Some Divining Pieces

[covenrochester]

I have a set of reading bones (not pictured) made for me from a West African sangoma. These things are no joke. As soon as I opened the embroidered pouch, you could feel the power coming off of them. I immediately contacted him and thanked him for his work. Can you imagine? A powerful African healer focusing on YOU, in particular, as he crafted each bone, painted it, wrapped it? I mean, the outcome was incredible.

There is a bone for the Seeker included in the set, but I always use a quartz point to represent the Seeker. So, I went out today and purchased one, and then picked up a few extras, if I ever have to teach others bone reading in the future. Well . . . it cannot be taught. But it can be pointed out and learned.

Usually a West African set of divining bones will include an item representing a war horn. But he must have been out of them. So, while I was picking up quartz points, I picked up three cone-like but truncated rough rubies. I thought they looked like (with some imagination) short blowing horns. And then a piece of red tiger eye is next down below the rubies.

But then I saw some mixed-color tiger's eye that looked like elongated African horns. I believe I will use one of those. I don't think the war horn necessarily means war. It could. But it could also mean "get ready," or "call to action." In my own set of bones, I use a deer's heel bone to represent that . . . because deer are always ready to spring off at a moment's notice.

The West African bone set contains 13 pieces. I usually read with 23. I imagine it would be important to keep good notes to learn combinations for just 13 pieces.