Chronata
hi Gwynne! Yeah...I think that lithomancy is a great and very personal divination thing! You can add or subtract as many stones as you want, use whatever charms or crystals appeal to you, and get a great exercise for your intuition!
Once you have a basic set...like the one I posted ...which covers a lot of ground...you can easily adapt it. And yeah, I think it appeals to kids too!
A small friend of mine...she's 7...developed her own set. She took out some things (she didn't really understand the elements) and added some things...
Like dog and cat stones, and a stone for magic.
As long as the set covers a lot of basic meanings. I even tried a dropstone version of the major arcana of the tarot, but it didn't add anything special that the cards didn't already cover.
While I am thinking about it...there are a few different sets I have....
One covers the traditional planets,
Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and a Light and Dark stone. I love making talismans and amulets based on planetary influences, so this one was a natural.
I also did a set, which I gave away, that had the twelve western Zodiac signs mixed with the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals. It was great for personality, carreer/bliss readings! (the pattern I used was the traditional astrological wheel with all the houses in it.)
Another stone set I made...by painting numbers on each stone, is based on the crow counting rhyme.
This one appeals to children as well...as all they have to do is memorize the poem.
I have used this with the dropstone method(although the thread doesn't mention it)...using a pattern cloth that has a past present & future on it.
It is mainly for fortune telling...and doesn't get as serious or deep as the other methods can....
The thread for it is here:
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=22851&highlight=Crowstones
I also have a set I call the Dreamstones.
There are only 12 stones in this set...but they cover a lot of meanings.
They are hand sculpted, and actually have a book that I wrote for them.
This probably sounds like a shameless plug....but if anyone is interested in a set...please drop me a PM! I don't sell them...yet. but I do make sets for trade.
Once you have a basic set...like the one I posted ...which covers a lot of ground...you can easily adapt it. And yeah, I think it appeals to kids too!
A small friend of mine...she's 7...developed her own set. She took out some things (she didn't really understand the elements) and added some things...
Like dog and cat stones, and a stone for magic.
As long as the set covers a lot of basic meanings. I even tried a dropstone version of the major arcana of the tarot, but it didn't add anything special that the cards didn't already cover.
While I am thinking about it...there are a few different sets I have....
One covers the traditional planets,
Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and a Light and Dark stone. I love making talismans and amulets based on planetary influences, so this one was a natural.
I also did a set, which I gave away, that had the twelve western Zodiac signs mixed with the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals. It was great for personality, carreer/bliss readings! (the pattern I used was the traditional astrological wheel with all the houses in it.)
Another stone set I made...by painting numbers on each stone, is based on the crow counting rhyme.
This one appeals to children as well...as all they have to do is memorize the poem.
I have used this with the dropstone method(although the thread doesn't mention it)...using a pattern cloth that has a past present & future on it.
It is mainly for fortune telling...and doesn't get as serious or deep as the other methods can....
The thread for it is here:
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=22851&highlight=Crowstones
I also have a set I call the Dreamstones.
There are only 12 stones in this set...but they cover a lot of meanings.
They are hand sculpted, and actually have a book that I wrote for them.
This probably sounds like a shameless plug....but if anyone is interested in a set...please drop me a PM! I don't sell them...yet. but I do make sets for trade.