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| Author: Posted: Sep. 8, 2002 | This Page Viewed: 7,121,213 |
Question of the Week: 13 - 10/30/2000 Divination This week's Pagan Perspective question is about other things that may lie in the future...or speak again from the past. Divination, scrying, inner journeying and many other techniques are often used during the times when the veils between the worlds are thin. This seems to be an exceptionally powerful and spiritually energetic season. Did you/will you perform any divinations this week? Did you have any unusual-even for you!- experiences that were either hard to explain or especially powerful? See any ghosts? (Wren loves ghost stories!) |
| Reponses: There are 29 responses posted to this question. | Reverse Sort |
| This Samhain Has Been Strange All Around, Mostly In The Mundane! (wait... | Nov 5th. at 5:53:35 am EST |
| Shae O'Herne (Apache Junction, Arizona US) | Age: 42 - Email |
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This Samhain has been strange all around, mostly in the mundane! (Wait, no...the mundane is spiritual, when you live your Craft...)hmmmm. Truly a new year for me - received an new "daughter, " when my niece came to live with me and my 3 children, I changed majors in school and made new life decisions, found new pagan friends over the ocean and posted poetry to the web for the first time...I have not had to lay out the cards to see that my life is changing, and mostly for the better! But this is the first year in many that I have missed the Witches' Ball, and was unable to take part in a good Samhain circle - a friend I invited to the one I hosted showed up over-imbibed and brought another with her who was in the same condition..passed out on the couch, rendered the atmosphere useless for the rest of us. So again, without the need for scrying, I see a change in my circle forthcoming! So I want to share a ghost story...my workplace is located on an old Air Force base that sits on many, many ancient Native American archaeological sites. There have been lots of stories of ghostly occurrences in a certain area where a large village once stood - cries, singing, the smell of food being cooked at dusk. The building I actually work in has a ghostly tenant that I see often, standing at the end of my Reception desk. Just before Halloween, I was speaking with a co-worker, with my back to the end of the desk, when I sensed someone walking behind me. I turned to greet a visitor, or say hello to a passing co-worker, but no one was there. I asked the other person who had gone by, thinking they had turned the corner quickly. She told me no one had been there. But even still, I had the sense of a passing presence - as you do when someone has gone by recently. Later, another co-worker, an engineer, tripped as he came by the desk. I asked, are you ok? He, of course said yes, and I quipped, "good - I thought that the ghost tripped you up." This man, an engineer, and also a member of a pretty fundamentalist church, said, "Oh? you mean the one that makes all the noise when I'm here early in the morning? It's been here for years." So, now I know I am not alone in my experiences at work! |
| They Say That Those Who Have Passed On Can Communicate With Us... | Nov 6th. at 6:57:56 am EST |
| Kevin (Swansea, Massachusetts US) | Age: 43 - Email |
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They say that those who have passed on can communicate with us through our dreams. I have been trying to teach my son what I have been able to learn and pass down my limited knowledge lately. On our drives into the city (me for work, him for school) I have been telling him tales about the different seasons and their significance, goddess stories, etc and with Samhain coming-up I told him some of the significance of the season. On Halloween night I settled into bed and had a dream about my father who passed away a few years ago. My father and I were close. We had a lot of good times together, and it really bothers me that he never got the chance to meet my son. My wife put-in a request for a Mass (yes we still practice Catholicism!) said for my father (before this dream), and it was said yesterday. My son and I picked-up my mom for the Mass, Afterwards we went out for lunch and she told me that on Halloween, she also had a dream about her husband (my father). Nothing sppoky, but just validating what I've heard all along, that people come to you in your dreams, and that Halloween is the best time of year for this to happen. Can't wait till next year! |
| I'm Afraid That I Have Had No Progress At All This Samhain... | Nov 6th. at 12:03:58 pm EST |
| Michael (Dublin, European Union, Ireland) | Age: 23 - Email |
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I'm afraid that I have had no progress at all this Samhain... in fact I'm making as much progress as an asmatic ant carrying two heavy bags of shopping... Ah well it could be worse... Still though, I'm pretty comfortable with the whole pagan thing, I don't need any fireworks or mysterious sightings to tide me over. I'm off to my parents home in the countryside, so there is time still. See you all next week. |
| My Buddy Dave Has Something That Keeps Opening His Cuppoard Doors. We... | Nov 6th. at 11:48:41 pm EST |
| Woman of the Wolf Dream Dance- The Queen Witch of hangar 200 (Newport News, Virginia US) | Age: 21 |
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My buddy Dave has something that keeps opening his cuppoard doors. We were watching The Lord Of the Rings and I saw a red flash of light in the kitchen and I thought I sniffed too much Jet fuel or something (just kidding) and didn't say anything and he turns to me and says "Did you see that?" I nodded and he pointed out the the cuppard doors were opened so I went and closed them when I sat down on the couch ... I looked up and they popped back open!!! He said it happens all the time. |
| Being An Astrologer, I Generally Do My Yearly Divinatory Forecasts At The... | Nov 7th. at 9:27:17 pm EST |
| Wendi (Norfolk, Virginia US) | Age: 31 - Email |
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Being an astrologer, I generally do my yearly divinatory forecasts at the time of my solar return, or when the sun has moved all the way around my chart to conjunct my natal sun's position exactly. However, this being the time of year to discuss divinations, divinatory tools, and ghosts/other beings, here goes: On Ouija boards: Yes they can be dangerous! However, the one I have had for the past ten years has never given me even a smidgen of trouble. For those who are interested in pursuing such automatic writing devices safely, may I suggest blessing, consecrating, and sealing the board before use? It has worked quite well for me. Also, do not forget to ask your spirit guide/totem/protective forces, etc. to come when they are needed, whether you call them or not! (It's kind of strange, the spirit that comes to me over my board almost always starts with "Clean your house!"). Maybe because I'm so disorganized....... On Tarot: The Tarot showed me this last June (Yes, I am a Gemini - Help, I am talking and I can't shut up!) that I could expect to be doing a lot more writing and begin the foundational process of changing my entire life focus...amazing how accurate that was! My readings for my friends and family have all showed great amounts of change and growth. In 15 years of reading Tarot, I have never seen so many Major Arcana show up as I have in the last five months. Comments, anyone? Please e-mail me or IM on Yahoo messenger if you wish. On Ghosts: Not much to tell here, but I have a couple. Both incidents were at the same geographical location, at my mother's house. One incident involved two ghosts, of children at the top of the stairs, looking down at us, in their pajamas. Funny, the house was not as old as their clothing would suggest.... The other incident was when my mother, brother and I were all sitting in her living room (before she had furniture!) when suddenly we all looked up and saw we were ringed by scores (too many to count) of spirits all watching us, with the feeling that we were being used as an example of something? It was a very odd feeling... I would have written it off as too much imagination - if my mther had not looked at me and said "You saw it, too?" As far as the holiday goes, once again I had to work. If I were the paranoid sort, I would think it was a conspiracy! Bright Blessings and a Fruitful New Year! Wendi |
| A Friend Of Mine And I Went To The Old Capitol, Which... | Nov 8th. at 10:21:06 pm EST |
| Caligo Silver (Tuscaloosa, Alabama US) | Age: 19 |
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A friend of mine and I went to the old Capitol, which is now Capital Park in Tuscaloosa, for Sovven. We went towards the back and I began opening my circle, as she was just there to support me (she's not wiccan, but quite open). I found a nice big rock (which, after going back the next day, was NOT there) to use as my altar, and lit my three altar candles. Things were going fine, and I even chose that night to dedicate myself to Wicca (yep, after a year spent practicing and testing my wings, I decided to do it!). Well, as I was drawing to the end of my ritual, she looked over her shoulder. This did not bode well. She told me to finish up, as there was a spirit walking around. I "looked" and there was a spirit. But apparently, not the same one she was seeing. That's right, there were TWO spirits who had decided to come. I was afraid to close the circle...ok, yeah, silly, I know...I felt safer in it...but she said just do it. I did, and she said he'd wandered off, and to just get to the car. Well, we made it...whew! The whole night had a wonderful, magickal feel to it. She even noticed that once the circle had been raised, it got warmer inside! Once safely home again, we pulled out the ouija board and had a ball talking to our guardians! |
| Ywo Days Ago In Science Class I Was Really Bored So I... | Nov 9th. at 1:08:30 pm EST |
| Alex (Harleysville, Pennsylvania US) | Age: 14 |
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Ywo days ago in Science class i was really bored so i tried to telekinetically lift a piece of paper... and the one sink just turned on... it was a liitle wierd. |
| No, I Am Not Going Ot Attempt Conscious Diviniation At All This... | Nov 9th. at 2:17:26 pm EST |
| Brenda Smotherman (Yutan, Nebraska US) | Age: 27 - Email |
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No, I am not going ot attempt conscious diviniation at all this week. For one thing, it doesn't work all that well for me, really. If I am going to have a glimpse of things to come, it smacks me in the back of the head more than anything, or comes to me in a dream. I think I would be really great at it, if I could only learn some control of it. |
| Ghosts - - The Day After Our Wonderful Samhain Ritual I Went Downstairs Into... | Nov 11th. at 7:43:33 pm EST |
| A.M. (Calgary, Alberta CA) | Age: 23 |
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Ghosts - - The day after our wonderful Samhain ritual I went downstairs into my unfinished basement to sweep the floor and just do a general clean up - - when I noticed that there was this orangy/red stuff coming from under the framing on the walls and kinda swooshed towards where we were circling....as it turns out - - it is the chalk that the framers used to mark where to put boards etc....how did it end up being swooshed from under the board to across the room to where our circle was - - I'll leave that to your imagination - - we know what we think.....what a marvelous thing to have happen!! |
| I Do Regular Divinations With Tarot. Sometimes They Are Accurate Fortellings, More... | Nov 15th. at 1:16:19 pm EST |
| Bethy (Staten Island, New York US) | Age: 33 - Email |
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I do regular divinations with Tarot. Sometimes they are accurate fortellings, more often they tell me what to expect in a general fashion and it's up to me to figure it out. I love Tarot decks and collect them, not just for use but as art. As far as ghosts--well, on Lughnasadh my friend and I were having out ritual and my cat was sitting on the couch watching. We were sitting on the floor on either side of our altar, when I noticed my kitty staring into the air above the altar. My friend and I didn't see anything, but Malkav (the kitty) obviously did. He also chases invisible beings all over the apartment, but most cats do that. We do have a "ghost" cat, a dark grey or black cat that I've seen and my friend has seen, usually slipping past us when my cat is obviously perched atop something high like the refrigerator or curled up on a chair. We think it is my fiance's totem who likes to join in our rituals. |
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