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Different types of divination.
Topic Started: Apr 16 2008, 09:23 AM (207 Views)
Soulless
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I know that there are tarot cards and runes. I've heard of scrying (sp?) using a mirror, water or crystal ball. I was wondering what other methods there are and whether you have used those methods? Were they successful?
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There are numerous different types of divination that are used worldwide (or have been in the past). Ones that I use (or at least have dabbled in) are:

- numerology - I find this form to be highly accurate
- astrology - moderately accurate
- using a pendulum (dowsing) - very accurate

For the ones you have listed, I have high accuracy with Tarot, but have difficulties achieving any results with scrying.

Personally, I believe that most forms of divination are a reflection of the asker's own psyche.

Here's Wikipedia's huge list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_divination
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Could you describe the process involved in dowsing? I've never heard of that before.
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Oh certainly it's very simple. You can use a pendulum, or really any sort of weight that can swing. You attach it to a cord or chain. Then you just ask yes or no questions. It will swing in one direction for "yes" and in another for "no". The directions tend to be either a circular motion or a linear swinging back and forth.

You first test which direction is "yes" and which is "no" for you by asking questions to which you already know the answer and/or by saying "show me yes, show me no". Some people take a piece of paper and draw a circle (http://www.jaguarmoon.org/public/Divination/PendBoard.jpg) in order to observe the motion better. I actually find it's obvious enough that I don't need to do that.

Traditionally, dowsing was used for finding buried metal or water. Today, people also use it for simply asking yes or no questions and finding lost objects.

Technically "pendulum divination" is general divination whereas "dowsing" is looking for water or metal, but the terms get used interchangeably a lot. Using a pendulum is really only one form of "dowsing" (finding buried metal or water).

Edited by Willow, Apr 16 2008, 04:25 PM.
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