Divination. This is such an extensive and varied category. Each culture and religion around the world has had dealings with divination in one form or another. In today’s modern age, there are countless ways that people hold onto tradition or reinvent divination with modern means.
What is Divination?
Divination is the use of ritual or occultism to find an answer for a question or to find the possible future. Here’s a link to the Wikipedia page about ALL of the listed types of divination. There are A LOT. Some are no longer used or seen as applicable, such as sacrificing animals. And some are used to this day, and even by yours truly (Me, the Drunken Witch, the lady writing this blog and offering tarot readings for a reasonable cost)
So what does it mean, the use of ritual or occultism to divine a future or an answer? Of course, depending on method, is usually means using a specific item or a specific physical practice to find an answer to a question. More often than not, these questions pertain to the future. Sometimes the near future and sometimes the far future. The use of divination goes back eras.
Why learn about divination?
Divination is used widely in witchcraft, by a variety of ways. For generations, people have been wanting a way to find a meaning to their questions. Both mundane folk and those spiritually inclined turn to divination practices of different kinds.
By learning about them, maybe you’ll find a new hobby or practice you would like to add to your own repertoire. Or maybe you find out about something that you would like investigate further, regarding history or cultural meaningfulness. Above all, learning about divination can connect you with people, whether through finding a new hobby to share with friends or finding a mentor to teach you. Or by finding a community to grow in.
What am I, the amazing wonderful Drunken Witch, going to show you about Divination?
Great Question! We’re going to go over some of the most popular forms of divination used. We’re talking the ones that have appeared in common media, used commonly in witchcraft spaces, and ones that can seem a bit daunting to get into. Some of these will be new for all of us to learn together and some will be old hat for me to show. Below is the list of what we’ll be looking into over the rest of this year! If you all like it, maybe we can look into more next year too!
This will also be the first time I’ll be offering paid content classes; each topic will have it’s own free post, going over a brief history of the topic and how to get started. The paid posts, which will be available to paid subscribers, will show extra content, including video tutorials, exclusive downloads available only in the courses including worksheets, checklists, or templates, as well as a list of research and materials compiled in one easy spot for you to access.
Paid content will be released the day after the free post, and will remain open once paid for! I’ll also list the dates of when this content will be available.
Types of Divination We’ll Cover
- Tarot & Oracle Cards
- Tasseography (Tea Leaf Reading)
- Scrying
- Bone-throwing
- Crystal Ball reading
- Dowsing
- Palmistry (Palm Reading)
- Pendulums
- Shufflemancy
As posts become available, they’ll be linked back here:
- Tarot & Oracle – Coming 5/4/2024
- Tarot & Oracle Course – Coming 5/5/2024
- Scrying – Coming 6/1/2024
- Scrying Course – Coming 6/2/2024
- Bone-Throwing – 7/27/2024
- Bone-Throwing Course – Coming 7/28/2024
- Crystal Ball – Coming 8/24/2024
- Crystal Ball Course – Coming 8/25/2024
- Dowsing – Coming 9/21/2024
- Dowsing Course – Coming 9/22/2024
- Palmistry – Coming 10/20/2024
- Palmistry Course – Coming 10/21/2024
- Pendulums – Coming 11/16/2024
- Pendulum Course – 11/17/2024
- Shufflemancy – Coming 12/14/2024
- Shufflemany Course – Coming 12/15/2024
How do you sign up for these courses? Are they any different that the regular posts?
Of course they will be! Think of the free posts as a wonderful intro section, with foundational information about each of these topics. These courses will provide just more in-depth information for a small fee to pay for the time, energy, effort, and love that goes into finding and making this content for you.
As a barely intermediate witch myself, I know that I spent a long time myself tracking down resources and trying to find information. I didn’t want to pay for what could’ve been scams or information that was the same as what was available on a quick google search. So it’s completely fair if you don’t want to buy into it. The free posts will still be able to give some good steps to take to start learning more.
When these posts are published, you’ll be able to buy in at that time!
No matter what, the entire blog will always be available and I’ll always be happy to answer any questions, concerns, or whatever you have on your mind.
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