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Firenze

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An electric fence would have given them pause... (Water being a conductor 'n' that).
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Percy B
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In the recesses of my memory I seem to remember a novel where a character got guidance by sticking his finger into the works of SirnWalter Scott.

Anyone know this story and can help by are minding me of it
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Mary, a priest??

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Ariel
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Whoever it was would have had a bit of a job on his hands with about 30 novels to choose from plus all Scott's other works.

I went through several packs of Tarot cards before finding one that "clicked" and which worked for me. Some packs I simply couldn't get on with at all. I don't use it much, just to get some illumination on a particular situation from time to time.

I've tried a variety of other things including I Ching, the runes, coins etc etc, but prefer the cards as a useful method of visual stimulus.

Sometimes divination can be useful in clarifying a decision simply because it makes the decision for you, and if your immediate reaction to that decision is then disappointment rather than relief, you have then realized that you did indeed have a preference.

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quote:
Originally posted by Carex:
But did you have the feast as you were directed to do by the passage?

I did not. But then (pending confirmation, which I should be getting tomorrow) it seems that my temp agency have got me another job, which should last about the same length of time - admittedly only 4-6 weeks, but it's a step up!!
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Penny S
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quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
An electric fence would have given them pause... (Water being a conductor 'n' that).

The thought crossed my mind. As did finding a dye which would fluoresce green when hit with the stuff.

Back to thread - I did receive a quite strong warning about this sort of activity once. I have a friend who sometimes feels strongly moved to consult the Bible about things that trouble him, and finds guidance. I was deeply concerned about a family member's troubles, and praying in a church when I found a similar urge, which I followed by walking to the lectern. The passage I read could not have been more relevant to the issue, was something I had no idea was in the OT at all, and was something which, had I based any action on, would have led to something completely dire. The true message being, I feel, like the message here if one accidentally presses the edit icon instead of the quote - this isn't your business.
Something not entirely different with the dipper thing, yesterday. I'm going to stop regarding it as a joke, and leave it be.

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Firenze

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Oh I agree. As I said up thread, you occasionally get an Extremely Pointed response. (One I remember was when I was trying to discover if a course of study I was pursuing would land me a job: it was basically 'Quit faffing about with oracles and do some work').
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quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
quote:
Originally posted by Penny S:
they have set up an algorithm

Therein lies the important difference. The idea of divination is, surely, that there is no algorithm. Or, if there is, it has been written by GodFate/Chance/Ancestral Voices/Inner Wisdom - or whatever it is you think you are accessing by your chosen means.
I agree but, being old, can remember an early Russian computer which generated random numbers really randomly by measuring current fluctuations in a leaky thermionic valve (why? - it was the 60s, even Russians were weird). So if that were used in the algorithm would it be divination? OK with Chance I guess, God definitely, Ancestral Voices probably not - I doubt if any of mine could hex a valve.

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