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To: alt.magick From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Re: Ipsissippimus Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 08:21:04 GMT [X] wrote: > > Well it is inherent of course in the tacit deceit of divination that > it *isn't* random, but is meaningful and directed, but the way most > people do it the book just opens where the spine has broken. When I > do bibliomancy I don't just open the book I flick the pages then > stop, so it could open anywhere In folk-magical bibliomancy, as practiced by both white and black people in the US South (probably derived from British custom), there are several methods -- and none of them comprise opening the book in the middle. 1) KEY AND BOOK AND RIBBON: Get a key and hang it from a ribbon, sew the ribbin into the spine of the book (like a sewn-in book mark), then, holding the key, use the ribbon to "cut" the closed book like a deck of cards 2) KEY AND BOOK: With your eyes closed, use a key to "cut" the closed book like a deck of cards. Open your eyes and read the passage that the key is touching. 3) EYES CLOSED, ONE PASS: Close your eyes, ask your question aloud, open the book at random, draw circles with your index finger around and around, over the two opened pages (with your eyes still closed) until you feel it is "right" to stop: open your eyes and read the passage your finger is touching. 4) EYS CLOSED, THREE PASSES: Do the same things as in #3, but after the first pass, do not open your eyes; rather, close the book. Make a second pass, exactly in the same manner. Close the book again without opening your eyes. On the third pass, after your finger comes to rest, open your eyes and read the passage your finger is touching. There are other methods, but those are the most common ones i know. cat yronwode Lucky Mojo Curio Co. http://www.luckymojo.com/catalogue.html Send e-mail with your street address to catalogue@luckymojo.com and receive our free 32 page catalogue of hoodoo supplies and amulets
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