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Tephramancy
Also known as spodomancy, this ancient form of divination uses cinders, ashes, and even the soot from sacrificial fires to find clues into the past, present, and future. The traditional method uses ashes from a ritual sacrifice. The diviner would write or sketch the question in the ash. It was then left overnight. The following morning, the diviner would look for clues in the ashes. Some letters or symbols would become unreadable; the remaining legible letters or symbols were used to determine the response. Versions of this form of divination have been traced back through all ancient cultures. It is easy to imagine prehistoric man, hunched over a newly-acquired flame, rubbing symbols into the dirt and hoping for a reply. An early Masonic organization, founded in 1733, described the practice. A thick layer of ashes were scattered on a flat surface where the air might move across it. A question was then written in the ash, and the ashes left overnight. Any letters that were legible in the morning were meant to be omens. By placing the letters in their “natural order”, the word formed would provide the answer to the question. However, the spirits are not always so kind … Continue reading Tephramancy →
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Richard Cassaro is a journalist, speaker and author of “Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic Religion Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals And World Architecture.” The book uncovers a lost Wisdom Tradition that was practiced globally in antiquity, found memorialized in pyramids, Triptychs, and identical images worldwide. The central tenets of this tradition have been perpetuated in Western Secret Societies. The most visible of these is the so-called “Masonic Fraternity,” an age-old chivalric Order whose ranks have included Europe’s Gothic cathedral builders and America’s Founding Fathers. Richard has two websites: www.DeeperTruth.com and www.RichardCassaro.com
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