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2. Ouija - Wikipedia

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   The popular belief that the word Ouija comes from the French (oui) and German (ja) words for yes is a misconception. In fact, the name was given from a word spelled out on the board when medium Helen Peters Nosworthy asked the board to name itself. When asked what the word meant, it responded "Good Luck". [2] [11]

3. Methods of divination - Wikipedia

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   taromancy/tarotmancy / ˈ t æ r oʊ m æ n s i /: by tarot (English tarot + Greek manteía, ' prophecy ') Parrot astrology: by parrots picking cards; stichomancy / ˈ s t ɪ k oʊ m æ n s i /: by books or lines (Greek stikhos, ' line of verse ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') aleuromancy² / ə ˈ lj ʊər oʊ m æ n s i /: by fortune cookies (of ...

4. Etteilla - Wikipedia

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   Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) at his work table, from the Cours théorique et pratique du livre de Thot (1790).. Etteilla, the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette (1 March 1738 – 12 December 1791), was the French occultist and tarot-researcher, who was the first to develop an interpretation concept for the tarot cards and made a significant contribution to the esoteric development of the ...

5. Tarot card reading - Wikipedia

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   Tarot card reading is a form of cartomancy whereby practitioners use tarot cards to purportedly gain insight into the past, present or future. They formulate a ...

6. Pythia - Wikipedia

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   At times when the Pythia was not available, consultants could obtain guidance by asking simple yes-or-no questions to the priests. A response was returned through the tossing of colored beans, one color designating "yes", another "no". Little else is known of this practice. [52]

7. Strength (tarot card) - Wikipedia

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   Strength (VIII) from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. Strength is a Major Arcana tarot card, and is numbered either XI or VIII, depending on the deck. Historically it was called Fortitude, and in the Thoth Tarot deck it is called Lust. This card is used in game playing as well as in divination.