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To: alt.divination,alt.magick,alt.magick.tyagi From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Subject: Re: geomancy Date: 27 May 1997 16:21:37 -0700 49970527 AA1 Hail Satan! pazuzu <9608192@narga.sun.ac.za>: >>does anyone know how geomancy works?? you make random dots on paper, but >>what is the real procedure??? i've read about the Ifa tribe and their >>shell (or necklace) method which utilizes the geomantic figures...... there are a number of types of 'geomancy', East (feng shui) and West (often just 'geomancy'). they are all forms of divination in which configurations of objects or dots display to the reader a certain meaning. in the case of the East this appears to amount to a type of 'spatial arrangement' such that beneficent forces and configurations of living conditions can be used to promote one's health and welfare. I have never heard the Western version described as to its best application, though its form appears to be an important element of the Golden Dawn and general ceremonial traditions. duo@teleport.com (Tom Schuler): >The original method, as far as I know, is to make marks on the earth. >Hence, "geomancy". this is the Western version, yes. often with some sort of stick, a whole bunch of holes, which would be interpreted as to their overall configuration. there are other methods described in popular books, however. >Another method is simply to pick out patterns already present in >geographical features. this could relate to any generic type of 'geomancy'. biological features, geologic, botanical, even atmospheric if you want to get loose. >Geomancy works the way all other forms of divination work. You create some >sort of random effect, contemplate it,and pick out patterns in it to >interpret. You can use whatever symbology you want. again, the Western variety. the East seems to focus less on discerning a kind of 'communication to the reader' and instead a 'reading of the current forces now in effect at this location'. tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com nagasiva
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