Weird & Wonderful Divination III
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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 Patreon Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/themageswell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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