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Divining Today |
by Sandra Mizumoto Posey, Ph.D.
The materials are laid out before you: cards, stones, coins, even the stray leaves in your teacup. You puzzle over the swords, cups, wands, and circles, or perhaps an unfamiliar alphabet, or even something as seemingly simple as a series of lines, broken and unbroken. And let's face it, of all the world's most perplexing mysteries, certain questions assert themselves at the forefront of our thoughts: Does he/she still love me? Will I get a promotion? How can I improve my health? Where will this road take me? They're personal issues, the stuff of daily worries, the building blocks of our days.....
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History of the Ouija |
by Eugene Orlando, Museum of Talking Boards
In the year 1848, something unusual happened in Hydesville, New York. Two sisters, Kate and Margaret Fox, contacted the spirit of a dead peddler, became instant celebrities and sparked a national obsession that spread all across the United States and Europe. It was the birth of modern Spiritualism.
The whole world it seemed, was ripe for communication with the dead. Spiritualist churches sprang up everywhere and persons with the special gift or "pipeline" to the "other side" were in great demand. These unique individuals, designated "mediums" because they acted as intermediaries between spirits and humans, invented a variety of interesting ways to communicate with the spirit world. . .
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How To Do Traditional Coffee Divination |
by Sandra Mizumoto Posey, Ph.D.
"If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee." --Sydney Smith, 1771-1845
The most well-known coffee divination technique is the reading of coffee grounds. The method is virtually identical to tea leaf divination, and both are known collectively by the term Tasseography. To read coffee grounds, you will of course need to prepare your coffee in such a way that there are grounds to read. . .
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