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Herbal and Oil Correspondances
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Herbs By Use
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Fae Garden
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Types Of Wicca
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| LAMP SCRYING 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. The Egyptians used clear Oasis oil which was a kind of palm oil. The clearer the oil the better. 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. 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. You should address your invocation to the Greco Roman God who rules the day you scy on. Sunday : Sun. Monday : Moon. Tuesday : Mars. Wednesday : Mercury. Thursday : Jupiter. Friday : Venus. Saturday : Saturn. 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. Gently focus on the flames of the lamp. You will begin to see moving shadows off to the side. Do not look directly at the shadows or they will vanish. Ask the shadows what it is you seek. You may hear voices or you may see images. PSYCHOMETRY 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. People with the ability to scry this way are called Psychometrist. The term psychometry was invented in 1842 by J R Buchanan. 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. 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. Some theosophists attempt to explain psychometry in terms of the Akashic records. Psychometrists usually scry in a normal state of mind. 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. 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. The visions are usually very rapid in nature. The visual images occur with no logical sequences. Psychometrists usually experience a loss of energy and an increase in body temperature when scrying. Some scryers report an irregular heartbeat. 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. If you possess a talent for psychometry you probably already know it. ORNITHOMANCY Ornithomancy is a method of divination that interprets the flight patterns of birds. It also refers to the divination of the songs of birds. It was a very popular form of divination during ancient Rome where in fact it was part of its religeon. ORACLE An Oracle is a person who acts as a go between for those who seek council from the Gods. Some people use an Oracle to seek a prophecy. 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. Oracles have been used by the Dalai Lama and as well in ancient cultures such as Greece. MONITIONS OF APPROACH 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. 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. It may be that the astral body of the person is somehow projected in advance. LECANOMANCY A form of divination where a stone is thrown into a basin of water. The scryer will divinate by the sound the stone makes in the water and the images of the rippling water. Sometimes oil is used instead of a rock. In this case the scryer interpretes the shapes of the oil floating on the water. HAKATA Hakata are pieces of bone, ivory or wood that were used by African witch doctors for divination. These different objects are inscribed with symbols that represent the signs of the zodiac. They are cast upon the ground by the witch doctor who then interprets their meaning. COSCINOMANCY 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. A thread was tied to a sieve by which it was upheld. Or a pair of shears which was held up by two fingers. 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. In the Athenian Oracle it is reffered to as "the trick of the sieve and scissors". This method of divination was also used to find missing persoms and discover love secrets. CRITOMANCY Critomancy is an ancient form of divination of cakes. The paste of cakes which were offered in sacrifice were divinated. Omens were drawn from the flour spread upon them after being strewn upon sacrifices. CURSED BREAD In ancient times cursed bread was used in divination to find a guilty person. A piece of bread that would be about an once in weight would be given to the suspected person. The piece of bread would have a spell caste over it. If the person became sick he was regarded as guilty. If he remained fine then he was innocent. Often barley bread was used for this as it often caused choking or the person may be allergic to it. DACTYLOMANCY Dactylomancy is a form of divination practised with rings in ancient times. There are various methods used. One method involved placing gold or silver rings on the fingernails in certain conjunctions of the planets. 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. Another method involves suspending a ring within a glass. If the glass is struck once it will indicate yes, and twice will be no. DAPHNOMANCY Daphnomancy is an ancient method of divination using a branch from a Laurel tree. A Laurel branch is thrown into a fire and a question is asked. If the branch crackels in burning it is a positive sign. If the branch burns without doing so it is a negative sign. DERMOGRAPHY Dermography is the psychic phenomenon of skin writing. 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. In fact fraud in skin writing is widespread. 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. Skin markings have also been produced by mere suggestion in experiments with hypnotism. 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. DJEMSCHEED The Djemscheed was a divination cup that had been the subject of poems and myths in ancient persia. It was thought to have been found while digging the foundations of Persepolis. It was filled with the elixir of immortality. It was said that within the cup it mirrored the whole world. All good and evil was revealed within the cup. The entire prosperity of the persian empire was in fact attributed to this cup. EROMANCY Eromancy is one of six different divination practises by the Persians using air and water. The divinator covered his head in a napkin and exposed to the air a vase filled with water. Over the vase they then whispered their desires. If the surface of the water showed bubbles it was regarded as a good sign. CEROSCOPY A system of divination using wax that was very popular in Russia. Waz was melted into a brass vessel till it became a liquid of uniform consistence. The liquid wax was then poured very slowly into another vsssel filled with cold water. The pouring was done in a way that the wax congealed in tiny discs upon the surface of the water. The divinator then interpreted the figures of wax. CELONTES The Celontes was a mystical stone that was said to be found in a tortoise. It was belived to have healing abilities and gave it`s owner the ability to resist fire. 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. CARTOPEDY Cartopedy comes from the ancient Persions and it was the term used for the divination of feet. It many ways it is similar to palmistry. These days Cartopedy is widely practised in India. A Cartopedy was employed by the ancient Persians and Indians on important matters, such as choosing a bride. Measurements and footprints would be studied intensively. Sometimes the study would take weeks or months. The size, shape, heeels, toes, arches, lines and markings were all studied. Cartopedy is also used in crime detection. COMMUNIGRAPH Known as the Ashkir-Jobson Communigraph it consists of a small table with a free moving pendulum underneath. The pendulum may then make contact with some small metal plates that represent the alphabet. The contact closes a circuit and makes a corresponding letter appear illuminated upon the table. No medium is necessary for this instrument to work. A circle is formed around the table. The pendulum starts swinging on it`s own accord. CLEDONISM A system of divination that is based on the good or evil passage of words. These words must be uttered without premeditation when persons come together in any way. The system also regulated the words to be used on certain occasions. Cledonism was a favorite method of divination at Smyrna where the Oracle of Apollo were thus interpreted. CLEIDOMANCY Cleidomancy is a system of divination using a suspended key. It can only be used when the Sun or Moon is in Virgo. The name of the person who is being divinated must be wrtten on the a key tied to a Book of Shadows. Both should be hung upon the ringfinger of only a virgin girl, who must repeat certain mystical words. XOLOMANCY Zylomancy is a form of divination that is practised by the Slavs. The divination is done by interpreting the shape and position of dry pieces of wood found in one`s path. These are considered Omens. SIBYL The Sibyl were women in ancient Greece and Rome who lived in caves and were renowned for their gift of prophecy. There were ten Sibyl`s in all. The most respected of these lived at Cumae near Naples and gaurded the temple of Apollo. The other`s lived at Persia, Libya, Delphi, Samos, Cimmeria, Erythrae, Tibur, Marpessa and Phrygia. PHRENOLOGY Phrenology is the art of reading bumps on a persons head. It is believed that confirmations of the skull correspond with characteristics of the mind and body. Phrenologists believe that external areas above the skull grow above specific regions of the brain in that a person chooses to develop. Phrenologists believe that balanced development of the mind is essential. ARITHMANCY Arithmancy is a Chaldean and Greek method of divination by numbers. The Chaldeans divided their alphabet into three sections of seven letters and linked these to the seven planets. The Greeks would analyze the names of opponents and predict the outcome of a contest. Arithmancy is a precursor to numerology. ANTHROPOMANCY Anthropomancy was a barbaric form of divination that involved using human entrails. These were usually those of a young virgin child. The magician Julian the Apostate sacrificed young children during his rituals in order to evaluate their entrails. Anthropomancy was also practised in ancient Egypt. ALECTRYOMANCY Alectryomancy is a form of divination using birds. Often a black hen or a gamecock. The diviner will sprinkle grain and the ground and allow the birds to peck. When the birds have finished, the diviner will then interpret the patterns left by the birds on the ground. ALEUROMANCY Aleuromancy was a divination method that was popular with the ancient Greeks. Sentences were composed that were written on very small pieces of paper and rolled up into balls of flour. The balls were then mixed up nine times and given to those seeking information on their future. This form of divination was presided over by Apollo. ALEUROMANCY Aleuromancy was a divination method that was popular with the ancient Greeks. Sentences were composed that were written on very small pieces of paper and rolled up into balls of flour. The balls were then mixed up nine times and given to those seeking information on their future. This form of divination was presided over by Apollo. ALPHITOMANCY Alphitomancy is a form of divination using a barley leaf. It is used to identify a thief or criminal. Pieces of the leaf were given to a group of suspects. If you were innocent you would feel no effects, but if you were guilty you would become sick. BIBLIOMANCY Bibliomancy is divination using a book, sometimes a bible is used. 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. Moslems use the Quran for this divination. During the middle ages Virgils Aeneid was popular. MOLYBDOMANCY Molybdomancy is a sytem of divination that uses melted metal. Melted lead or tin is dropped into a container of water. The divinater interpretes the shapes to make his predictions. Molybdomancy is similar to Ceroscopy which uses wax. MYOMANCY Myomancy was a form of divination involving rats during ancient Egypt, Rome ans Assyria. There cries were believed to indicate the presence of evil. When King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Egypt, his soldiers discovered their quivers and bows had been knawed by rats. EGGS There are a number of different systems available for egg divination. Oomancy is one system of egg divination by the outer and inner forms of the egg. One method was to break the egg into a glass of water and interpret the shapes assumed by the white. Another method was Oomantia. It involved divinating the signs or characters appearing in eggs. ONYCHOMANCY Onychomancy is a form of divination by the fingernails. It was practised by watching the reflection of the Sun in the nails of a young boy. The future was divinated by judging the shape of the figures which appeared on the surface. OMPHALOMANCY Omphalomancy is a form of divination by the navel of a new born first child. It is used to ascertain future conceptions by the mother. These indications were obtained from the number of markings on the navel of the child. PSYCHIC TELEPHONE 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. If a Medium inflated the bag with their breath and then sealed it, the bag would then take the place of the medium. Direct voices would be heard through the earphones. BELLY TALKERS In ancient Rome Belly Talkers were sort by many seeking answers to the future. These Belly talkers spoke automatically while in a trance. The Mediums were believed to have a Daemon in their belly. The Daemon used the Mediums vocal organs to predict the future. BOOK TEST A Book Test is supposedly initiated by a deceased to supply eveidence of their survival after death. The deceased intructs the sitter to look in a specific place for a certain book not known to the sitter. 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. 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. BILLET TEST During a Billet test a question is written on a piece of paper and placed in a sealed envelope. The psychic then tells the writter what is written on the paper and answers the question. The Billet reading is often used by stage performers. Using slight of hand they switched Billets and read the questions in advance. HAND TREMBLING Hand Trembling is a technique used on the Indian reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. PRENESTINE LOTS Prenestine Lots was a form of divination by lots. This form of divination was popular in ancient Italy. The letters of the alphabet were placed in an urn which was shaken. The letters were then turned out on the floor. The words that were formed were regarded as omens. As their hands trembled and shaked they entered into an altered state of consciousness. These very gifted Navajos usually sprinkle corn pollen on their hands. In this paranormal state they are able to locate lost objects and diagnose illness. In Navojos culture the Hand Trembler held a highly respected place. POPPY SEEDS Divination by smoke was very common in many ancient cultures. For this purpose Poppy seeds were often used on the fire. If the smoke rose lightly and straight towards the heavens it was considered a good sign. If however, the smoke hung around it wa considered a bad omen. 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. PLANCHETTE The Planchette was an instument designed for the purpose of communicating with spirits. 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. The hand is placed on the wood and the spirit uses the pencil to write, operating through the psychic force of the medium. PHYLLORHODOMANCY Phyllorhodomancy is a form of divination by Rose leaves. During ancient Greece, they would clap a Rose leaf on the hand. The omen was in the sound it made. A good clear sound was positive, but a muffled sound was a bad omen. PESSOMANCY Pessomancy is a form of divination that uses beans or pebbles. The beans are marked with symbols relating to health, success, travel, love, etc. The stones were usually thrown out after shuffling in a bag. The divinator would then interpret from this. MUSCLE READING Muscle reading is similar to telepathy or mind reading. Muscle readers generally work with an audience. 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. HIPPOMANCY Hippomancy was a form of divination that was practised by the Celts. The Celts kept certain white horses in a grove. These horses were made to walk straight after the sacred car and auguries were drawn from their movements. HEPATOSCOPY Hepatoscopy is a form of divination using the entrails of animals. In ancient times the liver was regarded as the focal point of life and of special occult importance. The liver was divided into sections with each section representing a particular diety. The markings in these zones were of great importance. |
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