tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373347262024-03-07T14:45:10.371+05:30PSYCHIC SCIENCESAstrology, Superstitions & Omens, Dream Interepretation, Palmistry, Numerology, Colorology, Divinations, Yoga etc.,JAYANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07258169019803767246noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-2969417739759255872010-04-05T10:16:00.000+05:302010-04-05T10:17:05.210+05:30site closedIn future articles will be published in http://psycho.siththan.com/<br />The FEED LINK is http://psycho.siththan.com/?feed=rss2<br />Please follow up.ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-2037633368830598782008-07-24T21:20:00.000+05:302008-07-24T21:21:00.786+05:30IMPORTANTFOR DETAILED STUDY PLEASE<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://psycho.siththan.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-1Yp98SQxJjRPgynLiwCPsmO357xRl0Rr4VTdIimm14eM4WNHHuhBgb5zaVS3_N6FFla01oSkDZo-G1oWsIwbvQB0zQ7RuWM7QC6ie0EUdBwUO0Nab0ktTuJjQ2mCpWEjPqePg/s200/Click+Me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226607285272903154" border="0" /></a>ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-61532569300681986642008-07-01T11:00:00.000+05:302008-07-01T11:49:08.086+05:301.3.1 - ARIES<p face="arial" style="font-weight: bold;"><!--[if !mso]><br /> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <p> < ![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w> </w><w>Normal</w> <w>0</w> <w> </xml>< ![endif]--> </p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >1.3 - The Signs of the Zodiac and Their Significance</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >ARIES – THE RAM</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" >March 21—April 19</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><p face="arial" style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://siththan.com/img/Aries1.jpg" mce_src="http://siththan.com/img/Aries1.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p face="arial" style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v joinstyle="miter"> </v><v> <v eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v> <v extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> <v id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:227.25pt; height:200.25pt" mce_style="width:227.25pt; height:200.25pt"> <v src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/JAYAN/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg" mce_src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/JAYAN/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg" title="Aries1"> </v>< ![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:courier new;" >Headwork is the chief factor of this sign. Persons born under Aries are keen, creative, and highly adaptive; but they are also impetuous and headstrong. This is accentuated by the Governing planet, Mars, which adds an aggressive touch to an already active and ambitious nature. Their incessant drive gets them off to a good start on any project, but they are apt to become diverted and scatter their further effort.</span></span><br /><br /></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://siththan.com/img/aries2.jpg" mce_src="http://siththan.com/img/aries2.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" mce_style="text-align: center;"> </p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Though quick to anger, Aries people often calm easily. They are naturally humorous and quick of wit; they enjoy music and entertainment. They say the right thing at the right time; and as students, they are often keen and have the ability of applying whatever they learn to good advantage. They like new things and have a way of rousing and swaying other persons to work along with them. In all fields, however, there is a frequent disinclination to "stay with it" once the novelty wears off.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Coincident with this is an Aries tendency of giving ideas to other people and also leaving detail work to others. This is seldom a mark of generosity or confidence on the Aries person's part, but more the desire to see things carried through without effort on their own part. There is a strong ego in the Aries nature, which causes them to become visionary and idealistic, thereby rising to positions of importance and esteem.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Conversely, they can let their impatience ruin them, turning them into fickle, self-centered individuals, foolish or false in their generosity. Unable to attain their high aspirations, they may value money only as a means to such a goal, spending it foolishly and extravagantly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Thus misguided by their own impetuosity, Aries persons become angry when plans fail. They may find fault or interfere with their subordinates, blaming them instead. They often regard their own ideas as perfect and sometimes set up their own standards of right or wrong, even to the extent of sheer fanaticism. This can prove disastrous to their careers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">When well controlled, Aries people foster friendship and promote both harmony and beauty, which they relish to the degree of luxury. They show loyalty and are willing to fight for what they consider right; all the more reason why they should set high and worthy standards. Being natural leaders, Aries people do not lace to take orders from others; but they should at least accept advice if they hope to attain their ambitions.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" mce_style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://siththan.com/img/Aries3.jpg" mce_src="http://siththan.com/img/Aries3.jpg" alt="" /></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">In business, Aries determination spells success, if good choice is shown toward opportunities and issues are squarely faced. Aries people are specially suited to the Atomic Age, as they shine in new and undeveloped fields, due to their eagerness to lead the way. In more prosaic pursuits, they are good salesmen and their drive is valuable in real estate, insurance, banking, and other financial fields. Professionally, they are fine actors, capable lawyers, and statesmen. They are also qualified for literary and artistic work.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Due to their strong executive ability, Aries people usually do better on their own, rather than entering into any partnership. However, they need business associates to a degree and their surest choice is someone born under Taurus. While Aries teams well with Sagittarius, Aquarius, and Pisces, any of those are apt to profit more from the association unless the Aries person is strongly dominant. Any association between Aries and Capricorn or Aries and Scorpio may prove highly productive of problems.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">In marriage, Aries persons frequently find harmony and understanding with those born in Leo, Sagittarius, or under their own sign. Marriages with Gemini or Libra are regarded as specially suited to the Aries temperament.</span></span>ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-30902030994986323342008-06-26T15:17:00.000+05:302008-06-26T15:42:01.009+05:30Astrology - 1.2 - Signs of the Zodiac<span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >1.2 - The Signs of the Zodiac and Their Significance</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br />Among the many group of celestial objects that stud the night sky, there are twelve which form a great belt around the earth.</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">The signs of the zodiac</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">Based on the SOLAR system each of these represents a month in the astrological year that runs from March 21 on through the succeeding March 20. These are called the signs of the zodiac.</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://siththan.com/img/Zodiac_Wheel.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://siththan.com/img/Zodiac_Wheel.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Each month, the Sun enters a new sign, and all persons born during that period have it as their birth sign. According to astrology, there are twelve types of persons thus represented, as all individuals born under a given sign become imbued with its inherent characteristics.</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">The signs and the dates when they exert their individual influences are as follows:</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br />Aries or the Ram — March 21 through April 19</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Taurus or the Bull — April 20 through May 19</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Gemini or the Twins — May 20 through June 20</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Cancer or the Crab — June 21 through July 22</span> <br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Leo or the Lion — July 23 through August 21</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Virgo or the Virgin — August 22 through September 22</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Libra or the Scales — September 23 through October 22</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Scorpio or the Scorpion — October 23 through November 21</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">Sagittarius or the Bowman — November 22 through December 21</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">Capricorn or the Goat — December 22 through January 20</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">Aquarius or the Water Carrier — January 21 through February 19</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Pisces or the Fish — February 20 through March 20</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br />The twelve charts that follow describe the basic traits attributed to each of these signs, and in many cases they fit the individual with surprising exactitude. All persons differ to some degree, however, and their variable traits will be discussed later, which cover in-between periods as well as planetary influences and their significance. These apply not only to the astrological month, but to the day and year of birth.</span></span>ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-23585496388776137932008-06-17T09:49:00.000+05:302008-06-26T15:17:21.983+05:30ASTROLOGY - 1.1 - Introduction<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">From the days human beings started to read and write, Astrology has played its part in the affairs of mankind predominantly, and its popularity persists even today. “Astrology” means 'knowledge of the stars". It is a by-product the subject now called astronomy. As such, astrology served in forecasting coming events. It is a Small wonder that people believed themselves to be controlled by the signs of the heavens when the courses of the stars and planets could be calculated to accurately.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">New civilizations inherited astrology from the old. With it, the scope of the ancient science was extended. Birthstones were associated with the group of stars forming the signs of the zodiac. Metals were identified with planets; gold with the sun; silver with the moon and mercury, because of its elusive quality, with its namesake, Mercury. Everything mundane was interpreted astrologically.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Therefore, all sciences owe much to astrology. When they branched out on their own, astrology was not discredited; it merely returned to its original purpose, that of determining the shape of things to come. It is an interesting fact that when Tycho Brahe, the great astronomer of his time, sighted the comet of 1577 and classed it for what it was, he did not even guess at the year when it would next appear.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Instead, he used the comet as the basis of an astrological calculation from which he predicted that a prince to be born in Finland would become a great Swedish king and would invade Germany, meeting his death in the year 1632. That astrological forecast was fulfilled by the career of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. But astronomers haven't yet found out if Tycho's comet did come back ever.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;">However, skeptics insist that predictions of latter-day astrology depend mostly on coincidence or guesswork, as did some of the early findings of astronomy. At least, the abstruse calculations of astrology are of little interest to the public. People want to know what their birth signs and planetary influences may mean to them, if anything. Often, they would like to check those findings for themselves. That can be easily done.</span></p>ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-37398495931154749142008-06-08T10:07:00.000+05:302008-06-08T10:08:40.181+05:30Psychic Sciences - 7<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Palmistry is one of the most interesting of psychic sciences and has reached a high state of modern development. Long known as the "language of the hand," it interprets the lines and general formations according to well-accepted rules.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Pegomancy requires spring water or bubbling fountains for its divinations.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Pessomancy requires pebbles for its divinations. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Phrenology, which deals in head formations, is a modern form of psychic science.</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Phrenopathy is a similar subject incorporating hypnotism.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Phyllorhodomancy is an intriguing type of divination dating from ancient Greece. It consists of slapping rose petals against the hand and judging the success of a venture according to the loudness of the sound.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Physiognomy is highly modern in its treatment and deals with character analysis through physical appearance of the features. It has older roots, but all of a practical nature.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Precognition is an inner knowledge of things to come, which may lead to Prediction, which is the announcement of such events, or Premonition, a foreboding of the future. These are combined in Prognostication, which goes into specific details, or the greater art of Prophecy, which connotes inspired knowledge of important events, with their fulfillment almost certain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Psychography is a form of mysterious writing, usually of a divinatory type. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Psychometry is the faculty of gaining impressions from a physical object, either regarding its owner, or the history of the object itself. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Pyromancy and Pyroscopy are forms of divination by fire, wherein powdered substances are thrown on the flames; if these kindle quickly, it is a good omen.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Rhabdomancy is divination by means of a wand or stick. Of ancient origin, much of its history is obscure, but it was the forerunner of the divining rod, discussed in the chapter on Radiesthesia. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Rhapsodomancy is performed by opening a book of poetry and reading a passage at chance, hoping it will prove to be an omen.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Sciomancy is a term for divination gained through spirit aid. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Sideromancy is the burning of straws on a hot iron and studying the figures thus formed, along with the flames and smoke. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Sortilege is the casting of lots in hope of a good omen; this has many phases and variations dating from antiquity and is still practiced today.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Spodomancy provides omens from cinders or soot. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Stichomancy is another form of opening a book hoping that a random passage will give inspiration, something that many people follow today. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Stolisomancy draws omens from oddities in the way people dress.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Sycomancy is performed by writing messages on tree leaves; the slower they dry, the better the omen. A more modern way is to write questions on slips of paper, roll them up, and hold them in a strainer above a steaming pot. Whichever unrolls first will be answered; but a blank slip should always be included in the group.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Tephramancy is the seeking of messages in ashes; tree bark is often burned for that purpose and the diviner looks for symbols as with tealeaves. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Tiromancy is an odd form of divination utilizing cheese.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Xylomancy is divination from pieces of wood. Some diviners pick them up at random, interpreting them according to their shape or formation. Others put pieces of wood upon a fire and note the order in which they burn, forming conclusions as to omens, good or bad.</span><br /><br /></span>ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-2247352266054214972008-06-02T19:19:00.002+05:302008-06-02T19:24:32.369+05:30Psychic Sciences - 6<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Lampadomancy signifies portents from lights or torches. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Lecanomancy involved a basin of water in the divinatory process; while Libanomancy requires incense as a means of interpreting omens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Lithomancy utilizes precious stones of various colors. In its more modern form of divination, these are scattered on a flat surface, and whichever reflects the light most vividly fulfills the omen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Blue - good luck soon. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Green - realization of a hope. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Red - happiness in love or marriage. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Yellow - disaster or betrayal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Purple - a period of sadness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Black or grey - misfortune. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Colored beads may be used instead of jewels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Margaritomancy was a procedure utilizing pearls, which were supposed to bounce upward beneath an inverted pot if a guilty person approached. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Metagnomy is a comparatively modern form of intuitive divination covering past, distant scenes of present, and future events while viewed during a hypnotic trance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Meteoromancy lists omens dependent on meteors and similar phenomena. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Metoposcopy is the reading of character from the lines of the forehead. Based on Astrology, it has factors akin to Palmistry, but belongs under the head of Physiognomy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Molybdomancy draws mystic inferences from the varied hissings of molten lead. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Myomancy concerns rats and mice, the cries they give, the destruction they cause, all as prophetic tokens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Numerology, though of ancient origin, is a modern form of interpreting names and dates in terms of vital numbers, all indicative of individual traits. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Oculomancy is a form of divination from the eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Oinomancy utilizes wine in determining omens. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Oneiromancy is the interpretation of dreams. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Onomancy answers the question of "what's in a name" by giving meanings for names of persons and things, but has comparatively little importance as a divinatory art.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Onomantics is a development of Onomancy, applied to personal names. Some of these are obvious in meaning, as Hope, or Victor. Others are easily translatable, as Sophia for wisdom, or Leo for lion-hearted. Others have been extended or elaborated, but their basic meanings can be found in many dictionaries or standard reference works, and they lack the deeper significance of psychic or occult interpretation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Onychomancy is a study of the fingernails in the sunlight, looking for any significant symbols that can be traced. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Onyomancy is similar and somewhat more practical, being an interpretation of personal characteristics from the nails, as a minor phase of Palmistry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Oomantia and Ooscopy are terms applied to ancient methods of divination by eggs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Ophiomancy covers divination from serpents. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Orniscopy and Ornithomancy are concerned with omens gained by watching the flight of different birds. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Ovomancy is another form of egg divination.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Palmistry is one of the most interesting of psychic sciences and has reached a high state of modern development. Long known as the "language of the hand," it interprets the lines and general formations according to well-accepted rules.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-45649311881380281412008-05-16T12:04:00.000+05:302008-05-16T12:05:51.461+05:30Psychic Sciences - 5<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Dactylomancy is the early form of radiesthesia, with a dangling ring indicating words and numbers by its swings. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Daphnomancy requires listening to laurel branches crackling in an open fire; the louder the crackle, the better the omen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Demonomancy refers to divinations through the aid of demons. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Dendromancy is associated with both the oak and mistletoe. Divining rods and Dowsing are dealt with in the chapter on Radiesthesia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Gastromancy was an ancient form of ventriloquism, with the voice lowered to a sepulchral tone as though issuing from the ground. Prophetic utterances were thus delivered in a trance state. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Geloscopy was the art of divination from the tone of someone's laughter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Genethlialogy was the calculation of the future from the influence of the stars at birth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Geomancy began with tracing figures in the ground and later was extended to include random dots made with a pencil, which were interpreted according to accepted designs, practically a predecessor of our modern "doodles."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Graphology, the analysis of character through handwriting, was studied in ancient times and given a psychic significance. Its modern version is detailed in a special chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Gyromancy was performed by persons walking in a circle marked with letters, until they became dizzy and stumbled at different points, thus "spelling out" a prophecy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Halomancy is another term for Alomancy, or divination by salt. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Haruspicy, Hieromancy, Hieroscopy, all had to do with observing objects of ancient sacrifice and drawing prophetic conclusions from them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Hippomancy was a form of divination from the stamping and neighing of horses. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Horoscopy pertains to the casting of an astrological horoscope.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="">Hydromancy, or divination by water, covers a wide range of lesser auguries, such as the color of water, its ebb and flow, or the ripples produced by pebbles dropped into a pool, an odd number being good, an even number, bad. Our modern "Tea leaf" and "coffee ground" readings date from this, as Hydromancy also included close study of water and figures formed therein.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: courier new;">Ichthyomancy involved fish as factors in divination. </span></span>ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-76794709696402979102008-04-24T12:01:00.001+05:302008-04-24T12:01:32.241+05:30siththan.comFor more detailed articles with pictures,<br />pl visit <a href="http://siththan.com/">http://siththan.com/</a>ஞானவெட்டியான்http://www.blogger.com/profile/10523243173936045937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-53714455009617857112007-03-11T16:44:00.000+05:302008-05-16T12:04:30.243+05:30Psychic Sciences-4<p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Both the Greeks and the Arabs used </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Belomancy</span><span style="font-size:130%;">, one of the most ancient types of divination. One method involved throwing the arrows in the air, the point in which the arrows inclined pointed out the direction to be taken. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Bibliomancy</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> is divination using a book, sometimes a bible is used. The book will be opened at a random page and while keeping your eyes closed you will point at a line or passage in the book. Muslims use the Quran for this divination. During the middle ages Virgils Aeneid was popular. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Botanomancy,</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> is a method of divination by burning branches of vervein and briar upon which questions of the practitioners have been carved. The fire and smoke indicate the course of future action to be pursued. A variant method is the scattering of vervein and heather leaves in a high wind to get indications of future actions to be taken. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Bumpology</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > is nickname of </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Phrenology, a </span><span style=";font-size:130%;" >science which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology of the skull. It is a very ancient object of study. The first philosopher to locate mental faculties in the head was in fact Aristoteles. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Capnomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > is the study of smoke rising from a fire and is performed in various ways. When they study the motion of smoke, they will be able to get a glimpse into the future and be able to give you predictions of what might happen. Be sure that you listen to the different predictions and then utilize them to make your life a lot better. It will be good to understand the motion of smoke.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Cartomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > is fortune telling with cards and is similar to Tarot readings.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Catoptromancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > was an early form of crystal gazing, utilizing a mirror that was turned towards moon to catch lunar rays. Place the mirror at the back of the head of a boy or girl whose eyes were bandaged. In Thessaly, the response reportedly appeared in characters of blood on the face of the moon, probably represented in the mirror. The Thessalian sorceresses derived their art from the Persians, who always endeavored to plant their religion and mystic rites in the countries they invaded.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Causimomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > involves divination from objects placed in a fire. If they fail to ignite, or burn more slowly than anticipated, it is a good omen. Common pieces that have been used in this practice include salt, animals, sticks, incense and leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Cephalomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > refers to divinatory procedures with the skull or head of a donkey or goat.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Ceraunoscopy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > draws omens from the study of thunder & lightning.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Ceroscopy</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> is a fascinating form of divination in which melted wax is poured into cold water, forming bubbles, which are duly interpreted. This was very popular in Russia. Wax was melted into a brass vessel till it became a liquid of uniform consistence. <o:p></o:p><br />The liquid wax was then poured very slowly into another vessel filled with cold water. The pouring was done in a way that the wax congealed in tiny discs upon the surface of the water. The divinator then interpreted the figures of wax. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Chiromancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" >, or divination from the lines of a person’s hand, is the companion of Chirognomy; these compose modern Palmistry. The lines in the hand can be divided into 3 groups: the major lines, the minor lines and the personal lines. There are 3 major lines to be found in the hand. These are the Life Line, the Heart Line and the Head Line. The minor lines run vertically in the hand and each is named for the finger under which it terminates. Everything else is considered a personal line. The personal lines may have names and fit into categories though there may be some lines that are quite unique to the individual. It is through practice and experience that the palmist can learn how to interpret these lines.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Clairaudience</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > or clear hearing and </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Clairvoyance</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > or clear seeing is also twin subjects with divinatory features. This is receiving messages in thoughtform from another frequency or realm. It is considered a form of channeling. These have come under modern parapsychology, which regards them as forms of ESP (Extrasensory perception).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Cleromancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > is a form of lot casting akin to divination with pebbles or other odd objects with different colors instead of marked cubes. These objects are considered as planets.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Clidomancy </span><span style=";font-size:130%;" >or </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Cleidomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > is worked with a dangling key and movements of the key is interpreted accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Cosinomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > is similar, using a hanging sieve. These are primitive forms of radiesthesia.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Critomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > is the study of barley cakes with the hope of drawing omens from them. Ancient method of divination by means of observing meats and cakes. The paste of cakes that were offered in sacrifice was closely examined, and from the flour spread upon them, omens were drawn, after being strewn upon sacrificial victims.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Cromniomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > finds significance from onion sprouts. It was usually practiced on Christmas eve to obtain information about absent persons. One method was to inscribe the names of absent friends on individual onions and leave them undisturbed on a table until they began to sprout. The onion that sprouted most rapidly indicated that the person whose name had been inscribed on it was enjoying vigorous health.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Crystallomancy</span><span style=";font-size:130%;" > is an art of crystal gazing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-size:130%;color:red;">Cyclomancy</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> pertains to divination from a turning wheel. Cyclomancy is the practice of divination where one consults a spinning object, like a wheel, bottle, or top. One form of consultation is direction. When needed, take a bottle and lay it horizontally on the ground, and spin. When it stops spinning, the neck of the bottle will point to the road where your destiny lies. The popular party game "spin the bottle" is based on this concept. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: courier new;"><span style=";font-size:130%;" ><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-1164200533453097982006-11-22T18:31:00.000+05:302007-03-11T16:38:33.213+05:30Psychic Sciences-3<div style="font-family: courier new;" class="contenttext"> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">ALOMANCY or divination by salt, accounts for some of our modern superstitions. <strong>Alomancy</strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> (from Greek <em>halo</em>, ’salt’, and <em>manteia</em>, divination), also called Adromancy, ydromancie, idromancie, and halomancy, is an ancient form of divination. Similar to many other forms of divination, the diviner casts salt crystals into the air and interprets the patterns as it falls to the ground or travels through the air. The diviner can also interpret patterns formed from the residue of a salt solution as it evaporates in the bowl. The exact interpretations are unknown, but it probably follows a similar method to aleuromancy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Salt itself is often intertwined with luck and some of this ancient tradition can be seen in the superstitions, such as perceived misfortune when the salt cellar is overturned and the custom of throwing salt over the left shoulder for good luck.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">One form of Alomancy consists of the casting of salt into a fire, which is considered a type of Pyromancy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Alphitomancy</strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> (from Greek <em>alphito</em>, ‘barley’, and <em>manteia</em>, ‘divination’) is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">When someone in a group was suspected of a crime, the members of the group would be fed barley cakes or slices of barley bread. Supposedly, the guilty party would get indigestion, while all others would feel well. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Some say that </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alphitomancy is a form of divination using a barley leaf. It is used to identify a thief or criminal. Pieces of the leaf were given to a group of suspects. If you were innocent you would feel no effects, but if you were guilty you would become sick.<br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">ANTHROPOMANCY is an ancient and long-outlawed form of human sacrifice. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Anthropomancy was a barbaric form of divination that involved using<br />human entrails. These were usually those of a young virgin child. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">The magician Julian the Apostate sacrificed young children during his rituals in order to evaluate their entrails. Anthropomancy was also practised in ancient Egypt. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">APANTOMANCY covers forecasts from chance meetings with animals,<br />birds and other creatures, which can be updated to include modern<br />omens of the “black cat” variety. A classic case was the founding of Mexico City on the spot where AZTEC soothsayers saw an eagle flying from<br />a cactus, carrying a live snake; this represents the Mexican coat-of-arms even today. <strong>Apantomancy</strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> is divination using articles at hand or things that present themselves by chance. The diviner works him/herself into a state of trance until an object or event is perceived and a divination worked out.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">ARITHMANCY or ARITHMOMANCY is the ancient form of NUMEROLOGY and applies chiefly to divination through numbers and letter values. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Arithmancy is a method of divination by numbers first used by the ancient Greeks. They assigned values to the letters in the names of combatants to foretell the outcome of battles. Later, in the ninth century BC, the Chaldeans in Arabia (where our modern number system also comes from) practiced a form of arithmancy that divided their alphabet into three parts, each part composed of seven letters which they attributed to the then known seven planets. Wizards still use a similar system today, all these thousands of years later.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">ASTRAGLOMANCY or ASTRAGYROMANCY was worked with crude dice bearing letters and later numbers. This, too, has developed into a modern diversion, art of Fortune Telling by Dice.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">ASTROLOGY, as the ancient science of the stars, was basically a form of divination, as persons who could foretell changes in the heavens naturally felt capable of predicting the smaller affairs of mankind. Modern astrology makes no such extravagant claims, but has retained enough of the old tradition to become a fascinating subject in its own right. <strong>Astrology</strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which knowledge of the relative positions of celestial bodies and related information is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing knowledge about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial events. A practitioner of astrology is called an <strong>astrologer</strong>, or, less often, an astrologist. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Historically, the term <em>mathematicus</em> was used to denote a person proficient in astrology, astronomy, and mathematics. Although the two fields share a common origin, modern astronomy is entirely distinct from astrology. While astronomy is the scientific study of astronomical objects and phenomena, the practice of astrology is concerned with the correlation of heavenly bodies (which historically involved measurement of the celestial sphere) with earthly and human affairs. Astrology is variously considered by its proponents to be a symbolic language, a form of art, science, or divination. The scientific community generally considers astrology to be a pseudoscience or superstition as it has failed empirical tests in controlled studies.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">AUGURY is the general art of divination, covering many forms included in this list, and applying chiefly to interpretations of the future based on signs and omens.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">The <strong>Augur</strong> was a priest and official in ancient Rome. His main role was to take auspices: interpreting the will of the gods by studying the flight of the birds (flying in groups/alone, what noises they make as they fly, direction of flight and what kind of birds they are), known as “taking the auspices.” The ceremony and function of the augur was central to any major undertaking in Roman society–public or private–including matters of war, commerce, and religion.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Consider the words of the Roman historian Livy, who writes (VI.41): “Who does not know that this city was founded only after taking the auspices? That everything in war and in peace, at home and abroad, was done only after taking the auspices?”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">AUSTROMANCY refers to divination, by a study of the winds.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Axiomancy</strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> is a form of divination, in which the quivering of the blade of an axe that has been thrust into a wooden table is interpreted by the diviner.</span> </p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-1163072701194722062006-11-09T17:13:00.000+05:302007-03-11T16:40:42.775+05:30Psychic Sciences-2There are right things; and wrong things. Columbus, with an intention to discover India, sailed westwards and landed in American islands and he thought that he had discovered East Indians; today, the Carribbean Islands are called the West Indies, which is a classic misnomer. But nobody doubts their existences.<br /><br />As to psychic and occult sciences, those that have won continued interest are worthy of consideration, as astrology or numerology. So are those that have sprung to public acceptance as graphology and psysiognomy, which are newer than some of our standard sciences. All these have to be discussed on their merits.<br /><br />Each psychic or occult science is treated as it stands today, in the light of modern knowledge and interest. All have been simplified and updated day by day. It is better to list the so called psychic or occult sciences:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Aeromancy</span>, or divination from the air and sky, goes beyond the weather prognostications and concentrates more upon cloud shapes, comets, spectral formations or other phenomena not normally visible in the heavens. Even in modern times, such visions have caused speculation and consternation among viewers.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Alchemy</span> is the science of transmuting base metals into gold or silver with the aid of a misterious substance termed the "philosopher's stone." Alchemists also claimed to prolong human life indefinitely by means of a secret elixir.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Aleectryomancy</span> is a form of divination whereby a bird, usually a black hen or a white gamecock, is allowed to pick grains of corn from a circle of letters, thus forming words or names with prophetic significance. Another method is to recite the letters of the alphabet, noting those at which a cock crows.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Aleuromancy</span> requires slips with answers to questions. These are rolled in balls of dough, which are backed, then mixed. One is chosen at random and presumably will be fulfilled. Modern "fortune cookies" are a survival of this ancient ritual.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37334726.post-1162967400580959462006-11-08T11:56:00.000+05:302007-03-11T16:42:00.981+05:30Psychic Sciences-1<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: courier new;font-size:100%;" ></span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:100%;" >The lure of the unknown and the lore of the hidden things have long intrigued the human mind. Along with such skills as throwing rocks and fashioning flintstone spearheads, primitive man developed more subtle crafts, as foretelling the weather by the ways the birds flew or the winds blew. From those beginings came modern sciences like ballistics and meteorology and the same applies in many other instances.<br /><br />Two factors were present in most primitive sciences; the psychic and the occult. The practitioner of a craft usually claimed and often believed that he possessed a special faculty not given to ordinary mortals, enabling to gain unique results and issue reliable forecasts. He backed this by professing knowledge of secret subjects which he was pledged not to reveal.<br /><br />This combination of psychic power and occult learning has persisted into modern times. Skilled artists often regard their work as "inspired" or rely on "trade secrets" for results. So the pattern is similar, even though many things that once cread awe and wonderment are explainable by modern science. Now the cycle may be bringing us to new wonders, perhaps including some revivals from the past.<br /><br />The science of alchemy, which flourished in the Middle Ages, has been styled the "FATHER OF CHEMISTRY," and it is interesting to note that the efforts of the alchemists to transmute one metal into another have been realised in our modern laboratories, though not as the alchemists anticipated. But that should not reflect too greatly onalchemy, for according to some authorities, it was not the alchemists, but their initiators, who stumbled upon the more important discoveries that founded modern chemistry.<br /><br />Similarly, astrology, as the forerunner of astronomy, may have had its faults. But any absurdities of astrologers were outmatched by the erroneous theories held by the astronomers, until the invention of the telescope proved that they were wrong.<br /><br />This is not a defense of outmoded beliefs founded on ignorance and superstition. It is all the more reason why such notions should be discarded as they have often been. But theories that have an intelligent basis, those that have stood the test of time and gained popular acceptance, were and are worthy of continued consideration. Had they not been, chemistry, astronomy, and other modern sciences would have died in infancy, whenever some new finding disproved the old. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1