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Mi-Shell said:.
But using it over the years I find there are a few pieces that are more Powerful in their message-giving than others.
And the ting is, I happen to have several more of these items, very similar in power, that I can not use and that I always wanted to pass on to other SERIOUS diviners.....
For example I have several ancient pottery shards from the ruins of Teotihuacan, collected in the Agave fields behind the “Pyramid of the Magician”.
From the tailings coming from a test dig just across from the Pyramid of the Moon I have quite a few fragments of Obsidian knifes. These rigorously cut to the truth of the matter with a precision like the one from Tezcalipoca, the Smoking Mirror..
I fully realize, that these are not necessarily energies that many of you guys would want to work with -
but - iffff .... Let me know....
LOL, what a tantalizing little minx she is, eh?
Obsidian knives that cut to the truth of the matter. Beautiful.
I have found that the same is true of some of my decks. Certain cards seem to step forward with more power and information for me, while others may never even show their faces. I see this happen with the Faeries Oracle. Some cards never show up. Others carry more weight and I like how you say it, more powerful in their message.
But divination with an assortment of objects, random objects is very intriguing to me. And when you see that most cultures have their own indigenous forms of divining you see that the tradition is part of being human, part of our mystical heritage and birthright.
African Chokwe divination baskets are created in a very special way. First the basket must be woven by a woman who is past her bleeding times. She weaves the basket for the diviner, and even the time of day that the basket is created is important.
As the basket is filled with implements it becomes alive, carrying a soul almost, but the final little bit that makes the basket truly live is the ancestor piece. It sort of sparks the rest of the pieces, sending the energy and magic from itself, the heart I think of the basket. This is my understanding of these baskets anyway, and I only heard of them because I saw that EE wants one. So I researched them and was pretty amazed by the whole creation of the Chokwe basket.
I know that some of the pieces are carved by the diviner, and maybe even the ancestor piece was carved by someone in the family. Once in the basket the 60+ odd items (they also include things like dessicated monkey paws, jaguar teeth, and other animal parts) are tossed toward the edge of the basket. Whatever lands closest to the edge becomes part of the reading. And of course it is more than that...and very much up to the diviner to determine.
For our purposes, for the creation of the flotsam and jetsam oracle, I won't try to ask for a certain piece to come my way. In my normal daily life I always try to influence outcomes, push things a certain way, try to create the most favorable conditions for my kids, myself, my family. Of course it doesn't always work and I expend energy probably for no good reason. So with this exercise, my goal is to trust the process. I need to trust that the items that are supposed to find their way to me will.
So I will wait and see what the tide throws up on my shore, see what little messages in a bottle come my way!
I just keep trying to offer up ideas for everyone so that everyone gets the most out of the experience for themselves.