and -mancy, meaning divination, technically means divination from the Earth..."
One of the things
that appeals to us as elves is variety. Thus in our use of oracles, we not only
like to use a number of different tarot decks, but also the I Ching, the Elven
Runes and Geomancy, in that way, being able to see a question from a number of
different perspectives. Geomancy, which comes from the root words geo, meaning
Earth, and -mancy, meaning divination, technically means divination from the
Earth, which is an idea that in itself appeals to these Elfin. Alas, the old
formulation of Geomancy seemed a bit limited to us, so we created our own
version (Elven Geomancy: An Ancient Oracle of the Elfin Peoples for Divination and Spell Casting) that gives us
a much wider range of possible outcomes. We did the same with our The Book of Elven Runes.
Traditionally,
one made a series of lines consisting of dots in the sand (thus the geo part)
and counted if they were odd or even. Since we live in an apartment building,
we’ve found it easier to use dice or stones or coins to arrive at a result. You
could, of course, use a pencil or pen and make a series of dots on a piece of
paper. Or even use tarot cards or playing cards to achieve a result. And these
are all equally effective means of arriving at a result.
But we confess,
we are still intrigued by the idea that one might create the oracle naturally.
Say if one scooped a palm full of water and then walked and let it drip from
one’s hand and then counted the dots that had been created. But that is still
when one is looking for an oracle. Striving to get an answer. As for instance
when one consults the tarot with a question in mind.
With Geomancy,
however, it is quite possible that one would simply come across an oracle
without asking a question. Just getting a message from Nature and the Spirits.
For instance, we used to live in a house in northern Kalifornica, before we
relocated to the islands in the Uttermost West, and every morning we’d go out
and find snail trails crisscrossing the sidewalk. What if we had counted up the
dots (or dashes) of the iridescent snail routes and used that in order to
receive a geomantic message from the otherworld? That seems to us to be a
pretty cool idea.
The same might be
done with a number of different things: the number of shells on a particular
section of a beach, or the number of holes in a tree from a woodpecker, or various
other indicators. This is what really appeals to us about Geomancy. That it is,
in its way, so flexible. One just needs to look around one and the signs are
everywhere.
Kyela,
The Silver Elves
"If you ask the elves to look into the future, they will tell
you there is no future, there is only nearly infinite possibility."
— From Elf Quotes by The Silver Elves
Elven Geomancy: An Ancient Oracle of the Elfin Peoples for Divination and Spell Casting is an original system
of divination by The Silver Elves that creates a magical ritual with each
forecast. The Silver Elves have created a new divination system for modern
elves and faerie folk drawing from the ancient geomancy of ages past. It
differs quite a bit from the traditional geomancy that was used by the ancients
and the people of the Renaissance and Middle Ages. That form of geomancy was at
one time rather widely known and popular among diviners, although it has, for
the most part, fallen out of use today. Elven Geomancy has 128 possible
outcomes that give a reply of a series of seven (like the seven pointed star of
the elves) oracles as your response. These seven oracles show the step-by-step
process or movement toward the realization of your question. The Elven Geomancy
method is also a means of creating magical elfin spells to help bring about
one's wishes. Eight basic mudras are used as well as mantras for each of the
oracles are given for creating your own rituals that you can perform in order
to increase the potency of what you wish to achieve. You may read more about it and read sample pages here on our website.
The Book of Elven Runes:
A Passage into Faerie
http://silverelves.angelfire.com/HAelfrunebook.html
Elven Geomancy:
An Ancient Oracle of the Elfin Peoples for Divination and Spell Casting
http://silverelves.angelfire.com/HAgeomancy.html
Sticks and Stones, Feathers, Charms and Bones:
An Original Oracle of the Elfin Peoples of the Ancient Future
http://silverelves.angelfire.com/HAsticks_stones.html
The Silver Elves website:
http://silverelves.angelfire.com
