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The Tools of Prophecy

Apr 2nd, 2008 by

There seems to be two kinds of precognition, voluntary and involuntary. Sometimes visions of the future, premonitions, just burst into our consciousness without invitation. There are however various ways in which we can try to willfully gain knowledge of things to come.

Astrology is the belief that the positions of the planets are connected with human destiny. Not only does astrology claim to be able to predict character traits based upon the subject’s date, time and place of birth, it also seeks to predict significant life events.

Chiromancy (palmistry) is the reading of our destiny from the shape and pattern of lines on the palms of our hands. Though it may be reasonable to suppose character is reflected in physical characteristics, palmists further believe the patterns inscribed on our hands indicate future life events.

Tarot, cartomancy, rune casting etc all involve the prediction of the future from the subject’s choice of physical objects marked with symbols. Somehow the subject is drawn to select those objects (cards, runes etc) that best indicate his/her destiny. Closely related is the art of reading tea leaves. In this case the subject’s higher mind manipulates the teacup to produce meaningful patterns in the leaves.

Dreams have long been recognized as providing a valuable window onto otherwise hidden parts of our self. But during the dream state the mind is largely freed from its duty of physical attention and its conscious inhibitions are also lessened. Thus it is more open to psychic impressions, which may give insights to the future. A further source of dream prophecy is due to the subconscious being able to process physically obtained information to a much greater degree than the rational, conscious mind. In dreams we become aware of its conclusions.

Crystal gazing (scrying) is the classic methodology of the gypsy fortune teller. Perhaps concentration upon the crystal clears the scryer’s attention from more worldly matters thus opening his/her psychic faculties.

What seems clear is that none of these methods work formulaically. They all need a degree of interpretation on the part of a sensitive. Perhaps the tools and symbols merely act as a starting point to invoke reader’s higher faculties.

Johnny Finnis is the editor of new age spirituality – exploring the idea that this life, this world, is not the totality of our existence. In fact, it might be just one small part of something much bigger, just one tiny step along an infinite journey… Have your say on our blog A Spiritual Voice

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