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The history of seeing the future

Chapter 1

Reading the bones and shells

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Chapter 2

Written in the stars and skies

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Chapter 3

Trances, temples, and entrails

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Chapter 4

Elements and tools

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Master of The history of seeing the future

Ch 4 · Elements and tools
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renaissanceman The binary wisdom of the I Ching

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renaissanceman Historical Divination Tools

Look into the dark obsidian glass (tell me what you see!) To make the future echo back at last (echo back at last!)

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renaissanceman Reading tea leaves and coffee grounds

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The binary wisdom of the I Ching

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

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Gazing into the dark with scrying

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

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Pocket Oracles
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renaissanceman Decode ancient divination symbols to discover how different cultures tried to predict tomorrow.

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Fun Fact

Aztec mirrors: The Aztec god of destiny, Tezcatlipoca, was said to watch the entire cosmos through a smoky obsidian scrying mirror!

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Glossary
scrying mirror (noun)
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.

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Gossip

Which divination tool would you want to try over weekend tea?

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Quiz

How many hexagrams make up the divination system of the Chinese I Ching?

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renaissanceman Casting the Norse runes

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Which famous Elizabethan occultist and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I famously used an obsidian mirror for scrying?

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renaissanceman Gazing into the dark with scrying

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Quiz

What do the solid and broken lines in an I Ching hexagram represent?

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Quiz

What is the formal term for the practice of reading tea leaves or coffee grounds?

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Quiz

What type of plant stalks are traditionally cast and sorted to consult the I Ching?

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What is the name of the ancient runic alphabet used by Germanic and Norse peoples for divination?

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According to Roman historian Tacitus, what did Germanic tribes carve runes onto before casting them?

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Quiz

What material was the famous scrying mirror of the Aztecs made from?

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