Good Omens...And Bad: Prophecy in Theory and Practice, Lab Nine

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Friday, November 10, Second Period

Along with the usual spread of hot drinks and pastries, there are carefully arranged boxes of little coins, sticks, and other sundry divination accoutrements.

"Today we're doing an exercise in a specific type of bibliomancy, divination through the I Ching. There are a number of ways to accomplish this, some of them quite complex. For today's lab exercise, you're going to work with your partner and these handouts. Choose a casting method and try a few passes to see what you come up with.

"There will be no homework assignment today, unless you count my expectation of seeing all of you on the bus this afternoon for our field trip."

Syllabus
Class Roster
Classes Linkdrop
Lab Partner List

[ooc: Any supplies you might need for the various casting methods: turtle shell, yarrow sticks, etc, are available in the classroom. Please wait for OCD threads are up, class is in session!]

Comments

Re: Lab Exercise

[nadiathesaint]

"And that we won't get caught."

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe arranged the sticks again. "And we won't have to explain ourselves."

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[nadiathesaint]

"Excellent. I like this divination method."

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe grinned, moving the sticks again. "And we will have the time of our lives."

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[nadiathesaint]

"And get lots of money in the casinos."

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[sensethevisions]

"Yes, winning lots of money at the casinos." Phoebe arranges the sticks again. This was fun.

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[nadiathesaint]

"Let's see, what else do we need to add?"

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe thought about this."Well, we have money, fun, and not getting into trouble."

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[nadiathesaint]

"Meet someone interesting?"

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[sensethevisions]

"And we'll meet someone interesting."

Phoebe grinned. "Your turn."

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia looked over the worksheets and the sticks. "Okay, we've got this weekend worked out. Maybe something for next week?" Nadia arranged some of the objects. "Nice and relaxing, I think."

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[sensethevisions]

"Nice and relaxing would be a great thing."

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[nadiathesaint]

"With spa massages."

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[sensethevisions]

"And chocolate."

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded and rearranged the sticks some more. "Excellent."

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[sensethevisions]

"I like this way of divining."

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[nadiathesaint]

"Me too. It's much better than those tarot cards Mr. Aziraphale fixed for me."

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[sensethevisions]

"Fixed?"

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[nadiathesaint]

"They only gave really gloomy prophesies. So he 'fixed' them for me, so no matter what the cards were, they'd be good prophesies."

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[sensethevisions]

"That's a good thing then."

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[nadiathesaint]

"Well, only if they're true."