Facade
http://www.facade.com/
The site I’m reviewing this time is not an astrology
site.
It’s an interactive computer site which reads tarot cards,
and runes, and the I Ching, and biorhythms, and various other methods of
divination. And they are all completely
random results chosen by a computer. (It
even flips an electronic coin!) So why am I reviewing it? Well first, because I
like it, it’s a lot of fun! But there is also another reason, a method to my
madness if you will.
It’s been said that every grain of sand has the shape of
the mountain. What does that mean? Well, I was taught that there is ultimately
only one truth (the shape of the mountain), and it doesn’t really matter how
you find it because whichever method you use (or whichever grain of sand you
study) is just as valid as any other method because they all lead to the same
truth in the end. So, it doesn’t really matter whether you use astrology, or
tarot cards, or religion, or math, or science, or colors, or music, or words,
or numbers, or whatever – if you can understand it, the results will be the
same.
I use astrology because it makes the most sense to me,
but I also have a working knowledge of tarot cards, numerology, cartomancy
(playing cards), and runes, all of which correspond to astrology and to each
other in some way. I admit that I am
often skeptical of the beliefs some people hold, but I try to keep an open
mind, since I am aware that many people are just as skeptical of my
beliefs. And I have been surprised on
quite a few occasions.
Over the centuries man has used some astonishing and truly
bizarre modes of prophecy which I thought you might enjoy. Also, you may find
that it makes some of the beliefs held today seem almost normal in comparison.
Axinomancy- by a stone balanced on a red-hot ax.
Cephalomancy – by boiling a donkey’s head
Chalomancy – by interpreting the tones made by striking
copper or brass bowls
copper or brass bowls
Chresmomancy – by the utterances of a person in a frenzy
Felidomancy – by the behavior and action of cats
Gelomancy – by the interpretation of hysterical laughter
Gyromancy – by the mutterings of those exhausted by
wild dancing
wild dancing
Metopomancy or Metoposcopy – by the lines on a person’s
forehead
forehead
Myomancy – by the sudden appearance of rats or mice
Omphalomancy – by contemplation of one’s own navel
Podomancy – by study of the soles of the feet
Scapulomancy – by the markings on the shoulder bone of an
animal
animal
Sciomancy – by the size, shape and changing appearance
of
shadows of the dead
shadows of the dead
Splanchomancy – by examining the entrails of sacrificial
victims
victims
Uromancy – by inspection of urine
Zoomancy – by reports of imaginary animals, such as Sea
monsters
monsters
The Shape of the Mountain
