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This article is excerpted from the Rocky Mountain Pagan Journal.
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Each issue of the Rocky Mountain Pagan Journal is published by
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High Plains Arts and Sciences; P.O. Box 620604, Littleton Co.,
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80123, a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation, under a Public Domain
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Copyright, which entitles any person or group of persons to
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reproduce, in any form whatsoever, any material contained therein
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without restriction, so long as articles are not condensed or
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abbreviated in any fashion, and credit is given the original
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author.!
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IN GRANDMOTHER'S LAP
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This seems like a fairly good time of year to be talking
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about divination. What is it, why do we do it, and what's in it
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for us? Lots of people think it's a way of avoiding
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responsibility - if the future is preordained, we might as well
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go back to bed.
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Of course, that's not it at all. Divination is the use of
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any one of several methods to obtain information which is not
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directly accessible to the conscious mind of the person asking
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the question. Whether you use cards, crystals, a pendulum, ink,
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[PAUSE] lead, dice, the flight of birds or anything else, what you are
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really doing is opening your end of a channel to higher wisdom.
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I consider the "actual" source of that wisdom irrelevant and
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immaterial; it could be one's own subconscious, the collective
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unconscious, the Gods' will, telepathic insight, or a big
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computer buried in the Balkans. It's still additional
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information which is not as tainted by ego and intellect's
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limitations as most.
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So what do we do with it? The same things we do with any
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other information; add it to what we already know and develop a
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synthesis that can help us do our decision-making. The easiest
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way to analyze the process is with a concrete (well, maybe jello)
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example:
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A young man has been between relationships for some time.
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He wants very much to link up with the great love of his life,
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but is not aware of anyone on the horizon. He is putting himself
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in a position to meet new people, presenting himself as
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attractively as he can, and generally taking care of business,
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but no results. He has to decide whether to take a work-related
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course at night or not. It will take a lot of time and there are
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not likely to be any women attending. His progressed horoscope
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is neutral. He gets his cards read. They say:
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[PAUSE]
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1.Nothing at all about love, but a lot about skilled craftsman-
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ship and satisfaction through work. He decides to relax and wait
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for a better time, takes the course, and is rewarded with a
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modest promotion which enhances his satisfaction with his job.
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2.A lot about increasing social activities, leading to the start
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of a new romance, leading to great happiness and satisfaction
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after some difficulties are resolved. He does not take the
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course, and meets a really nice interesting lady at a party given
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by a friend (which he couldn't have attended had he taken the
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course).
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3.That he is overlooking sources of emotional gratification in
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his current situation. Given the information, he starts looking
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around and discovers that one of his quieter friends is a really
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thoughtful and insightful person who helps him learn to know
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himself better, and that a young cousin needs a mentor and this
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relationship gives him a lot of pleasure and fulfillment. He
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begins to feel much more ready for a good relationship, and much
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less impatient to have one start.
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These examples illustrate the point made above; divination
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[PAUSE] provides you with choices, and you take the consequences, no
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matter what the oracles say. Treat them with respect, not
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adoration or blind compliance, and may they always show you the
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truth.
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Blessed Be,
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The Spinster Aunt ...from RMPJ 12/86
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Time Left - 09:06:07
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