Ever fool around with Bibliomancy to get answers to personal questions? Sort of like a tarot reading?
From Wikipedia:
Bibliomancy, also known as Stichomancy and Libromancy, is a form of divination that seeks to know the future by randomly selecting a passage from a book, frequently a sacred text.
Method:
1. Pick a book you believe to hold truth.
2. Balance it on its spine; let it fall open.
3. With eyes closed, touch your finger to any random passage.
4. View the passage as wisdom to your future.
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Well, these TR books definitely reek with truth. So...
My experimental question was, "What's up with my relationship with M?"
Grabbed Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas simply because it seems to get less air time.
My answer:
"Once, in a spasm of sappiness, you asked Q-Jo if she thought your dreams would ever come true. "You aren't talking about dreams," she corrected you, "you're referring to your pathetic bourgeoisie ambitions. Dreams don't come true. Dreams _are_ true."
You thought about that as you tossed and rolled-sleepless, dreamless-through the night, but there were so many thoughts playing bumper cars in your brain that you hadn't more than a few seconds to spend with any particular one before it was rear-ended or broadsided by a a different thought-that then took -its- brief turn leading the pack."
My results are almost spooky.
From Wikipedia:
Bibliomancy, also known as Stichomancy and Libromancy, is a form of divination that seeks to know the future by randomly selecting a passage from a book, frequently a sacred text.
Method:
1. Pick a book you believe to hold truth.
2. Balance it on its spine; let it fall open.
3. With eyes closed, touch your finger to any random passage.
4. View the passage as wisdom to your future.
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Well, these TR books definitely reek with truth. So...
My experimental question was, "What's up with my relationship with M?"
Grabbed Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas simply because it seems to get less air time.
My answer:
"Once, in a spasm of sappiness, you asked Q-Jo if she thought your dreams would ever come true. "You aren't talking about dreams," she corrected you, "you're referring to your pathetic bourgeoisie ambitions. Dreams don't come true. Dreams _are_ true."
You thought about that as you tossed and rolled-sleepless, dreamless-through the night, but there were so many thoughts playing bumper cars in your brain that you hadn't more than a few seconds to spend with any particular one before it was rear-ended or broadsided by a a different thought-that then took -its- brief turn leading the pack."
My results are almost spooky.
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Re: Bibliomancy
Mon, October 9, 2006 - 7:30 PMInteresting concept. I've heard of bibliomancy, but never used it to answer questions I had about relationships, the future, etc. I'm going to try it now, as an experiment as well.
The question I'm asking: "What challenges and rewards are in store for me as a writer?"
Pulling out "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" now...
"The whooper opted for quality instead of quantity, rejected the notion that anything is better than nothing. It would survive on its own terms or not at all."
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Re: Bibliomancy
Mon, October 9, 2006 - 8:07 PMTrippy, huh? It sounded like a good one to me, but perhaps I should ask you if you got anything out of the "answer."
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