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Alchemy
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The medieval forerunner of chemistry, especially as concerned with
turning base metals into gold or silver
(O.E.D.)
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Aniv
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Divination system used within Annwn by
the creatures living there.
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Astrology
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A method for correlating events on earth with the positions of the
planets in the sky, in order to explain the significance of those
events (and possibly to predict future events).
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Body Twitches
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Bones
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Casting Dice
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Casting Dice, in general, is a divinatory use of one or more
six-sided objects, originally carved from the ankle bones of
goats. Usually, one to six dots are drawn or carved on each of the
six sides. For divinatory purposes, each of the purmutations of
dot combinations are associated with traditional interpretations.
If a single di is used, there are six permutation. If two die are
used, there are thirty six permutations.
One specific divination system based on the use of two die is the
Buddhist MO system.
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Casting Lots
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Casting Lots is a generic divination system which refers to any
systematic assignment of values to a set of items (sticks, stones,
leaves, etc). These items are placed into a bowl or thrown upon
the ground, or held in the hand while a querent picks one of the
items randomly. The answer to the querent's question is to be found
within the meaning associated with the value (or image) written
on the picked item.
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Chiromancy
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Divinatory observations regarding a person's palm.
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Darogan
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A divination system development within the Inoleth, that is used in
both Addewid and
Annwn. In the context of the
Fractured Paradise narrative, all divination systems
on Earth evolved from the
Darogan.
Essay:
Darogan
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Day Signs
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Dichetel Do Chennaib
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Deuchainn
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Dreams
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There are many different approaches to the divinatory interpretation
of dreams, some being more formal and laden with ritual than others,
but they all (ultimately) are concerned with making observations
about the querent's dreams.
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Ecstatic
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Often associated with shamanic spiritual activities, ecstatic
divination generally involves some form of otherworld journey in
order to seek counsel from the spirit world on matters of concern
to the querent, for whom the shaman is making the journey.
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Feng Shui
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Feng Shui is a divinatory context which is primarily concerned with
the harmonic placement of all artifacts within our lives, with the
ultimate goal of ensuring that our spirits, bodies and minds are
free to operate with clarity, purpose, ease and comfort. In order to
obtain this cosmic harmony within our living space, many factors are
considerred, such as color, arrangement of furniture, location of
the home itself, the placement of doorways, windows and hallways,
etc.
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Frith
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Originating in Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland, this
divination system calls for a frithirs to:
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Fast on the first Monday of every quarter.
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Stand before sunrise, bare-headed, with bare feet and
blindfolded on the doorstop of the querent's house.
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Place hands of the side of the door post.
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Utter an invocation.
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Remove the blindfold.
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Make a divinatory observation with respect to the first thing
noticed.
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Geomancy
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A western divinational system using sixteen permutations of points
laid out vertically into a single column of one or two points.
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Grith
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The Addewid Tree Alphabet
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Haruspicy
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I Ching
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Using various tools, such as
yarrow stalks,
coins and
cards,
a pattern of six lines (an accomplished
kua) is
revealed and interpreted by reading a corresponding text within
the Chinese
Book of Changes
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Ifa
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A divination system originating in Yoruba, an area of West Africa.
It provided the foundation upon which the Obí
system of divination was developed when African slaves were brought
to the Caribbean islands.
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[entry]
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Mah Jongg
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Medicine Wheel
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Metoposcopy
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MO
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A divination system used by Tibetan Buddhists. To consult the "MO"
two dice are used, each one possessing the six syllables of the
Mantra of Manjushri (one syllable on each of the six sides of the
dice).
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Numerology
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Obí
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Divination system practiced within Santaria spirituality.
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Ogham Script
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Ogham Script, or the
Celtic
Tree Alphabet, are a part of
Divination System in which
sticks containing notches are thrown and then interpreted according
to the attributes associated with the corresponding
Celtic
Sacred Trees.
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Omens
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Oneiromancy
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Oracles
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Palmistry
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Pendulum And Rod
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Phrenology
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Playing Cards
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A divination system using the standard 52 card playing deck.
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Numbers
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1
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Yes
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2
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No
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3
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More
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4
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Completion
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5
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Creation
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6
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Body
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7
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Mind
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8
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Work
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9
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Trouble
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10
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Eternity
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Colors
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Reds
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Positive
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Blacks
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Negative
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Royalty
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Jacks
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Youth, Apprenticeship
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Queens
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Feminine (Yin),
Fertility,
Creative energy
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Kings
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Masculine (Yang),
Power
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Suits
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Hearts
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Love
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Spades
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Troubles
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Diamonds
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Wealth
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Clubs
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Sudden Events
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Qabbalah
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A mystical perspective within the framework of a Jewish/Hebrew historical,
theological and spiritual context.
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Reading Clouds
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Cloud Divination (Neladoracht) only requires access to the
open sky, where the structure and arrangement of clouds provides
insight into the querent's life.
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Rhabdomancy
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Runes
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Runes are a system of symbols derived from the Germanic family
of languages which are associated with "secret" or "mystical"
contexts.
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Scrying
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Seeing and Healing (see also Shamanism)
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The earliest and most widespread religious tradition, extending
back to the Paleolithic era.
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Shamanism (see also Seeing and Healing)
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"Shamanism is classified by anthropologists as an archaic
magico-religious phenomenon in which the shaman is the great master of
ecstasy. Shamanism itself, was defined by the late Mircea Eliade as a
technique of ecstasy. A shaman may exhibit a particular magical
specialty (such as control over fire, wind or magical flight). When a
specialization is present the most common is as a healer. The
distinguishing characteristic of shamanism is its focus on an ecstatic
trance state in which the soul of the shaman is believed to leave the
body and ascend to the sky (heavens) or descend into the earth
(Underworld).
The shaman makes use of spirit helpers, with whom he or
she communicates, all the while retaining control over his or her own
consciousness. (Examples of possession occur, but are the exception,
rather than the rule.) It is also important to note that while most
shamans in traditional societies are men, either women or men may and
have become shamans."
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Slinneanchachd
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From slinnean (Gaelic for "shoulder"), this divination system
involves the slaughter of a some member of a querent's livestock
(sheep, pig, etc), boiling the meat from the bones and making
observations with respect the shoulder blade.
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Talismans
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Tarot (Cartomancy)
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A western European divination system that began in Italy during the
Rennaissance.
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Tasseomancy
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Tea Leaves
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Tenm Laida
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Weather
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