over the vase they then whispered their desires. </div> <div> If the surface of the water showed bubbles it was regarded as a good sign. </div> <bR> <div> CEROSCOPY </div> <div> A system of divination using wax that was very popular in Russia. </div> <div> Waz was melted into a brass vessel till it became a liquid of uniform consistence. </div> <div> The liquid wax was then poured very slowly into another vsssel filled with cold water. </div> <div> The pouring was done in a way that the wax congealed in tiny discs upon the surface of the water. </div> <div> The divinator then interpreted the figures of wax. </div> <bR> <div> CELONTES </div> <div> The Celontes was a mystical stone that was said to be found in a tortoise. </div> <div> It was belived to have healing abilities and gave it`s owner the ability to resist fire. </div> <div> If the stone was carried under the tongue on the day of the new moon and for 15 days thereafter, during the lunar ascension, it gave it`s owner the power to tell the future between the hours of sunrise to sunset. </div> <bR> <div> CARTOPEDY </div> <div> Cartopedy comes from the ancient Persions and it was the term used for the divination of feet. </div> <div> It many ways it is similar to palmistry. </div> <div> These days Cartopedy is widely practised in India. </div> <div> A Cartopedy was employed by the ancient Persians and Indians on important matters, such as choosing a bride. </div> <div> Measurements and footprints would be studied intensively. </div> <div> Sometimes the study would take weeks or months. </div> <div> The size, shape, heeels, toes, arches, lines and markings were all studied. </div> <div> Cartopedy is also used in crime detection. </div> <bR> <div> COMMUNIGRAPH </div> <div> Known as the Ashkir-Jobson Communigraph it consists of a small table with a free moving pendulum underneath. </div> <div> The pendulum may then make contact with some small metal plates that represent the alphabet. </div> <div> The contact closes a circuit and makes a corresponding letter appear illuminated upon the table. </div> <div> No medium is necessary for this instrument to work. </div> <div> A circle is formed around the table. </div> <div> The pendulum starts swinging on it`s own accord. </div> <bR> <div> CLEDONISM </div> <div> A system of divination that is based on the good or evil passage of words. </div> <div> These words must be uttered without premeditation when persons come together in any way. </div> <div> The system also regulated the words to be used on certain occasions. </div> <div> Cledonism was a favorite method of divination at Smyrna where the Oracle of Apollo were thus interpreted. </div> <bR> <div> CLEIDOMANCY </div> <div> Cleidomancy is a system of divination using a suspended key. </div> <div> It can only be used when the Sun or Moon is in Virgo. </div> <div> The name of the person who is being divinated must be wrtten on the a key tied to a Book of Shadows. </div> <div> Both should be hung upon the ringfinger of only a virgin girl, who must repeat certain mystical words. </div> <bR> <div> XOLOMANCY </div> <div> Zylomancy is a form of divination that is practised by the Slavs. </div> <div> The divination is done by interpreting the shape and position of dry pieces of wood found in one`s path. </div> <div> These are considered Omens. </div> <bR> <div> SIBYL </div> <div> The Sibyl were women in ancient Greece and Rome who lived in caves and were renowned for their gift of prophecy. </div> <div> There were ten Sibyl`s in all. </div> <div> The most respected of these lived at Cumae near Naples and gaurded the temple of Apollo. </div> <div> The other`s lived at Persia, Libya, Delphi, Samos, Cimmeria, Erythrae, Tibur, Marpessa and Phrygia. </div> <bR> <div> PHRENOLOGY </div> <div> Phrenology is the art of reading bumps on a persons head. </div> <div> It is believed that confirmations of the skull correspond with characteristics of the mind and body. </div> <div> Phrenologists believe that external areas above the skull grow above specific regions of the brain in that a person chooses to develop. </div> <bR> <div> Phrenologists believe that balanced development of the mind is essential. </div> <div> ARITHMANCY </div> <div> Arithmancy is a Chaldean and Greek method of divination by numbers. </div> <div> The Chaldeans divided their alphabet into three sections of seven letters and linked these to the seven planets. </div> <div> The Greeks would analyze the names of opponents and predict the outcome of a contest. </div> <div> Arithmancy is a precursor to numerology. </div> <bR> <div> ANTHROPOMANCY </div> <div> Anthropomancy was a barbaric form of divination that involved using human entrails. </div> <div> These were usually those of a young virgin child. </div> <div> The magician Julian the Apostate sacrificed young children during his rituals in order to evaluate their entrails. </div> <div> Anthropomancy was also practised in ancient Egypt. </div> <bR> <div> ALECTRYOMANCY </div> <div> Alectryomancy is a form of divination using birds. </div> <div> Often a black hen or a gamecock. </div> <div> The diviner will sprinkle grain and the ground and allow the birds to peck. </div> <div> When the birds have finished, the diviner will then interpret the patterns left by the birds on the ground. </div> <bR> <div> ALEUROMANCY </div> <div> Aleuromancy was a divination method that was popular with the ancient Greeks. </div> <div> Sentences were composed that were written on very small pieces of paper and rolled up into balls of flour. </div> <div> The balls were then mixed up nine times and given to those seeking information on their future. </div> <div> This form of divination was presided over by Apollo. </div> <bR> <div> ALEUROMANCY </div> <div> Aleuromancy was a divination method that was popular with the ancient Greeks. </div> <div> Sentences were composed that were written on very small pieces of paper and rolled up into balls of flour. </div> <div> The balls were then mixed up nine times and given to those seeking information on their future. </div> <div> This form of divination was presided over by Apollo. </div> <bR> <div> ALPHITOMANCY </div> <div> Alphitomancy is a form of divination using a barley leaf. </div> <div> It is used to identify a thief or criminal. </div> <div> Pieces of the leaf were given to a group of suspects. </div> <div> If you were innocent you would feel no effects, but if you were guilty you would become sick. </div> <bR> <div> BIBLIOMANCY </div> <div> Bibliomancy is divination using a book, sometimes a bible is used. </div> <div> The book will be opened at a random page and while keeping your eyes closed you will point at a line or passage in the book. </div> <div> Moslems use the Quran for this divination. </div> <div> During the middle ages Virgils Aeneid was popular. </div> <bR> <div> MOLYBDOMANCY </div> <div> Molybdomancy is a sytem of divination that uses melted metal. </div> <div> Melted lead or tin is dropped into a container of water. </div> <div> The divinater interpretes the shapes to make his predictions. </div> <div> Molybdomancy is similar to Ceroscopy which uses wax. </div> <bR> <div> MYOMANCY </div> <div> Myomancy was a form of divination involving rats during ancient Egypt, Rome ans Assyria. </div> <div> There cries were believed to indicate the presence of evil. </div> <div> When King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Egypt, his soldiers discovered their quivers and bows had been knawed by rats. </div> <bR> <div> EGGS </div> <div> There are a number of different systems available for egg divination. </div> <div> Oomancy is one system of egg divination by the outer and inner forms of the egg. </div> <div> One method was to break the egg into a glass of water and interpret the shapes assumed by the white. </div> <div> Another method was Oomantia. </div> <div> It involved divinating the signs or characters appearing in eggs. </div> <bR> <div> ONYCHOMANCY </div> <div> Onychomancy is a form of divination by the fingernails. </div> <div> It was practised by watching the reflection of the Sun in the nails of a young boy. </div> <div> The future was divinated by judging the shape of the figures which appeared on the surface. </div> <bR> <div> OMPHALOMANCY </div> <div> Omphalomancy is a form of divination by the navel of a new born first child. </div> <div> It is used to ascertain future conceptions by the mother. </div> <div> These indications were obtained from the number of markings on the navel of the child. </div> <bR> <div> PSYCHIC TELEPHONE </div> <div> The Psychic Telephone was an instument consisting of a box inside which was a rubber bag connected with a pair of earphones from a radio set. </div> <div> If a Medium inflated the bag with their breath and then sealed it, the bag would then take the place of the medium. </div> <div> Direct voices would be heard through the earphones. </div> <bR> <div> BELLY TALKERS </div> <div> In ancient Rome Belly Talkers were sort by many seeking answers to the future. </div> <div> These Belly talkers spoke automatically while in a trance. </div> <div> The Mediums were believed to have a Daemon in their belly. </div> <div> The Daemon used the Mediums vocal organs to predict the future. </div> <bR> <div> BOOK TEST </div> <div> A Book Test is supposedly initiated by a deceased to supply eveidence of their survival after death. </div> <div> The deceased intructs the sitter to look in a specific place for a certain book not known to the sitter. </div> <div> The sitter is instructed to open the book on a certain page, on a certain place on that page, where a certain passage is considered a message from the deceased. </div> <div> The problem is that, the test does not exclude the possibility that on any page of the book some passage may be interpreted as a message. </div> <bR> <div> BILLET TEST </div> <div> During a Billet test a question is written on a piece of paper and placed in a sealed envelope. </div> <div> The psychic then tells the writter what is written on the paper and answers the question. </div> <div> The Billet reading is often used by stage performers. </div> <div> Using slight of hand they switched Billets and read the questions in advance. </div> <bR> <div> HAND TREMBLING </div> <div> Hand Trembling is a technique used on the Indian reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. </div> <bR> <div> PRENESTINE LOTS </div> <div> Prenestine Lots was a form of divination by lots. </div> <div> This form of divination was popular in ancient Italy. </div> <div> The letters of the alphabet were placed in an urn which was shaken. </div> <div> The letters were then turned out on the floor. </div> <div> The words that were formed were regarded as omens. </div> <div> As their hands trembled and shaked they entered into an altered state of consciousness. </div> <div> These very gifted Navajos usually sprinkle corn pollen on their hands. </div> <div> In this paranormal state they are able to locate lost objects and diagnose illness. </div> <div> In Navojos culture the Hand Trembler held a highly respected place. </div> <bR> <div> POPPY SEEDS </div> <div> Divination by smoke was very common in many ancient cultures. </div> <div> For this purpose Poppy seeds were often used on the fire. </div> <div> If the smoke rose lightly and straight towards the heavens it was considered a good sign. </div> <div> If however, the smoke hung around it wa considered a bad omen. </div> <div> In ancient Europe a pregnant woman would place Poppy seeds on a window ledge if she wanted a Boy, and sugar if she wanted a Girl. </div> <bR> <div> PLANCHETTE </div> <div> The Planchette was an instument designed for the purpose of communicating with spirits. </div> <div> It was made of a thin heart shaped piece of wood, that was mounted on two small wheel castors and carrying a pencil pointing downwards. </div> <div> The hand is placed on the wood and the spirit uses the pencil to write, operating through the psychic force of the medium. </div> <bR> <div> PHYLLORHODOMANCY </div> <div> Phyllorhodomancy is a form of divination by Rose leaves. </div> <div> During ancient Greece, they would clap a Rose leaf on the hand. </div> <div> The omen was in the sound it made. </div> <div> A good clear sound was positive, but a muffled sound was a bad omen. </div> <bR> <div> PESSOMANCY </div> <div> Pessomancy is a form of divination that uses beans or pebbles. </div> <div> The beans are marked with symbols relating to health, success, travel, love, etc. </div> <div> The stones were usually thrown out after shuffling in a bag. </div> <div> The divinator would then interpret from this. </div> <bR> <div> MUSCLE READING </div> <div> Muscle reading is similar to telepathy or mind reading. </div> <div> Muscle readers generally work with an audience. </div> <div> It is the unconscious movement of a member of the audience whose hands they hold that guide the performer in giving dates of coins, combinations of safes, location of hidden objects, etc. </div> <bR> <div> HIPPOMANCY </div> <div> Hippomancy was a form of divination that was practised by the Celts. </div> <div> The Celts kept certain white horses in a grove. </div> <div> These horses were made to walk straight after the sacred car and auguries were drawn from their movements. </div> <bR> <div> HEPATOSCOPY </div> <div> Hepatoscopy is a form of divination using the entrails of animals. </div> <div> In ancient times the liver was regarded as the focal point of life and of special occult importance. </div> <div> The liver was divided into sections with each section representing a particular diety. </div> <div> The markings in these zones were of great importance. </div> <bR> <div> GYROMANCY </div> <div> Gyromancy is a form of divination performed by going round in circles. </div> <div> The circumference of the circle is marked by letters. </div> <div> The message was gained from the words formed by the inquirer when they stumbled on the letters when going round the circle. </div> <bR> <div> LYCHNOMANCY </div> <div> Lychnomancy is a form of divination by candle flame. </div> <div> It is a branch of Pyromancy. </div> <div> The divinater is concerned with the flames of three candles arranged in a triangle. </div> <div> A positive answer to the question asked would be indicated by one flame burning higher than the other two. </div> <div> A wavering flame would indicate a journey. </div> <div> A spiral flame indicated plots by enemies. </div> <div> An uneven flame danger. </div> <div> Sparks would indicate you should be cautious and a sudden extinction indicated bad luck. </div> <bR> <div> AMNIOMANCY </div> <div> Amniomancy is a form of divination that uses the membrane which sometimes covers the head of a new born child. </div> <div> Divination of this sort is only done by a woman. </div> <div> The woman will inspect the membrane and predict the future of the baby. </div> <div> If the colour is red it indicates a fortunate life. </div> <div> However, if the colour is lead, it indicates a difficult life. </div> <bR> <div> ARIOLISTS </div> <div> Ariolists were ancient diviners who divined by means of the alter. </div> <div> The Ariolists consulted demons on their alters. </div> <div> They divined by the the movement of the alter, which may tremble or do something else. </div> <bR> <div> BELOMANCY </div> <div> Belomancy is a form of divination using arrows. </div> <div> It was used by both the Greeks and the Arabs. </div> <div> One method involved throwing the arrows in the air, the point in which the arrows inclined pointed out the direction to be taken. </div> <bR> <div> AXINOMANCY </div> <div> Aximoncy is a form of divintion using an axe. </div> <div> It was this form of divination that was used to predict the ruin of Jerusalem. </div> <div> There are two methods of Axinomancy. </div> <div> One method involves use of an Agate. </div> <div> A round Agate must be produced. </div> <div> The head of the axe is heated red hot and placed so its edge is standing perpendicularly in the air. </div> <div> The Agate is placed on the edge. </div> <div> If it remains it there, it is a negative sign. </div> <div> If it rolls way and does this three times it is a positive sign. </div> <bR> <div> LAMPADOMANCY </div> <div> Lampadomancy is a form of divination involving divinating the flame of a lamp. </div> <div> It was good fortune if the flame had a single point. </div> <div> However two points is a sign of bad luck. </div> <div> A flame that bent may indicate illness and sparks indicated news. </div> <div> Sudden extinction of a flame was considered a very bad omen. </div> <bR> <div> OMENS </div> <div> An omen is a sign that relates to a future event. 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