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An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul). In Satanism, it is flipped upside-down. See also: Sigil of Baphomet. Rose Cross: Rosicrucianism / Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
For most charts it is a positive figure, except where a loss is desired. It indicates a gain financially, mentally, or in any other form, or something within one's grasp. Its planetary intelligence is Iophiel and its spirit is Hismael; it is associated with the deities Jove and Diana, and the angels Sachiel and Adnachiel.
The mojo is a charm originating in African culture. It is used in voodoo ceremonies to carry several lucky objects or spells and intended to cause a specific effect. The concept is that particular objects placed in the bag and charged will create a supernatural effect for the bearer.
The members of the Golden Dawn were perfectly familiar with it ("combining the letters, the colours, the attributions and their Synthesis, thou mayest build up a telesmatic Image of a Force. The Sigil shall then serve thee for the tracing of a Current which shall call into action a certain Elemental Force") and it was used in the making of ...
domino divination: by dominoes; favomancy / ˈ f æ v oʊ m æ n s i /: by beans (Latin faba, ' bean ' + Greek manteía, ' prophecy ') Ogham casting: by Ogham letters; runecasting/runic divination; cometomancy / k oʊ ˈ m ɛ t oʊ m æ n s i /: by comet tails (Greek komētēs, ' comet ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') colormancy/coloromancy: by ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church maintains that divination, including predictive astrology, is incompatible with modern Catholic beliefs [34] such as free will: [3] All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future.
Qimen Dunjia is an ancient form of divination from China. It is still in use in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore and the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. [citation needed] It is one of the Three Styles (三式; sānshì; 'three styles') of Chinese divination, with Da Liu Ren and Tai Yi Shen Shu.
The first recorded use of capnomancy was in ancient Babylonia, where the ceremony was performed at religious dates throughout the year, using cedar branches or shavings. [3] [6] In ancient Greece, priests would burn animal sacrifices and then perform capnomancy over the smoke that was produced by the fire.