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Divination | Pendulum |
Pendulum
Also uses a board for “Yes, no, maybe.” Can be used to help lost things [I ended up finding a lost cd that I was looking for]
I mentioned I dislike the ouija board and yet why am I okay with Pendulumn? Best way to describe it is that a spirit board is like a phone call. While a pendulum is like a text message.
The Pendulum has been used for hundreds of years by professionals and lay-people to find hidden treasures, diagnose disease, and locate missing persons. Even gems beneath the earth. Predating the pendulum, dowsing or divining rods were employed to discover where water, oil, or minerals existed underground. The words divining, even though the pendulum's range of use is far more extensive.
Some people say that the pendulum creates a bridge between the logical and intuitive parts of the mind. Some say that the pendulum connects them with a higher power called ‘divining’ as the information is believed to come from a divine source. Research indicates that the pendulum responds to electromagnetic energy that radiates from everything on Earth.
Tips:
Cleanse your work space, clear your mind before beginning. Sit with good posture with your feet flat on the floor. Hold the pendulum loosely in your hand with the pendant dangling.
What use is a pendulum | Gain your information. Subconscious Mind> Your body and cells of your body. Your higher Self [the intuitive part of your spirit]
Other Spirits. | How to Use a Pendulum. Clockwise: Waiting/answer. Anti-clockwise: Waiting/Not available. Yes: An answer/Position. No: Not available/Position.
The pendulum is a simple but effective divination tool that is easy to use, each pendulum connects directly with the user's energy. Basic results can be interpreted with the swings including when the answer is not available.
It is a portal to the highest self which is how the pendulum works but it can be used to connect to others energy. Usually, it can be used to connect to others' energy. Usually it is for the purpose of divination or healing.
Your partner with your pendulum.
To establish how your Pendulum works with you, hold the pendulum over the circle about and ask the following questions to help you establish how best you will work together.
Show me “Yes.” Show me “No.” {Observe and note the direction of movement of each} Show me “Maybe.” If movement is weak, say “Show me a strong____[Yes,no,Maybe]
Then ask the following test question to understand how you will recognise your answer.
Am I (Say your age) ____ Years old? You should get your movement for YES. Then repeat this question, using an incorrect age to check your answer. You should get your movement for NO.
Formulate your own easy test questions to help establish recognition of movement patterns for each answer.
Some people that use a pendulum prefer to start the tool in motion before asking a question. I have found that in holding the tool still and then asking your question, there is less doubt in the answer to the question. ________________________________________________________
Amethyst: Healing. Helps boosts body's immune systems into eliminating toxins.
Rose Quartz: The Stone of unconditional love and reconciliation. A good choice in times of crisis. Smoky Quartz: The go to stone for drawing negative energy away from a person or place.
Sodalite: The stone of wisdom, used for making logical decisions and phrasing pertinent questions.
Golden Altar: Used for spiritual connection as well as healing on all levels.
Citrine: The well-being crystal, good for dowsing food allergies.
Divination | Runes
Runes | Note: This is research purposes and my findings from online. Runes isn't something I would use do do proper research, It may be Nordic/Pagan/Germanic in nature so be careful.
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But how are Runes used in Divination?
Used as a divination tool, rune stones are an ancient tool that features Germanic writing, and they can answer some of the questions that have been burning in your heart lately. They are a set of small pieces of stone, wood, or other materials that utilize 24 ancient alphabetic symbols, each with its own unique meaning.
The history of rune stones is a mysterious one, which only adds to the magical nature of this popular divination tool. It is known that rune stones date back to well before the Iron Age.
In fact, the English word for rune stems from the Norse word, runa, which means “secret.” Perhaps it is the secretive or mysterious nature of rune stones that allows them to open up our minds and hearts to hidden information.
Rune stones are powerful and enlightening, and like the Tarot, working with your set of runes on a regular basis will create a special bond between yourself and the all-knowing stones. Enigmatic and magical, runes will help you connect more deeply to the energy of the Universe.
While runes have been used since as far back as 150 AD, they have not always been used as tools of divination.
How to use Rune Stones:
To use your rune stones, you simply cast them: Ask your question in your mind, toss your runes onto a cloth of your choosing from either East to West or towards the Sun, and pay attention to the runes that land face-up.
Research the meaning or message behind any of the runes that have landed face-up to find the answers to your question.
The question you ask the runes is important; however, after you spend time with your runes, you’ll be able to use them without having to focus on your question. Your rune stones will begin to pick up on your energy the more you work with them. Sooner than later, you’ll be able to simply reach for your set and perform a quick reading for fast and easy guidance.
When you do feel like asking questions, it’s important to be specific about your inquiry. Vague questions – such as “Does he love me?” – will typically result in vague answers. Similar to the Tarot, asking open-ended questions will always yield better, more meaningful results from a rune casting.
Yes or no questions should be avoided to get more explanatory answers. Act like your rune set is a close friend, someone with whom you wish to share a deep conversation full of respect and understanding.
Single Stone Question:
While you can use each and every stone in a set for a reading, you may choose a single stone reading when you’re short on time or need quick guidance.
Try asking a question, reaching into your bag of runes, and picking the one that seems to be giving off the most energy. Whatever your hand is attracted to, grab that stone. Interpret the meaning of the stone to answer your question.
For less specific advice, you can also use this technique for daily guidance.
Ask yourself what energy you need to focus on for the day or what lessons you need to learn. Then, using the same technique, feel for the stone that seems to be calling your name and draw it out. Interpret that stone and try to take that wisdom or message with you throughout the day.
Three Stone Question:
A three-stone reading is more involved and takes a bit longer to interpret, but it can also give you a more insightful answer to your questions.
You can again ask your stones any question you want to know the answer to, as long as it is specific. Now, randomly gather the first three stones in your bag of runes that you’re drawn to.
Since the runic alphabet moves backwards, the first stone will go on the right-hand side, the second stone in the middle, and the third stone will be on the far left.
Rune #1: Represents the basics or the core of the situation.
Rune #2: Symbolizes the challenges associated with this situation.
Rune #3: Represents the course of action to take or the final outcome.
Five-Stone Reading:
For this rune reading, the goal is to select one rune at a time until you have five before you. The first rune is placed in the middle, and the remaining four are placed to create across the first.
The second rune should go to the left or the West of the first stone. The third stone is placed above, or North, of the center stone. The fourth stone lies to the right, or the East, of the center stone, and the fifth stone is placed at the bottom of the cross.
The three horizontal stones (2, 1, and 5) represent past, present, and future. The southern stone, rune 4, shows a challenge or a problem in the situation. And finally, rune 3 represents the help you may receive to combat those challenges.
How to read:
The runes that land in the center, face-up are symbolic of your current situation.
If runes land face-down, they may represent unseen possibilities or the future.
Runes that land on the edges of a casting likely represent people or situations that are just out of reach or may be out of your control.
Your intuition is crucial when casting – follow your heart for the most effective reading.
Rune Stone #1
The first stone symbolizes the main theme of the situation that you are currently facing. It may also indicate your current thoughts about this issue, allowing you to gain more understanding of your own experience.
If the message of this stone appears vague, don’t panic or become flustered, as the rest of the reading can help you understand more about the message of this stone. A vague answer may also represent your own lack of clarity regarding your feelings about this situation.
Rune Stone #2
This rune represents your strengths or assets when it comes to this situation. Even if you get a challenging rune stone in this position, it may lead to a favourable outcome. The rune that appears in the position tells you about fate, karma, or the highest good of the matter at hand.
It will tell you how to create the most positive karma on your journey.
Rune Stone #3
The third stone symbolizes the karma that already exists within the situation. For instance, if your question surrounds a certain relationship, the stone in this position may illuminate the karmic nature of this relationship.
It also takes a look at the situation and allows you to understand more about how you got to this point. This rune gives you more insight regarding the vibrations that accompany this situation or relationship.
Rune Stone #4
This stone is connected to the outcome. However, your interpretation of this rune is crucial in its answer. It’s important that you keep your mind open when looking into the meaning of this stone and its position.
This rune is not showing you what will happen, but rather it is trying to show you what could happen. This rune may also show you outcomes that you hadn’t previously considered in this situation. While the third stone tells you about the karma surrounding this situation, the fourth rune shows you what you can do about it.
You can also play around with this spread and the meaning of each rune’s position. You could try letting the four runes represent four days, weeks, months, or years. The stones could represent four people, four relationships, four seasons, or even four choices.
The choice is yours, as the casting of the runes is deeply connected to your spirit.
Once you’ve started your rune-casting process, it’s important that you don’t become distracted or insecure. Consistency is key for an illuminating reading. And try to remind yourself that the process will become easier and clearer the longer you work with your set of runes.
Media Notes: Neil gaimans [??? This is like the fifth time is he a witch?] Stardust the prince hired a man to find the star who threw a ton of runes into the air and when they fell for yes/no unsure answers. [Illustration of runes]
But I guess Rune work is different than the movie. If only it were so simple to have them blank means no and symbol up means yes. [Sigh]
They’re going on a date that is going to confuse the hell out of André le glacier :)
(also these are future/current day designs)
It’s canon Misa can draw really well. So all I’m thinking about is Misa drawing Rem after her death and when she loses her memory she doesn’t understand why she has so many drawings of the same monster. But she continues to draw her anyway because it gives her comfort
Honestly never thought the day would come when I'd love myself but huh. Look at that. Character growth.
I agree that those numbers don’t really fit.
I just feel like if those weight to height ratios are like that for anime in general, then there has to be more than simply culture that makes all those authors believe that those numbers make sense…
What the FUCK is up with the DN wiki's take on the characters' weights??? There ain't no fuckin way L is 110 lbs at 5'11. That's a BMI of 15 (way way way below healthy). He'd look like Eugenia Cooney.
For context I'm 5'1 and when I weighed 100 lbs I was a 00 in pants size! I was so small I struggled to find clothes small enough for me (granted I live in America).
Like realistically for his size he's probably roughly 130 lbs (which is still close to underweight for his height). Where the hell did they get 110 lbs??
And all the tall characters are like this. Light is 119 and Lidner is 115 when realistically they should be like 140. Lidner is thin but she is a bodyguard so she should have muscle which weighs more than fat so she might actually be a little more than that.
There's no way I'm overthinking this like it's just not possible people who are nearly 6 ft tall are under 130 without looking deadly thin.
Obsessively studying your recently-resurrected arch-nemesis isn't, like, any kind of mental health red flag, is it? Like that's probably fine right?
I actually think this is a thing with anime in general, from what I’ve noticed.
Also, a lot of factors go into weight, like bone density for example. What counts as a healthy weight isn’t universal. I knew someone who went to see a doctor in Japan and was told they were overweight even though they were very thin and didn’t have any fat.
What the FUCK is up with the DN wiki's take on the characters' weights??? There ain't no fuckin way L is 110 lbs at 5'11. That's a BMI of 15 (way way way below healthy). He'd look like Eugenia Cooney.
For context I'm 5'1 and when I weighed 100 lbs I was a 00 in pants size! I was so small I struggled to find clothes small enough for me (granted I live in America).
Like realistically for his size he's probably roughly 130 lbs (which is still close to underweight for his height). Where the hell did they get 110 lbs??
And all the tall characters are like this. Light is 119 and Lidner is 115 when realistically they should be like 140. Lidner is thin but she is a bodyguard so she should have muscle which weighs more than fat so she might actually be a little more than that.
There's no way I'm overthinking this like it's just not possible people who are nearly 6 ft tall are under 130 without looking deadly thin.
Got an interesting take on eldritch horror for all you writers out there. It's a bit of a roundabout schlep to reach the actual idea, but writers tend to be readers so I hold you'll stick with me til we get there.
So, consider a 2D creature. Little flat dude, living on the ground. No concept of "up" or "down." He's 2D, he just doesn't parse the concepts and can't perceive them anyways.
He sees you. What he actually sees is just the 2D cross section of you where you intersect with his 2D world, which is probably your footprints. So, as far as he can tell, you are a pair of footprints that are.... apparently one being? He doesn't get how it works exactly, but it's not too far out there, so he just kind of accepts that, yes, humans are The Two That Are One. Spooky. They always seem to use the singular to refer to the pair of themselves, and only differentiate between themselves as Left or Right. But other paired instances of The Two That Are One are, in fact, separate entities. So they're only in sets of two, unless accompanied by a companion called "Cane," which they are sometimes, or even a pair of companions called "Crutches." When Crutches are present, sometimes one of The Two That Are One will be missing entirely. It's a little confusing.
But wait, what now? They disappear and reappear in sequence, teleporting in turns. He never sees them just move like a 2D being, always the stop-start teleporting. Apparently this strange power is called "walking," and its accomplished by The Two That Are One moving through an unseen dimension called "Up," through a process called "lifting" themselves and re-entering the real world farther away in the direction they wanted to go. He can accept the idea of unseen dimensions, and he vaguely gets the idea that one of The Two That Are One must remain anchored in the real world to prevent something called "falling," which is some kind of uncontrolled movement through the unperceivable dimension of "Down." Which is the same dimension as "Up," but...... backwards? Reversed? He's not really clear, but "Falling Down" is presumably bad, so The Two That Are One keep one of themselves here in the real world to prevent it.
Except if they do something called "jumping." Which consists of gathering up their power to hurl themselves through the Up dimension together to reappear together somewhere else in the real world. He isn't sure why they Walk instead of Jump, since it seems better to take both of The Two That Are One together at the same time, but okay.
Okay, what the hell, they can Walk through impenetrable barriers like the great wall of Sidewalk Chalk? How do they go through that? What? They went "Over?" The hell is "Over?" Like 'around' but through the unseen dimension of Up? But they couldn't Walk through the barrier of Wall. Why could they go "Over" Sidewalk Chalk but not Wall?
And they can't go between the four small obstacles of Refrigerator Feet. The area between them is safe from The Two That Are One, for the four Refrigerator Feet are connected to each other in the strange and eldritch dimension of Up. The barriers are too powerful to be moved by The Two That Are One, and it (they?) cannot enter the real world where it is blocked by such powerful forces.
Got all that?
Okay, now consider a 4 dimensional elder god and how we 3D entities would perceive them.
Diagram of a fungal cell, the building block of all fungi and yeast :)
This would explain so much actually. Why else would he let a 14 year old just leave?
as I'm writing Mazzaroth, and important to keep in mind: A and B are older than L to me, I'm just thinking... What if Roger became non confrontational and passive after A's death? What if he used to be quite strict in the past, but then he felt responsible that a kid he had in care died and thought that if he had been more lenient, that wouldn't have happened? I know how the majority of the fandom views Roger, Watari and the Wammy's, that is quite different from my own (made a 8k words post about that, so I can't really summarise it). But I just want a serious conversation about these characters, without people jumping immediately to the extreme (the death note fandom does it so often, it's actually headache inducing) and say that they are basically monsters devoid of any human emotion. In my headcanons about A, I also imagine that he first tried to escape, before B (and others, Roger and Watari included) managed to find him and bring him back, so when Mello decided to leave the Wammy's, Roger felt like he couldn't impose his authority, because... What if he reacted like A?
deathnote but it takes place in 2022 and Matt leaks all the details of the Kira case to his discord kittens
plot twist one of his kittens is just near in disguise spying on mello
I love the Light Grows Up In Wammy's House premises but I also think I love it in a very different way than most people do
Like I don't see it as a Childhood Friends/Rivals™ trope for Lawlight, I very much see it as Light growing up being told that there's someone better than him, someone he must not only surpass, but become—and I think he does the opposite of what BB does. He starts to hate L not because of anything L actually did (because they wouldn't have met) but because everyone keeps implying that L is better than him when Light KNOWS that he's the superior one. Beyond finds out that L is addicted to sweets and immediately changes his diet to include cakes and candies, while Light immediately wipes everything sweet from his mental list of desired foods.
He is perfectly polite, he's the baby of the group, and he can do no wrong in every other aspect of life except for the fact that he vehemently doesn't want to take L's place no matter how hard they push him. He wants to become his own sort of detective on his own merit, and he'll be damned if he has to use L's name while he does it. If he solves any cases it's anonymously, under a pseudonym.
And if he ever meets L, they won't be friends. But that vaguely disconcerting teen/man that sometimes sits in the corners of rooms and talks to no one is very interested in what Light has to say, no matter what it is, and seems to both enjoy it when Light talks shit about L and yet is still somehow annoyed by it. They get into heated arguments and he'll steal Light's things and pull his hair and mess up his clothes no matter how many times the caretakers chastise him for it (though even that happens surprisingly rarely). Light would stop talking to him entirely if he wasn't his only hope of getting out of Wammy's little genius factory both physically and mentally intact.
Light makes plans to run away and runs them by the broody teenager he's tolerated, who helps him pick out any holes in his plans, but somehow the staff always seem to catch Light before he can escape. It happens so often that Light even begins to think that someone's snitching on him, but he's only ever told one other person, and he wouldn't care enough to stop Light from leaving....
Would he?
Or, alternatively, Light never meets that stranger in the corner. Instead, Watari happily sternly informs him that L has personally selected Light to help him on cases. Isn't that great? Isn't it an honor? A and B are practically roiling with jealousy, Light should be grateful.
But Light is not grateful. He takes the news with a big ole fake smile, and silently plots L's mysterious disappearance before he's even come face to face with the man. He wants to make it on his own, he doesn't want to be reliant on L's name and Wammy's money and generosity forever, and he loathes the fact that he's been metaphorically chained to L's title in all the ways he didn't want to be.
A tiny Light, accompanying a teenage L places and becoming his face (both because L is petty and because he thinks its funny when police are introduced to a little kid as their Consulting Detective) around the world, all while they throw vicious barbs back and forth and spend quiet Christmases together and throw each other under the bus for fuckups and try foreign cuisines together and struggle to keep (L)/gain (Light) the power and ground they both don't even actually want.
L gives Light all the cases he doesn't want, like he's doing him a favor, and Light regularly calls A and B to smack talk L behind his back and turn the rest of his successors against him.
I can even imagine some amalgamation of both of these scenarios happening, or even eight more vaguely like them in the vein of L and Light being both completely antagonistic towards each other while also simultaneously growing so codependent that they can't stand not knowing what the other one is doing at any point in the day and also get absurdly jealous whenever anyone else even speaks to them.
Or EVEN a scenario where L doesn't pay attention to Light at all until he's grown and out in the world on his own. Light makes a quick name for himself, decidedly divorced from Wammy's influence, and eventually meets L on accident through a case L is working on, wherein L becomes intrigued with him and looks into his history only to find that he's a Wammy kid and L goes "Oh. You're one of mine."
To which Light takes decidedly poorly given that the claim both riles and razes Things™ in him because growing up with the vaguest desires to be like the man in front of you even though you loathe him and those desires were quickly squashed and never thought of willingly or voiced aloud leaves behind both the intense need to alienate yourself from said man entirely and to get close enough to become better than him for all to see and witness—only for Light to find that he can't alienate himself completely from L anymore because L decidedly won't let him and he can never quite seem to surpass him either because L is constantly nipping at his heels, echoing his thoughts with brilliant deductions of his own, and it turns out that trying to intellectually sprint past someone who only starts running when YOU do and has a distinct headstart is harder than it looks.
The idea of dragons in modern times is so fun because imagine a hot summer day on your vacay and go to use the hotel pool and staff is like "valued guests we regret to inform you that the pool area is out of service at the moment, we apologize for the inconvenience"
And people like "wtf why" looking out their hotel room window and there's this. This dragon just curled up in the pool chilling, literally, cooling itself down
Some of the staff are trying to gently shoo him away and the dragon does a soft little "rrrrrr" like a grumpy cat and a warning puff of smoke and they're like "fuck it i don't get paid nearly enough for this" and no ones using the pool today sorry!
Within us, lies the same beauty and wisdom that can be found in the depths of the forest. Appreciate yourself.
Everything You Need to Know About Herbs: Lavender
Lavender (Lavendula officinale, Lavandula angustifolia (English Lavender) )
*Medical Herb *Kitchen Herb *Masculine
Folk Names: Elf leaf, Nard, Nardus, Spike
Plant: Mercury
Element: Air, Water
Deities: Circe, Brighid, Hecate, Cernunnos
Abilities: Love, Protection, Sleep, Chastity, Longevity, Purification, Happiness, Peace, Intuition, and Awareness
Characteristics: The evergreen leaves can be bluish in color and grow from 1 to 1 ¾ inches long. The flowers bloom on 1 ½ - 2 ½ inch spikes. Requires full sun exposure and excellent soil drainage. Scent has a relaxing and uplifting aroma
Easy to plant or grow?: Yes. How to Plant Lavender
History: Earliest recording of the usage of lavender was by Roman soldiers who used the plant as a perfume for their bathwater and to cleanse their clothing. Its name derives from the Latin word lavare which translates “to wash”. The English variation of lavender is used in cooking and have a sweet scent and taste. Sprigs of lavender were given to women in labor in order to ease the pain.
Magical Usage:
Can be used in edibles, elixirs and charms
Brings calmness and peace to your mind, home and body
Resonates with the crown chakra so it is good for spiritual attunement
Its energy lends focus to herbal mixtures for love, protection, peace and purification
Dried flowers burned in an incense is good for home welcoming and blessing those who enter the home
Using its oil form can amplify its abilities
Dried lavender in your pillow can help promote pleasant dreams
Putting sprinkles of lavender into a glass with cold water and placing that under one’s pillow can create peace and banish night terrors and bad dreams
Clothing with the essence of lavender or the flowers in the pockets is good for love attraction
If applied in some healing mixtures, it will allow the ability to see ghosts
Medical Usage:
Calms anxiety
Promotes restful sleep
Relieves headaches
Repels insects
I'm really proud of these constellation witch hats I've put together and while part of me is sure that they'll sell in a heartbeat at Hamilton Pagan Pride Day next weekend another, more insecure part of me is worried that they won't.
Nothing can ever make anyone too busy to find out what nightcore is >:
if the kira case didn’t happen near would have had a nightcore emo phase