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Divination:

the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.

History:

People have been using psychic/divination since the beginning of mankind...Humans have always looked for the answers to life’s great mysteries. Why are we here? Who or what controls our destiny? How does life work? What does the future hold? There is archaeological evidence that a need to know and deep spiritual seeking are universal human traits.

Many cultures, including Chinese, Mayan, Mesopotamian and Indian, looked upwards to heavenly bodies— stars, planets, constellations, eclipses, and comets—not only to tell time and understand the seasons but also for signs of portent or to decipher divine will. Others paid special attention to terrestrial omens such as animal migrations, weather patterns, and forms of tossed sticks, bones, amulets, or rocks. African tribes have used bones in divination rituals for many thousands of years.

Chinese Taoists read patterns on tortoise shells, which evolved into the hexagrams of the I Ching. Vikings consulted the rune-stones. Ancient Roman shamans observed the entrails of slaughtered animals and grains that hens pecked at and formed messages (alectryomancy).

Other cultures have looked to inner space (such as the Australian aborigines with their dream-time) or have used hallucinogenic plants for vision quests (such as the Mazatec Indians of Mexico who uses Salvia divinorum for spiritual rituals and divination). There are also numerous passages in the Old Testament documenting Jahweh’s instructions for using a sacred set of dice called Urim and Thummim to make decisions in His name.

The Chinese invented paper more than two thousand years ago and by 1045 a printer named Bi Sheng had created the first primitive moveable type, which served to increase the production of reading materials. His method was used to reproduce the oldest book of wisdom—the I Ching, which is also the world’s oldest and most venerated divination system. Johann Gutenberg’s invention of the Western printing press in the 1450s gave rise to the printing of books in Europe, and the reproduction of card decks, including Tarot cards.

Divination Tools

Astrology
Astrology is the reading of the planets and stars and how they affect us...Astrology on Earth... The stars would align differently if you were on another planet or even the moon.... Theoretically, this would make a difference on the energies surrounding us.... Horoscope is very common, and there are differing types Western astrology, Chinese astrology, Celtic astrology..but they all have the same goal...knowing the future.
      
Augury(bird watching)
Augury was used by Romans in ancient times... Watching certain species of birds, the flight of birds to the migration of birds, this is one of the most common forms of divination... Commonly considered an omen when an unusual sighting of one or more birds occurs... we still watch birds to learn more about seasons and weather...some farmers can tell if crops are going to be good or not by watching birds.
      
Aura Readings
Some people use the aura around a person to see the immediate future... Auras can give you a sense of health, mental state, stresses, and sometimes things that the person is thinking about. 
      
Automatic Writing (Psychography)
Also called Spirit Writing... A person channels the spirit realm and allows the spirit(s) to use their body to write a message or draw symbols to be interpreted later. 
      
Botanomancy
Botanomancy is the art of divination by burning branches of trees or herbs... The most common branches used are Vervain and Briar...The fire and the smoke are both read to indicate which course of action should be taken...Botanomancy can be traced back to Druidic tree worship.
      
Crystal Ball (scrying)
Crystal balls are used as a tool to trigger visions or scrying...crystal balls come in many sizes and colors....Also called Crystal gazing, a form of divination achieved through trance induction by means of gazing at a crystal.
      
Fire Scrying (Pyromancy) 
Pyromancy is the art of divination by fire...The flame from a candle or a campfire may allow one to see various images dancing in the flames. Sometimes the person goes into a trance and allows visions. Smoke scrying is similar, but shapes are observed dancing on the smoke. 
      
Haruspicy
Haruspicy is divination by inspection of animal entrails used in Ancient Rome...the animal was usually a sacrifice to the gods and the reading was done by looking at the liver of the animal(usually a sheep or poultry)... it is still used in some circles today. 
      
I Ching (Book of Changes)
I Ching is an ancient divination text and the oldest of the Chinese classics.... I Ching is a type of bibliomancy or a guide for how to divine the future by use of symbols and objects. The I Ching means "Book of Changes" and is a classic Chinese text that shows how to use a symbol system to identify the order in the chaos that surrounds us. Historically it was viewed as an account from the time of Fu Xi in a similar story to the Noah's Ark legend in the Christian and Jewish texts. More modern meanings use the text as a guide to the "oracle bones" and the casting of them much like rune stones. 
      
Numerology 
Numerology is the meaning of numbers in everything, from giving letters in your name a symbolic number and reading that meaning, to the meaning of your birthday, to the oracle meaning of the number of any certain type of animal you see. 
      
Oracle Cards 
Oracle cards are similar to tarot. Some use animals as the basis for their meanings, others use a combination of animals, plants, stones, symbols, etc. 
      
Palmistry
Palmistry is the reading of palms. Commonly thought a parlor trick, it uses the natural creases and lines in the palm of a hand to chart out things like how long the person's life will be, how many times he will marry, etc. Some people use palmistry like tea leaves and view the patterns as shapes to divine the future of the person. 
      
Pendulum
A pendulum is a device on a string or chain, usually made of stone, wood, glass, crystal, or bone that is polished to a point and then dangled from the string. Some superstition says that a pendulum dangled over a pregnant woman's belly will move in one direction or another to foretell the sex of the unborn child. Primary methods use the movement of the pendulum to divine answers to questions, or even scry for the direction of an object that is lost. Supposedly uses the energy lines and patterns around the user and in the earth. 
      
Runes
These are stones or sometimes sticks that are marked with either Norse runes or Ogham runes. The most common are using the Norse system. Readings again vary in how they are done. Some people pull a single stone, others use a spread similar to the tarot. Can be found custom made, out of stones, and hand carved, or commercially produced. 
      
Tarot
Also called cartomancy, the use of tarot cards to foretell the future. Made up of the Major and Minor Arcanas, there are usually 21 cards in the Major Arcana, and 4 suits of 14 cards in the Minor Arcana. There are custom decks available, and decks that use different suits, as well as some that have extra cards, or some that feature fewer cards. Some decks even change the names of the Major Arcana cards to suit the theme of the deck itself. Each spread can vary in a number of cards, meaning, and even the depth of the questions asked. 
      
Scrying Mirror
Scrying Mirror is Similar to the crystal ball, this type of mirror (usually black) is possibly most reputable from Nostradamus's visions of the future. The colored glass can create a depth illusion in which a person can see objects, people, or happenings. 
      
Scrying Bowl
Scrying Bowl is a plain bowl (sometimes made of metal, glass, or stone) that is filled to the brim with water until the water bubbles at the lip of the bowl to create an edge. Used in meditation or trance. 
      
Spirit Boards(Ouija Boards) 
Also called Witch Boards or Talking Boards are typically used during a seance, a tear or heart-shaped piece of wood is placed on a board with letters, numbers, symbols and some common words on it, then touched by everyone in the circle around the board. Sold as a game, or custom made. Supposedly works to communicate with the spirit world. 
      
Tea Leaves
Drink a cup of tea, then tip the cup over onto the saucer to drain the dregs of the tea out. Look at the pattern of tea leaves and view them. Supposedly will tell the future of the person that drank the tea. Based on shapes and patterns in the remaining leaves at the bottom of the bowl or cup. 
      
Vision Quests
A Native American tradition that induces visions, vision quests and sweat lodges are reported to lead to many types of seeing, from future to the past to other worlds. 
      
Austromancy
Also called Aeromancy is divination by interpreting atmospheric conditions.... cloud formations, wind currents and cosmological events such as comets to attempt to divine the future.
      
Channeling 
Also called Spirit Talking. A channel is different than a psychic, in that when one channels they do not interpret the information or energy being received from spirit. It is given to the client just as it is received. Not all psychics are channels, but all channels are psychic. 
      
As with most things, there are different levels of channeling, each depending on the mission or purpose of the individual in this incarnation. For instance, someone may be in this existence to perform the service of Divine healing. Therefore they are a healing channel. In their own way, they do channel the energy from the divine directly into the body of their client. But unlike a clairaudient channel, they do not "hear" messages.

        The 1st level of channeling is to tap into the higher consciousness of the individual channel.
        The 2nd level is to communicate with the Spirit guides or teacher(s) of the client, or the channel them self.
        The 3rd level comes with the Soul Group.
        The 4th level is with the Divine Conscious Mind.