Scrying and Other Methods of Divination

Opening Your Awareness

Divination is a timeless art, with ancient roots and modern significance. It’s known by many names: fortune-telling, sooth saying, scrying, lot casting, crystal gazing and more, but the concept remains the same. Divination is just a fancy way of describing a method to push aside the curtain of our daily lives and glimpse the possibilities.


Glimpsing the Future?


People have always felt a need to see into the future, to feel guided by an unseen hand. We like to think we can peek into the unknown. While whether we can or not remains debatable, divination is always an engaging experience.


Divination is the Devil’s Work


One important thing to clear up about divination is that it’s not evil. While it can be used in conjunction with some religions, divination is not a religion and certainly not devil worship. It’s not the work of demons, evil spirits or impish sprites who dance about our heads, whispering thoughts to our unsuspecting ears.


Forget what you’ve seen in the movies and on television. Divination has more to do with people trying to muck around with their own fate and view the possible future than anything else.


As people, we’re fickle and prone to misconceptions, so let’s get this straight: divination isn’t inherently anything but an interesting way to pass the time.


Some Ancient Forms


Runes are one of the oldest documented divination systems. They are of Norse and Germanic origin, from areas that are modern day Scandinavia. The runes, or small stones engraved with symbols, carry the meaning of the symbol inscribed. Some stones relate to Norse gods like Odin and Freyja, some to symbols in an ancient alphabet.


The Runes are mixed into a bag or enclosed bowl, and the questioner draws them out. They are then read in the order in which they were drawn.


Runes can be purchased or fashioned from natural stones or bits of bark, but they should never be plastic. Rune Cards are also available, with the symbols in illustrated form.


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