Honoring All Hallow's Eve: Divination and Tools of Intuition

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Honoring All Hallow's Eve: Divination and Tools of Intuition

 

As far back as the 14th century, divination was considered the art or

practice that would seek to foresee or foretell future events.

Discoveries of hidden knowledge, usually by the interpretation of

omens or by the assistance of supernatural powers was how it was

perceived. Today, the idea is not so different. Divination is

considered unusual insight or intuitive perception. As intuitive

beings, we often tend to let go of or loose sight of this ability as

we age.

 

Children are extremely intuitive and utilize this ability daily. As

we grow older, it seems that we tend not to trust these feelings,

images or concepts from our mind's eye. They almost seem odd,

irrational or just something that is hard to believe. The Art of

Scrying, or another words, tapping into the supersensory powers of

your subconscious, are just other ways of " paying attention " !

 

Divination itself can take various forms, including:

 

1. The direct observation of events, which have not (yet) occurred,

such as scrying.

 

2. The interpretation of patterns formed by objects or on surfaces.

This included the reading of tea-leaves and palmistry.

 

3. The selection of objects with meanings assigned to them by some

form of random processes such as from a bag or deck of cards. This

would include the runes and I-Ching. While divination is often a

structured and methodical process it is never a purely rational one

for it depends on the awakening of (latent) psychic abilities.

 

In adopting a divinatory tool, such as the runes, pendulums,

crystals, color or which ever tool you choose, you are taking on both

a support and a burden. They bring with them certain

responsibilities. It is one thing to divinate for yourself, but the

big responsibility comes when you are working for others. Learn your

craft and learn it well.

 

Crystal Runes

Runes are an alphabetic script used by the Nordic and Germanic tribes

of Northern Europe from the first century until well into the Middle

Ages. A rune is not merely a letter in an old Germanic alphabet, but

it bears the primary definition of " secret " or " mysteries. " There

were many different runic alphabets in use throughout Northern Europe

over the centuries. The most common is the Germanic or Elder Futhark.

In addition to their use as a written alphabet, the runes also served

as a system of symbols used for magic and divination. This system may

have begun as early as 200 B.C.E. The Elder Futhark contains 24

letters divided into three groups of eight, called Ætt (aettir,

plural). The first eight is called Freyja's Ætt, the second

Heimdall's Ætt and the third Tyr's Ætt. As such, they were inscribed

on materials such as stone, bone and wood in order to be used. The

Roman alphabets became the preferred script of most of Europe, but

the Runes forms and meaning were preserved in inscriptions and

manuscripts.

 

Crystal Pendulums

The pendulum can be thought of as an extension of the intuition,

since it is used to gain access to information that exists at the

subconscious level. As an extension of the intuition, the pendulum

can give you information from the same two sources as the intuition:

from your own subconscious mind; and from your guidance, spirit, or

guardian angel. Pendulums are wonderful for healing Chakra work,

communication work and making a Choice of any kind!

 

Scrying is the psychological technique of unearthing or recovering

information by extra-sensory, intuitive or psychic means. It is about

clearing your view of the unconscious mind and translating its

images, sounds and sensations into our conscious knowledge. There are

many forms of scrying, from Ouija boards, dowsing rods, pendulums and

aura readings to reading tea leaves, tarot, dream interpretations,

biorhythms and handwriting analysis. I intend to introduce below some

of the techniques that I have found most helpful as well as

insightful.

 

Crystals for scrying include:

 

Crystal Ball

Clear Quartz is an excellent all seeing stone, which is thought to

amplify both body energy and thoughts. It can assist in the creation

of power, clarity of thinking, meditation, cleansing, clearing the

aura, spiritual development and healing. Clear Quartz is considered

the " stone of power " . A dedicated healer. Pure white light passes

through it easily, leaving all the colors of the spectrum unaltered

and giving substance to the argument that Clear Quartz crystals can

help balance all the elements needed to make us whole and fulfilled.

Amplify whatever influences are present in an individual or location.

Acts as a purifier and tunes into the frequency of each individual.

Will unblock specific areas or organs blocked from transmitting or

receiving the flow of energy throughout the body. Helpful in guiding

our search for the meaning and importance of existence. This stone

will attune the treatment to the energy of an individual person.

 

Snow River Quartz

Used for seeing into the future and discovering our congenital past,

these clear quartz balls are amazing in their clarity on the inside

and covered with a beautiful white frost on the outside. The ends are

sliced off so that you can see into it's deep translucent center.

These " picture window " crystals are originally from the riverbeds of

Brazil. The crystals are washed down out of the mountains and tumbled

over and over by violent surging waters. This natural process gives

the crystals their frosted look. They are the " gazing " stone.

 

 

Candle Therapy is the basis of this work, using light, color and

intention as the driving force.

 

Geomancy is the study of figures on the ground and the influence of

the Earth's " currents " . This art of Feng Shui is another great way to

create balance in your life. Astrology is most famous and is

divination using celestial bodies: the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

Cartomancy is fortune telling using cards such as the Tarot. Augury

is the general term for the art of divination and is chiefly applied

to interpretations of signs and omens. Oneiromancy is the art of

divination by interpreting dreams . The I Ching is one of the oldest

books on divination and is most famous in Chinese culture and made

even more popular in Western culture today.

 

For a large variety of divinations and games, you can find them here:

 

http://www.peacefulmind.com/divination.htm

 

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac.

http://www.peacefulmind.com/divination.htm

Therapies for healing

mind, body, spirit

 

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Honoring All Hallow's Eve

 

Halloween originated from the Pagan festival Samhain, celebrated

among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. Irish and Scottish

immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the

nineteenth century.

 

The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering Hallowe'en) is

shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of " All Hallows'

Day " ,[1] also which is now known as All Saints' Day. It was a day of

religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions,

[2] until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian

feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1. In the ninth

century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in

accordance with the Florentine calendar. Although All Saints' Day is

now considered to occur one day after Halloween, the two holidays

were, at that time, celebrated on the same day. Liturgically, the

Church traditionally celebrated that day as the Vigil of All Saints,

and, until 1970, a day of fasting as well. Like other vigils, it was

celebrated on the previous day if it fell on a Sunday, although

secular celebrations of the holiday remained on the 31st. The Vigil

was suppressed in 1955, but was later restored in the post-Vatican II

calendar.

 

Many European cultural traditions, in particular Celtic cultures,

hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when

spirits can make contact with the physical world, and when magic is

most potent (according to, for example, Catalan mythology about

witches and Irish tales of the Sídhe).

 

References

 

1. Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (1989). Oxford English Dictionary,

second, London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-861186-2.

2. a b Danaher, Kevin (1972) The Year in Ireland: Irish Calendar

Customs Dublin, Mercier. ISBN 1-85635-093-2 pp.190-232

3.Wikipedia definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

 

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