Weird & Wonderful Divination III
02/22/23 • 19 min
Every culture, every society, every community has got it’s own systems and techniques for predicting the future, that are turned to when difficult decisions need to be made. Social media might may you think that there’s only tarot, astrology or pendulums to use, but there are literally hundreds of divination methods. From Nigerian spider divination - Nggam Du and Chinese jiaobei or moon blocks, to the infamous Japanese crossroads divination tsuji-ura, the Yoruban Ifa - using sacred texts and complex mathematical formula’s - to the Greek Nympholepsy - a condition a whereby individuals were possessed by nymphs - join me as I dive into prediction methods that lie off the beaten track.
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Every culture, every society, every community has got it’s own systems and techniques for predicting the future, that are turned to when difficult decisions need to be made. Social media might may you think that there’s only tarot, astrology or pendulums to use, but there are literally hundreds of divination methods. From Nigerian spider divination - Nggam Du and Chinese jiaobei or moon blocks, to the infamous Japanese crossroads divination tsuji-ura, the Yoruban Ifa - using sacred texts and complex mathematical formula’s - to the Greek Nympholepsy - a condition a whereby individuals were possessed by nymphs - join me as I dive into prediction methods that lie off the beaten track.
All my links are here.
Get bonus content on PatreonBecome a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/themageswell.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Middle Eastern Djinn, a land or fire spirit, they were created after angels but before humanity. Belief in the djinn is widespread and they enter the written record around 2400 BCE but are likely to be much, much older. Ambivalent tricksters, they’re capable of abducting humans, haunting buildings and possession, driving their victims into madness. Are they Pre-Islamic gods? Why are they linked to poetry? And why have people been abducted and taken to djinn courts to face trial? Tune into the Mage’s Well podcast to find out, available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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