so, dont mean to be morbid...

[flar7]

but does anybody read entrails anymore? Just curious......

Maybe if I could stomach it; I might try it.

[Flar's Freyja]

For those who don't know what Flar is talking about (I didn't!):

HEPATOSCOPY

Hepatoscopy is a form of divination using the entrails of animals.

In ancient times the liver was regarded as the focal point of life and of special occult importance.

The liver was divided into sections with each section representing a particular diety.

The markings in these zones were of great importance

From:http://www.paralumun.com/hepa.htm

Thus far I haven't found any info as to whether anyone still practices it.

Thus far I haven't found any info as to whether anyone still practices it.

I'd seriously doubt it.. I think hepatoscopy is like uromancy or tyromancy. People would probably think you were crazy if you did it.

[Flar's Freyja]

And this sounds just as bad, if not worse

cephalonomancy
Divination by boiling the head of an ass.

ANTHROPOMANCY is the long-outlawed means of divination by human sacrifice.

CEPHALOMANCY refers to divination with the skull or head of a donkey or goat.

HIEROMANCY or HIERSCOPY is divination by observing object of ancient sacrifice.

OMPHALOMANCY IS counting the number of knots in the umbilical cord to predict how many more children the mother will have

from http://www.angelfire.com/tx/afaceinacrowd/glossdiv.html

[Flar's Freyja]

That's right, Flar, start a morbid discussion in my forum and then just run off.......

[Wicce]

And how would you get the entrails? You'd have to kill some animal, or cough up some money at a butcher. Nooo thank you :) Frankly I would just barbeque the entrails, or something...and get a good scrying mirror :)

[Flar's Freyja]

I'm scared of you!

Go to a slaughter house and ask for them?


I'd be kinda freaked out about getting an entrail reading anyway