Lesson 3

Lesson 3

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What is the nature of the Façade Website?

Façade is one of the unique websites developed to Runes, Tarot, Biorhythms, Ching and Numerology. It also contains other forms of spiritual introspection. And therefore, it has a good source of information for biography of people. It is one of the sites, which provide free information and readings to the internet community and it has been a member of internet community since 1993. Façade focuses on mystical pursuits and it provides unbiased information and approach to divination and entertainment.

Provide a definition of divination and discuss the purpose of divination in societies around the world.

Divination is the practice of seeking the knowledge of the future. It is describe as the power of seeing the future. Most people who believe to believe in divination argue that they are inspired by gods and associated with rituals. Divination is used in the society for several reasons the purpose of divination is different based on the part of the world. It mostly used to foretell the future events by using various psychological, natural and other techniques. It I widely practice around the world but usually dismissed by scientists and religious leaders as a merely witchcraft. In Chinese society, divination has been integrated in the lives of people in the society and therefore, it takes part in the coordination of knowledge and structuring of the social and individual activities.

Example of divination from around the world

The most common divination among the Latinos is Cartomancy. The cartomancy is the used of cards to tell what is going to happen in the future. It mostly used by Latinos to foretell the bad omens or good things due to happen in the future. SCRYING is also a common practice in West Africa especially in Nigeria. The witch doctor uses a bowl full of water to mirror things which are going to happen.

What are the origins of the TAROT? Discuss one deck and spread you found interesting. How do the readings work?

Tarot started way back in 15th century. It was commonly used to play games in Europe. It started in the form of tarotology and cartomancy. It is developed from occult. Like most cards being played, Tarot is played using four suits. When played it separates into 21 card trump and single cards, which is referred as the fool in the game. The fool can either be top and bottom depends on the game and on the process it is used to predict events or things which are due to happen in the future. Tarot is read from the dealing with serious of the cards beginning from the deck and arranging cards on the spread.

Now click on RUNES. What are their origins and how do they work? Play around with the site and then answer the question.

Runes originated from Hávamál and it is the power of getting the dead back. It has been in existed since 700AD. It was first written on a tree and therefore, it is the reason it is regarded as nut cutting tree. It works by using magic power to resurrect an individual from the dead.

Lastly click on the I-CHING and discuss its origins and how it works after playing with it a few times.

It is generally used to produce random numbers. It was originated from the Chinese. The words are put and mix to produce number randomly.