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Niccolo Salomanos Captain
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 Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:47 am
[1] Introduction
Hello and welcome to yet another one of my topics. (God, I make far too many of these)
This isn't really a lesson, so much as it is a record of a unique divination attempt I made that others might wanna give a whirl.
As most who have talked to me about psionics know, I am a firm believer in the concept of following one's instincts and being ingenious rather than following set methods. That's where this custom-designed way of tarot reading came from.
[1] Introduction
[2] The Alethiometer's history and What I Did
[3] What I did
[4] Notes
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:00 am
[2] The Alethiometer's History and What I Did
The alethiometer is a device made up by the esteemed Phillip Pullman, author of "His Dark Materials". A fantastic series, and one I suggest everyone reads. It contains a lot of concepts that I have thought about using in psionics, and I'm interested to see if anyone else sees them.
Alethi as a beginning refers to truth, so an alethiometer shows the truth. Which is what one wants. The real alethiometer is a lovely gold clock/compass thingy with 36 pictures around the edge and three hands to ask a question with, one hand for the answer.
Reading about the symbols, I noted their marked similarity to tarot pictures. Sure, the major Arcana has 14 less images, but they could still work.
I had been asked a question by my dear little sister and had been struggling to find a way to answer it; my cards weren't really all that great at giving straight answers - everyone who's done tarot will understand - and I sucked at scrying in general. My mind-walk ability was useless as I had no frigging clue where to look. So I needed something a little different.
I printed off a 22-pointed star (22 major arcana cards) and laid it on the floor, placing my major deck around it in numerical order (ie Fool --> World) as if setting up for Clock Patience. Now, I suck at scrying normally, but anything to do with energy is possible. So I made a pendulum (>_> Lump of quartz, blu-tack and a bit of string) and held it over the star in the centre.
I filled the crystal with psi and said my question aloud. And... well, it worked.
The pendulum spins in a circular fashion, slowly changing its spin into a rocking back-and-forth one. If you look carefully, it goes more in one direction than the other, and this becomes more and more marked. This points out which point on the star to follow - and which tarot card to look at. It then moves on, and depending on the importance of the card, it'll do it's oscillation thing for a while. My crystal oscillated over card 21 (The World) for a good ten seconds before moving on.
It's also important to note that the order is of mild importance.
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Niccolo Salomanos Captain
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Niccolo Salomanos Captain
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:35 am
[3] Notes:
- This form of divination is, well, experimental by nature. It may work for you, it may not.
- The printed-off star is not necessary, but if your pendulum doesn't oscillate much it makes it easier to identify which card is picked.
- The reason I picked the name "alethiometry" is because, well, the series I got it from is damn awesome.
- The interpretation is difficult at times, but be damn sure to remember the reading.
- This style of reading allows for as few or as many cards as your 'guidance' needs to tell you what's going on. At times, the celtic cross spread may simply be overkill, or not enough. Since you're never sure, this helps.
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