Divination

Divination is a mystical practice in which an individual turns their attention inward while gently focusing on an external object through which spiritual guidance can be triangulated or projected. Spiritual guidance arises from our inner world which means that it can be very difficult to distinguish it from our own emotions, thoughts, and imagination, thus anchoring one’s attention on an external object or sound can allow messages from our angel to become clearer. In this way, divination allows us to project our spiritual perceptions outward so they can be more easily recognized and interpreted.

The most common forms of divination today are crystal scrying, in the classical sense of crystal ball gazing, and tarot or oracle cards. Scrying can also help build concentration through meditative focus and train the eyes to hold a “psychic gaze.” This is a form of conscious trance in which the mystic learns to perceive spiritual beings more vividly by holding the eyes in a particular way.

There are countless forms of divination across cultures and historical periods, quite literally thousands of methods practiced throughout human history. However, since we are discussing the importance of the word and of sound this week, perhaps the most interesting form of divination is divination through sound.

It was very common for mystics to create certain sounds, or use the sounds in nature to divine messages from the angels. Some mystics would create sound through bells, singing bowls or drums and divine a message as the sound would ring forth. The rhythm would help to induce trance and lift their consciousness to the angels. This kind of divination is called acoustimancy or audiomancy.

Many priests or shaman would also use the sounds in nature to divine. The early mystics understood that the angels worked in nature, that it was the angels in the spiritual hierarchy that moved the wind and inspired the birds to sing. In this way, every sound contained meaning and was an expression of heaven. If man learned to harmonize with himself, he could find his own place in the hierarchy of life and interpret the movements of the angels in this world. The sound of rain, a crack of thunder, the distant call of a hawk or raven all contained information from the spiritual world. Using the sounds in nature as a form of divination is called austromancy or even cledonomancy. And divination through birds is called ornithomancy.

In any form of divination, it is not the external stimulus that communicates the psychic message. The message arises from within, while the sound or object provides a focal point for spiritual perception. It should also be noted that divination is not evil. It is a natural activity of the human mind as it reaches toward understanding God and communicating with its angel.

Modern forms of divination include hearing a song on the radio that contains exactly the message one needed, opening a book to the precise page one was meant to read, or seeing a bird appear at the window while thinking of a loved one who has passed. The key to understanding divination is recognizing that the quality of spirit one encounters reflects the quality of one’s own heart. You commune with what you are. To gain right and clear spiritual sight, one must purify and attune ones self.

I speak further about psychic development in my recent lecture The Three Pillars of Psychic Work (https://youtube.com/live/mqWjxebiifQ), and for professionals in my class Psychic Business Development (https://gigiyoung.com/course/psychic-business-development/)