Ouija board

[synthetic_astril]

Do ouija boards actually work? If not is there a better alternative?

[Frater_NT]

Yes, ouija boards do work but from my own experience I have to say they don't work in the way people think they do. I'm not convinced that you are talking to ghosts when you use a ouija board, but rather a tool to tap into the subconscious mind. Like I said though, they do work. There are tons of methods to use for divination; tarot, astrology, runes, etc. At the moment I'm experimenting with domino divination.

[Clockwork Ghost]

Domino divination sounds interesting - how does someone divine using dominos?

Yes - Ouija boards work better than most people assume they do, but that said you need to really trust the other people in your group arent just using it to better their own hidden adjendas. Like Frater NT, I'm personally of the opinion that youre just contacting a mass unconciousness founded by the people in the group, sort of like an egregore, but in reverse.

[Frater_NT]

Domino divination sounds interesting - how does someone divine using dominos?

Pretty much how you would expect someone to use them Focus on your question, either make a spread or pull a single domino. The tile that is pulled will have a certain meaning, but then also the numbers on the tile will give you info as well. For example, you pull the tile 2-3, two dots on one half and three on the other, you can get the meaning of the tile from this combo, get more info from the number 2, more info from the number 3, more info from the number 5. Its essentially no different than if you were to use a couple dice for divination. I haven't come across too many sources for dice or domino divination. There are some hoodoo books on these subjects, but most sources I've found are in Spanish so if you don't speak Spanish at all it will be pretty frustrating.

[RoseRed]

Ouiji boards work as advertized.

I do agree that some people are tapping their un/subconscious or tapping into the group dymanic but by no means - all.

A ouiji board opens a door. You have to know how to close that door before you play with one.

[Nahemah]

Divination by Dice: cleromancy/astragalomancy. [in the West]

Dice have been used for divination and prediction for thousands of years. Long before tarot cards, astrology, rune stones, etc, dice were cast to gain an insight into the future and the unknown. The term for divination by casting dice, or small objects as lots, is cleromancy. African witch doctors of certain tribes use dice for this purpose, although their dice are not the standard ones we use. Indian Hindu's use an ancient divining science called Ramala and the dice used are very similar to standard dice except they are spun on a rod.

Both ancient Egypt and Rome used dice for divination. The Greek term for divining by dice is astragalomancy from the Greek word for knucklebone dice astragalus's. There are dice especially marked with mystic symbols specifically used for fortune telling and divining. Rune dice are a common type but standard dice may just as easily be used. Tibetan monks practise a dice divination technique called Sho-Mo using three ordinary standard spotted dice...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dice-play/Magic.htm

Mo Shu [Tibetan ] online casting fun:

http://dice.tarotsmith.com/

Ramala:

http://www.ancientindianastrology.com/c ... &Itemid=59

Runic dice intrigued me,so I looked them up.An interesting way to cast,that's for sure.
I like the set of three 24 sided ones that i saw best of all,but that's mostly a hark right back to the old tabletop RPG days,I think. [grin]

I occasionally use my board,but only as a lazy dial up device,if the fancy takes me.

Mine was a gift and it's an art piece in it's own right.