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try this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Passport-Magonia-Folklore-Flying-Saucers/dp/0987422480

I think you've definitely got the right idea on the cure. It's sort of a "fully experience it so you can then let it go" kinda thing. Good luck!

That's totally weird. Here's the direct link, but can you tell me what browser, OS you used on the site? I can't replicate the links not working in my setup. Version 2.0 just uploaded yesterday with a complete library of hexagrams. Hope you enjoy it!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.brian_fitzgerald.changes

Nothing is 100%, so no, ONLY the truth is not possible - ESPECIALLY with pendulums, which are very susceptible to emotional manipulation. There is also the nature of truth (depends on who you're talking to) that makes that nigh impossible.

Can you program them? Absolutely. I recommend this book on it:

https://smile.amazon.com/Dowsing-Companion-Everything-pendulum-bobber/dp/1471651592/

Remember that the pendulum is your body translating spiritual and emotional messages, much like your brain translates the light your eyes catch into a view. Being tricked can be many MANY things, from spirits, nerves, non-objective view, just plain old muscle twitches.

It’s a set actually! It’s called the Rune Box. Here’s a link! I got mine at Indigo (book store) they’re also handy to use as flash cards! https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1577152360/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_DRN10F5SCRA1YZP7W7RD

What's are you considering old and new? Cartomancy (reading any kind of cards) has been around as long as playing cards have been around (around the 9th century some people think). Originally they were wood blocks and they didn't have a standard number of cards/pips/etc.

Starting in the 12th century was a method of divination out of North Africa called "Geomancy". You produce a series of dots and read the meanings, combined with astrological houses. The best book I know on the subject is: The Art and Practice of Geomancy: Divination, Magic, and Earth Wisdom of the Renaissance. It's widely considered one of the earliest recorded system of divination. Emphasis on that it's a full system that was recorded.

Going back further, we have records from ancient Egypt and today's Israel of scrying. Using a pool of water or the clouds at night to "see" is probably one of the oldest ways to divine that we have records of.

What do you mean "quality"? A needle/key/ring on thread is a perfectly fine pendulum, and traditional.

And ANY pendulum would work for divination - that's what it's for. Asking which pendulum to use for divination is like asking which hammer to use for hammering.

The only thing to consider here are:

• your aesthetics - what do you want a pendulum to look like? What inspires you?
• your pocket book
• And possibly the material, depending on what you're looking for - some famous pendlers / dowsers feel that material and length connect the pendulum to specific energies (e.g. 40" for death) - more in this book: https://smile.amazon.com/Divining-Hand-year-old-Mystery-Dowsing/dp/0924608161

There are great pendulums to be had on ebay, etsy, amazon, and elsewhere.

Oh yeah! I was first introduced to the idea in Tom Deitz' Soulsmith trilogy, I think:

https://smile.amazon.com/Soulsmith-Trilogy-1-Tom-Deitz/dp/0380762897

I've got a post coming soon on this actually, over on r/DivinersDen

The only older texts are academic, and do not discuss reading but the culture and mechanics behind them. If you're looking for books on how - there are only modern ones, mostly because bone reading has primarily been an oral tradition, and HIGHLY individual.

That said, this is the book that got me started 30+ years ago, even though it's not directly bone-reading. Still a modern book, but the earliest one even vaguely on the topic that I know of.

https://smile.amazon.com/Magic-Stones-Llewellyns-New-Age/dp/0875422721

Ah, that kind. I don't think much of that kind, to be honest, because it builds only on powers/meanings of the stones, and doesn't have a very good coverage, in my experience, of all the details you'd need to accurately read.

If you've been careful and conscious when selecting stones to use, that can be mitigated somewhat. You need to make sure you've got stones that can cover all the meanings a divination system can cover. I have an exercise that will help with that, though.

What you could do is reverse engineer readings. What 3 stones would reveal someone is cheating? Which stones read together would indicate that you will / won't get the job? Which ones are needed to say that your Ancestors want to help? And so on. The more you do this, the more likely you are to identify the gaps in your set, and that will help you fill those gaps in.

This is a VERY good book, if you haven't seen or read it. I disagree with some of it, and not 100% on board with the way that things are presented, but it's still one of the best:

https://smile.amazon.com/Lithomancy-Psychic-Art-Reading-Stones/dp/1441445714

Either of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Encyclopedia-Divination-Stephen-Karcher/dp/0760705283/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506910042&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=encyclopedia+f+divination

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Divination-Ann-Fiery/dp/0811816184/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1ENN7RAM3SE093AHDF16