Bibliomancy and Stichomancy

[candid]

Hi, Clove.

Yes, that is exactly what I mean. And isn't it interesting to find significance in your German book; a language you don't even understand? But because you ?acknowledge the Oracle?, as Ryder so wonderfully put it, even the interpreter was provided, with almost no effort on your part!

Ask, and you shall receive.

I mean, what could be more simple?

People who genuinely seek from an oracle, any oracle, whether the Bible, I Ching, or any other way (my French Granny read tea leaves), will find answers.

At least we ask. That means we lend faith, which lends power to live a life more fruitfully.

You shall know them by their fruit. But fruit goes bad eventually, and then its time to work on what has spoiled, again. There is no finish line. But in my opinion, there?s plenty to get excited about. We paint this dream as we go, and there are no lines to contain us but the ones we draw.

What is this Tao? What is the woman that I should grasp her? I can not grasp her. She is no rewarder, nor does she require. Don't ask her when, she can't relate. Time is a heavenly virtue. She doesn't know, nor does she care. But, ask of her what you 'will', and she will grant it.

Peace,
Candid

 

[clove]

Methinks the butcher should get a second glance. Where is Eddie Banks. Beginning to really wonder.

LiSe, you stopped my pulse.

Oracle as 44? Never thought of it that way. Now I will.

Thank you LiSe, Ryder, Candid.

Clove.

 

[heylise]

Clove,

The butcher does not really know anything, or he makes it easy for himself and does not ever try to give an answer. Even a light reproach towards Eddie.
Duffy looks at the company and chooses mr Machacek to answer his question. So probably that one is the real 'knower'. But he is confused, his feelings are overwhelming him. So his female counterpart takes action, gives the answer and helps mr. Machacek home and find his rest again. Even pays the owner.
Hilary said "substitute 'significance' for Eddie Banks". (BTW, beautiful translation, Hilary!). Who knows the significance. I think mr. Machacek can know it or find it, and for that reason he is disturbed. Maybe scared of it. He is the opposite of the (of a) butcher.
The names are not German. Banks comes from the west, Machacek from the east, Duffy ?? East might mean more right-brain stuff and thinking, west left-brain and soul (sorry for the over-simplification).

Just a number of random thoughts.

LiSe

 

[dharma]

Ryder,
glad indeed that I could help you make sense of your 'recipe'.

i am no stranger to bibliomancy - i've been doing it for years. and interpreting the answers is very similar, if not exactly the same, to interpreting my nightly dreams.

generally, all books are fair game but i've made a habit of using a dictionary when i want to keep it simple. also, i will often involve another person in the process (if one is around) by asking them to pick a number (depending on the number pages in the book I am using) while I focus on the question that is uppermost in my mind. then i open to the page # that i've been given at random and, with my eyes shut, i then let my finger point out the answer.

in any case, using David's question, "What do I need to know about myself, that I am currently blind to, that will improve my life and the lives of those around me?" here is the passage that i was led to read at this time, which comes from the book "Far Journeys" by by Robert A. Monroe on page 203 -->

(Emotion is the points, the score.)
BB blanked, and I waited for Bill to lay this one out. I would like to know, too.

Bill went on.
(Emotion is what makes the game seem so wild, but it is the game, the one game in which all other games are played. The others feed score to the big game in the form of emotional energy. The big game is to control and develop this emotional energy to its most effective condition, which is vaguely set by us humans as love, until we graduate. The more we score, the more fun it becomes. Most of us here -where you are now- we spend our energy going in to help other humans, however and wherever we can, to improve their score -and so have more fun.)

<CENTER>.....</CENTER>

i had to laugh when i read this
(bibliomancy tends to do this more than any other form of divination, I find)

life is a game and i need to remember to play to win

winning is about enjoying myself (which i hadn't been lately)

i've got to let go of the things that weigh me down so i can feel good again

<CENTER>and who better than good ol' Pooh
digging into a pot of honey
can reflect my sentiments best ...

</CENTER>

 

[candid]

love it..

there's a song I sing that helps me turn loose

night is night
and day is bright
in-between may seem to last forever

well then forever it may be
though to me its almost morning
and morning comes only once a day

B

 

[tashiiij]

Hi Dharma, it's nice to read you back and ready to play. (me + happy +google search).

Hilary and LiSe's work is so lovely here, never understood stichtowhateveritscalled. Now I see a light.

Will be thinking about this. Reminds me of the work of an artist I love, her name is Theresa Hak Kyung Cha; the delicacy and attention she pays to each word. Each word an artifact. Of course!

Really nice reading all of this.

So I chose this, not really stichtowhatever, from her work:


I recall.

She lay there in a polished wooden box.

We chose pine.

It was quiet.

The sun was shining upon her hands.

She was silent.

I spoke to her anyway.


tash.

 

[yellowblue]

Dharma,

That was awesome.... really getting at the heart of it all... *huge sigh* and *small smile*

Isn't that what draws the heaviness???? Forgetting that it's maya???

I wonder if some never realise that their accumulations (of "wealth" in this life) are treasures laid up that rust and moths destroy... the materialistic... But on the other hand, we are here and have to adapt to an extent...

And Tash, maybe your reading ties in... reaching to what is dead and hoping for (whether we realise it's impossible or not) a response...

Just thoughts,

Deb

 

[Frankelmick]

LiSe,

You said, "I asked the Yi, what about the sun and moon? Hex.9, (lines 2 and 5), changing to 28! Small exceeding to great exceeding."

Presumably it was Hx 62(2,5) changing to 28?

What I find fascinating about this is that the nuclear Hx of Hx 62 is Hx 28. It's as if the Yang energy is growing outwards from the centre.

Next in the sequence would be Hx 28 (1,6) changing to Hx 1.

So perhaps you're moving into a much more outgoing stage in your life? Maybe you can now express your inner power more fully in your outer life?

Best wishes,

Mick