Geomancy Options

Just out of curiosity, how many people use geomancy as a form of divination. I see lots of posts on tarot, skrying, ouija, and other forms of divination but geomancy is sortof the red headed stepchild of divination methods. Why is that? From what I can tell geomancy includes the energies of a specific place in the reading. In the Cicero's book "Creating Magical Tools" there is a blueprint for a geomancy box and geomancy wand. How many people think that such items would be useful? What is everyone's method for crreating the dots and dashes?

This post has been edited by Arcangle90: May 29 2006, 11:09 AM

You don't have to open with a banishing but I have found it helps. Basically unlike some other forms of divination you are invoking the planetary spirits to "guide" your hand while you do the dots. Generally you use the correct planetary day and hour if you can but at least the day. The sigils for each spirit are easy to find in other sources.

My method was to draw the invoking earth pentagram within a circle and the sigil within as I set up the sheet. Then when I was ready redraw the pentagram GIRP style in the air over the drawn one. Then recite a short invocation using the standard divine names of earth, ruling archangels, angels, intelligence and finally spirit. Then stab at the paper until I just felt that was enough. Then repeat until I was finished.

There are a number of advanced methods of doing it, some involve testing the figure by fire, water, and air or using enochian correspondences. I know others who have created stones with the figures and would toss stones or others who flipped a coin like in the I Ching.

In my experience I have found geomancy incredibly accurate. It is particularly suited for mundane matters here in assiah.