the very future of humanity would seem to hang in the cocobalance
― noizem duke (noize duke), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)
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Geomancy in western tradition requires no instruments and no calculations; it is based solely on the human propensity for pattern recognition.
Diviners in medieval Europe used parchment or paper (expensive in those days!) for drawing the dots of geomancy but they followed the traditional direction of notation (right to left) for recording the dots. Western occultism still defines geomantic technique as marking sixteen lines of dashes in sand or soil with a wand or on a sheet of paper. The dashes aren't counted as they are made (thus constituting a form of spontaneous divination).
The geomancer counts the number of dashes made in each line and draws either a single dot (for an odd number) or two dots (for an even number) next to the lines. The pattern of dots produced by the first to fourth lines are known as a figure, as are the fifth to eighth lines and so on.
Those four figures are entered into two charts, known as the Shield and House charts, and through binary processes form the seed of the figures that fill the whole charts. The charts are subsequently analysed and interpreted by the geomancer to find solutions, options and responses to the problem quesited, along with general information about the geomancer (unless the geomancer is performing the divination for another, in which case information is shown about the person the charts were cast for) providing an all-round reading into the questioner's life.
This form of Geomancy is easy to learn and easy to perform. Once practiced by commoners and rulers alike, it was one of the most popular forms of divination throughout the middle ages, and it was actually suggested to the Pope that it be integrated into Catholic teachings.
The four binary elements of each figure allow for 2×2×2×2, or 16 different combinations. As there are 4 root figures in each chart, the total number of possible charts equals 16×16×16×16, or 65536. The charts are also interpreted differently depending on the nature of the question, making it one of the most thorough kinds of divination available, and with only 16 figures to understand is extremely simple.
― the eunuchs, Cassim and Mustafa, who guarded Abdur Ali's harem (orion), Sunday, 30 July 2006 03:19 (nineteen years ago)
Extispicy
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Extispicy (from Latin extispicium) is the practice of using anomalies in animals' entrails to divine future events. Organs inspected can include the liver, intestines, lungs, or other major organs. The animal used for extispicy must often be ritually pure and slaughtered in a special ceremony.
Soothsayers from Ancient Roman times used the entrails of a bull to determine the advisability of a particular endeavour. The process was also a common practice in ancient Mesopotamia and Canaan temples. The process was believed to be inspired by the Etruscan idea of haruspicy, but involving ungulate animals rather than avian ones.
Organ models and extispicy manuals in cuneiform script are widely found in archaeological excavations in the regions, showing the prevalence and significance of extispicy.
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― the eunuchs, Cassim and Mustafa, who guarded Abdur Ali's harem (orion), Sunday, 30 July 2006 03:20 (nineteen years ago)
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Must have been a real dbag hipster to have been PRESSED TO DEATH - aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!
― ENBB, Friday, 1 May 2009 16:05 (sixteen years ago)
what happened was a bunch of villagers approached colonial hipster giles corey and were like check out what it says on this rock then they threw it on him and pressed him to death
― p?nico (ice cr?m), Friday, 1 May 2009 16:12 (sixteen years ago)
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probably a better place than this for that but for some reason i heard the thread title in my head
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:56 (twelve years ago)