Divination

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Divination

• Definition the practice of foretelling future
  events or discovering hidden knowledge by occult
  or supernatural means

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CLAIRVOYANCE

• The supernatural power of seeing objects or
  actions removed in space or time from natural
  viewing.
• Clairvoyant ability, which uses Intuition above
  and beyond the Intellect, is at the heart of all
  systems of Divination.
• It is also known as Occult Cognition or by
  Gypsies as the Sight.

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ASTROLOGY

• Astrology is the Art Science of understanding
  the relationship between human beings and the
  stars planets.
• These relationships are shown in charts
• Natal charts give a persons tendencies
  characteristics at the time of birth.
• Transit charts show the shape of things to
  come.
• It is left to the Astrologer and the individual
  charted to interpret what the portents in the
  chart mean

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THE QABALAH

• The Qabalah (or Cabbala) is an ancient Hebrew
  tradition based on Hebrew letters and their
  relationship with numbers.
• It was based on a mystical method of interpreting
  Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate
  sacred mysteries by understanding these
  relationships.
• It is shown in the diagram to the left known as
  the Tree of Life.

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THE TAROT

• The Tarot Cards of Ancient Egypt also use the
  Tree of Life
• Each of the 22 Trumps are attributed to one of
  the Paths.
• The Court cards and Number cards are attributed
  to the Sphere (or Sephiroth) which corresponds to
  their number.
• The Tarot is first and foremost a means to
  understand the Mystical Magickal nature of the
  Universe. It is an Intuitive Philosophy.
• Next, it is a system of Divination.
• Done with regular playing cards, it is called
  CARTOMANCY.

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THE I CHING

• The I Ching (Yi King) is an ancient Chinese
  mystical philosophy and divination based upon
  Nature.
• It posits the primary dualistic reality as Yin
  Yang and then proceeds to expand these into 8
  trigrams which are then again expanded into 64
  hexagrams which are used to explain Heaven
  Earth and Man Nature.
• The divination is done with either 6 coins or 6
  sticks to ascertain the appropriate hexagram.

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SHEWSTONE

• A Shewstone or Crystal Ball, such as that used by
  the prophet Nostradamus, is a physical object
  which acts as a focal point for the Seers mind
  to concentrate on whatever question is at hand.
• Other such objects are Tea Leaves, Jewels,
  Clouds, Flame, the Entrails of Animals or any
  other medium to allow the Seers mind to focus
  and gather Knowledge.

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PALMISTRY

• The Palm of the Hand is used as a point of
  concentration by the Seer.
• Palmists state that the lines and other physical
  parts of the hand represent many different
  aspects of the life of the person whose hand is
  being read.

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GRAPHOLOGY

• The study of handwriting, especially when
  regarded as an expression of the writer's
  character, personality, abilities, etc.
• The shape, slope, size, etc. of a writers
  letters and words are used to tell about the
  person in question.

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GEOMANCY

• Augury done by dots, figures, lines or by
  geographic features.
• Handfuls of soil or other materials were
  scattered on the ground, or markings made in the
  earth or sand, to generate a range of dot
  configurations which could then be "read" by a
  seer.

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DOWSING

• To search for underground supplies of water,
  metal, etc., by the use of a divining rod.
• The dowser holds a wooden or metal fork while he
  walks over a given area.
• If he is well-tuned to Nature, the point of the
  rod will dip when he is over the desired
  substance (usually water.)

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PHRENOLOGY

• Phrenology is the study of the structure of the
  skull to determine a person's character and
  mental capacity.
• As the shape of the skull is easily changed with
  the use of any blunt instrument, phrenology is
  considered a pseudo- science and worthy of litle
  merit.

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OTHER FORMS OF DIVINATION

• Aeromancy is divination by atmospheric
  phenomena.Alectromancy is divination by a
  rooster pecking grain.Amniomancy is divination
  by using the caul.Anthroposcopy is divination by
  observing facial features.Arithmancy is
  divination by numbers (also Numerology).Augury
  is divination from the behaviour of
  birds.Austromancy is divination by the
  winds.Axinomancy is divination by a balanced axe
  or by a stone on a red hot axe head.

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