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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

A Word on 'Lithomancy'

Crystal Oracle by Matthew James
Lithomancy in action ...
Lithomancy is the practice of performing divination by reading crystals or stones. In some cultures, the casting of stones was believed to be fairly common - a bit like checking one's daily horoscope in the morning paper. However, because our ancient ancestors didn’t leave us a lot of information about how to read the stones, many of the specific aspects of the practice have been lost forever. It is generally believed by scholars that early forms of lithomancy included stones which were polished and inscribed with symbols -- perhaps these were the precursors to the rune stones we see in some of the Scandinavian religions....read more>>>....