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Exploring your psychic gifts: Which divination method is right for you?
Posted by Michelle Gruben on

Divination is one of the most-practiced branches of magick. Even non-magickal folks will sometimes flip a coin to make a decision, or crack open a fortune cookie with more than idle curiosity. As a student of the magickal arts, it's likely that you dabbled in divination as one of your first forays into the Mysteries. Skillful divination puts you in touch with both your inner knowing and external wisdom that will help you along your path.But many beginners ask the question, Where do I start? How do I navigate the maze of stones and bones and cards and tea leaves...
- Tags: 2016, beginner, divination, pendulums, psychic development, runes, scrying, tarot, tools
Intuitive vs. inductive divination: Which are you using?
Posted by Michelle Gruben on
Open almost any occult reference work, and you're likely to find a list of divination methods ranging from the familiar to the chuckle-worthy: acultomancy divination using needlesaeromancy divination by means of the weatherailuromancy divination by watching cats’ movementsalectormancy divination by sacrificing a roosteralectryomancy divination by watching a rooster gather corn kernelsaleuromancy divination using flour or mealalomancy divination using saltalphitomancy divination using loaves of barleyalveromancy divination using soundsambulomancy divination by taking a walkamniomancy divination by examining afterbirth And so on. The word "divination" connotes communication with the divine, but it's rarely as simple as a two-way communication between the seeker and...
- Tags: 2015, divination, psychic development, scrying, tarot