
Reading the bones and shells
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Written in the stars and skies
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Trances, temples, and entrails
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Master of The history of seeing the future
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Look into the dark obsidian glass (tell me what you see!) To make the future echo back at last (echo back at last!)

renaissanceman Chinese scholars cast yarrow stalks to generate hexagrams from the Book of Changes.

renaissanceman Diviners stared into mirrors, water, or crystals to induce visions of distant events.

renaissanceman Decode ancient divination symbols to discover how different cultures tried to predict tomorrow.
Aztec mirrors: The Aztec god of destiny, Tezcatlipoca, was said to watch the entire cosmos through a smoky obsidian scrying mirror!
A polished reflective surface used as an aid for focusing the mind and perceiving mystical visions. John Dee utilized a black obsidian mirror in Elizabethan England to predict the future.
Which famous Elizabethan occultist and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I famously used an obsidian mirror for scrying?
What is the formal term for the practice of reading tea leaves or coffee grounds?
What type of plant stalks are traditionally cast and sorted to consult the I Ching?
What is the name of the ancient runic alphabet used by Germanic and Norse peoples for divination?
According to Roman historian Tacitus, what did Germanic tribes carve runes onto before casting them?