
Carmen's Love Spells Carmen The Love Spells Queen Witch	Coin Divination Legend has it that Croesus, immensely rich King of Lydia, lost his country and freedom by ignoring the omens of coin divination and allying himself with the wrong nation. The great Carthaginian general, Hannibal, used coins to predict the success of his journey across the Alps but, being too confident in his military skills, he neglected to consult the coins about his eventually unsuccessful campaign against the Romans. Predictions have been made since the first coins were minted and coin divination has become accepted in many different cultures and nations. Around 700 BC, the Lydians produced the first coins which were made of electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver. At first, they were crude bean-shaped lumps with official symbols stamped on them but soon evolved to resemble today's coins. Just as today coins have the Queen's head on the principle or observe side, so ancient coins had the heads of rulers on the observe side and images of deities or sacred symbols on the reserve side. By 550 BC, coins had spread to all the major trading centres of the world, including Spain, Gaul and even remote Britain. Peasants, even as late as the Middle Ages, handled coins only very rarely, so coins themselves became objects of almost mystical reverence. Images of rulers and gods were stamped on them to encourage the people to associate the virtues of the gods with those of their kings. Alexander the Great had coins minted with his image and those of the gods of each country he conquered. Many of the Roman Emperors, such as Augustus, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, were deified by their subjects and their different images on the coins became objects of reverence, especially in distant provinces such as Britain. In ancient Greece and Rome, coins were associated with both birth and death and were placed inside a sash bound to a newborn child's abdomen to prevent the umbilical hernias. These coins were also intended to serve as the start of the child's wealth and so parents would give coins of the highest value that they could afford. The Romans placed coins, often the same coins given to the child at birth, under a dead person's tongue and in the hands to allow the shade to pay Charon the ferryman for passage across the river Styx to the gates of the Underworld. This custom persisted until long after the end of the Roman Empire. Superstitions There are many superstitions associated with coins. Even today, many of us have a lucky coin which often wins the toss. A silver coin with a hole in it is regarded as exceptionally lucky. We place a coin in a new coat or wallet for luck. To ensure a happy marriage, a bridegroom gives his bride a coin to put in her shoe at the wedding. Finding a penny means that more will follow; and so on. Another superstition says that if you turn a piece of silver in your pocket on seeing a New Moon and make a wish, the wish will come true. Money, especially coins, can also be cursed. The most famous accursed coins were the 30 pieces of silver that Judas Iscariot received for betraying Christ. One version of the tale given in St. Matthew 27: 5-9, states that Judas cast down the silver in the temple and then hanged himself. The priests felt that the coins were unlucky and declined to put them in the treasury. Instead, they bought a field to bury strangers in and, from then on, the field was called 'Field of Blood.' In more recent times, beggars would stand outside the churches and ask for money from the worshippers. People who refused to give alms were cursed by the beggar. Coin divination was at first very simple in practice but, by the time of the Romans, complex methods were in use. During the Dark Ages, divination and other forms of mysticism were widely practised as people sought certainty in uncertain times. In the Middle Ages, all forms of divination were regarded as witchcraft and diviners were persecuted as witches by the church. The lore of coins survived only in a few families were the secret was passed down from generation to generation. With the coming of the Renaissance and the Reformation the power of the church weakened. Many of the lost arts, including coin divination, were widely revived. Much of our present knowledge is derived from rediscoveries made during this time. One of the most important discoveries was that coin divination works best at predicting personal things, such as compatibility between people, relationships (love affairs) and personal finances. There are many methods of divination using coins. One from the East uses the I Ching - the Book of Changes. The inquirer tosses three identical coin and, depending on the way the coins fall, draws a line of a hexagram. The complete hexagram is drawn after throwing the coin five more times. The meaning of the hexagram is found by consulting the I Ching. A more traditional Western method, which has come down to us from the Romans, uses three different coins, all different. Traditionally, the first coin should be gold representing the Sun. The next should be silver, to lock in the Moon's rays. The third should be copper or bronze, symbols of the Earth. Gold coins are expensive nowadays, so try purchasing a large silver coin and a smaller silver coin from a coin dealer. Try not to use nickel coins, as the recent discovery of nickel means that they lack an organic link with mankind and do no resonate as close to your emotional frequency as gold, silver and copper coins do. Gold - the symbol of the Sun - is still the best, because its particular resonance keeps it from tarnishing. The gold (or large silver coin) represents your spiritual, mental and physical well-being - your life force and your relationship with yourself. The silver coin represents your relationship with others - friends, enemies, lover or spouse. The copper or bronze coin represents your relationship with your environment - your material well-being, money and success. This method works best if the coins have been on you long time, especially if they touched the skin near your heart as this causes the coins to resonate at you aura's emotional frequency. The longer you keep the coins on you, the better the coin divination work. Place a soft cloth on a small table in a quiet, dimly lighted room. You can also do coin divination while sitting on a patch of earth, since the earth itself is a great source of power. Sit down, lightly clothed, and hold the coins in your cupped hands over the cloth. Close your eyes and concentrate on the matter on which you are seeking guidance. Try to induce a state of mental relaxation while thinking a specific question, related to your spiritual well-being, your relationships with others or your material well-being. Keep this up until the question fills your entire mind. If your question is about a person or object, try to visualise the person or object surrounded by a blue aura because blue is a powerful colour, as we can see from its position in the spectrum. Open your hands and let the coins fall. Note the positions with respect to you and which face lands up. Should one of the coins roll off the cloth, you are being offered a dire warning. Take heed! If the observe lands facing upwards, the indication is positive. If the reverse lands upwards, the indication is negative. The position of the other two coins are also important. The closer they are, the stronger their influence will be. For example, suppose you want to invest in a certain company and you decide to consult the coins. You throw the coins and the copper coin lands close to you, obverse up. The small silver coin also lands close to you, reverse up, while the large silver coin lands far away from you, observe up. This means that there is a strong probability you will do well financially out of the deal. However, you will risk hurting or even ruining your relationship with someone close to you. Spiritually, it will affect you positively but only slightly. Your health might improve slightly. Another example: suppose that you are about to begin a relationship with someone and consult the coins about this relationship. The copper coin lands close to you, reverse up. The silver coin lands close, reverse up, and the small silver coin lands at a medium distance, reverse up. This means that both your spirituality/bodily health and your financial welfare will suffer badly as a result of this relationship. Possible Future Coin divination only indicates one possible future out of an infinite range. Your own actions will determine which path your future will take. Also, coin divination can only be used to predict your own future; the future of other people can only be predicted in respect of their relationship with you. Coin divination is a powerful yet simple method of predicting your future. Remember, there are many variations of this method. The method may be adapted until you feel spiritually at ease. This is the time when your subconscious mind comes to the fore and the time for divination right. Make use of this time. We do not yet have an explanation for coin divination. Possibly it is the subconscious mind guiding the fall of the coins - a telekinetic energy to guide the coins and clairvoyance to see the future. But, whatever the explanation coin divination undoubtedly works and can change your life for the better. Contact Carmen

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Coin Divination

Legend has it that Croesus, immensely rich King of Lydia, lost his country and freedom by ignoring the omens of coin divination and allying himself with the wrong nation. The great Carthaginian general, Hannibal, used coins to predict the success of his journey across the Alps but, being too confident in his military skills, he neglected to consult the coins about his eventually unsuccessful campaign against the Romans. Predictions have been made since the first coins were minted and coin divination has become accepted in many different cultures and nations.

Around 700 BC, the Lydians produced the first coins which were made of electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver. At first, they were crude bean-shaped lumps with official symbols stamped on them but soon evolved to resemble today's coins. Just as today coins have the Queen's head on the principle or observe side, so ancient coins had the heads of rulers on the observe side and images of deities or sacred symbols on the reserve side.

By 550 BC, coins had spread to all the major trading centres of the world, including Spain, Gaul and even remote Britain. Peasants, even as late as the Middle Ages, handled coins only very rarely, so coins themselves became objects of almost mystical reverence. Images of rulers and gods were stamped on them to encourage the people to associate the virtues of the gods with those of their kings. Alexander the Great had coins minted with his image and those of the gods of each country he conquered. Many of the Roman Emperors, such as Augustus, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, were deified by their subjects and their different images on the coins became objects of reverence, especially in distant provinces such as Britain.

In ancient Greece and Rome, coins were associated with both birth and death and were placed inside a sash bound to a newborn child's abdomen to prevent the umbilical hernias. These coins were also intended to serve as the start of the child's wealth and so parents would give coins of the highest value that they could afford. The Romans placed coins, often the same coins given to the child at birth, under a dead person's tongue and in the hands to allow the shade to pay Charon the ferryman for passage across the river Styx to the gates of the Underworld. This custom persisted until long after the end of the Roman Empire.

Superstitions

There are many superstitions associated with coins. Even today, many of us have a lucky coin which often wins the toss. A silver coin with a hole in it is regarded as exceptionally lucky. We place a coin in a new coat or wallet for luck. To ensure a happy marriage, a bridegroom gives his bride a coin to put in her shoe at the wedding. Finding a penny means that more will follow; and so on. Another superstition says that if you turn a piece of silver in your pocket on seeing a New Moon and make a wish, the wish will come true.

Money, especially coins, can also be cursed. The most famous accursed coins were the 30 pieces of silver that Judas Iscariot received for betraying Christ. One version of the tale given in St. Matthew 27: 5-9, states that Judas cast down the silver in the temple and then hanged himself. The priests felt that the coins were unlucky and declined to put them in the treasury. Instead, they bought a field to bury strangers in and, from then on, the field was called 'Field of Blood.' In more recent times, beggars would stand outside the churches and ask for money from the worshippers. People who refused to give alms were cursed by the beggar.

Coin divination was at first very simple in practice but, by the time of the Romans, complex methods were in use. During the Dark Ages, divination and other forms of mysticism were widely practised as people sought certainty in uncertain times. In the Middle Ages, all forms of divination were regarded as witchcraft and diviners were persecuted as witches by the church. The lore of coins survived only in a few families were the secret was passed down from generation to generation.

With the coming of the Renaissance and the Reformation the power of the church weakened. Many of the lost arts, including coin divination, were widely revived. Much of our present knowledge is derived from rediscoveries made during this time. One of the most important discoveries was that coin divination works best at predicting personal things, such as compatibility between people, relationships (love affairs) and personal finances.

There are many methods of divination using coins. One from the East uses the I Ching - the Book of Changes. The inquirer tosses three identical coin and, depending on the way the coins fall, draws a line of a hexagram. The complete hexagram is drawn after throwing the coin five more times. The meaning of the hexagram is found by consulting the I Ching.

A more traditional Western method, which has come down to us from the Romans, uses three different coins, all different. Traditionally, the first coin should be gold representing the Sun. The next should be silver, to lock in the Moon's rays. The third should be copper or bronze, symbols of the Earth. Gold coins are expensive nowadays, so try purchasing a large silver coin and a smaller silver coin from a coin dealer. Try not to use nickel coins, as the recent discovery of nickel means that they lack an organic link with mankind and do no resonate as close to your emotional frequency as gold, silver and copper coins do. Gold - the symbol of the Sun - is still the best, because its particular resonance keeps it from tarnishing.

The gold (or large silver coin) represents your spiritual, mental and physical well-being - your life force and your relationship with yourself. The silver coin represents your relationship with others - friends, enemies, lover or spouse. The copper or bronze coin represents your relationship with your environment - your material well-being, money and success.

This method works best if the coins have been on you long time, especially if they touched the skin near your heart as this causes the coins to resonate at you aura's emotional frequency. The longer you keep the coins on you, the better the coin divination work.

Place a soft cloth on a small table in a quiet, dimly lighted room. You can also do coin divination while sitting on a patch of earth, since the earth itself is a great source of power. Sit down, lightly clothed, and hold the coins in your cupped hands over the cloth. Close your eyes and concentrate on the matter on which you are seeking guidance.

Try to induce a state of mental relaxation while thinking a specific question, related to your spiritual well-being, your relationships with others or your material well-being. Keep this up until the question fills your entire mind. If your question is about a person or object, try to visualise the person or object surrounded by a blue aura because blue is a powerful colour, as we can see from its position in the spectrum.

Open your hands and let the coins fall. Note the positions with respect to you and which face lands up. Should one of the coins roll off the cloth, you are being offered a dire warning. Take heed!

If the observe lands facing upwards, the indication is positive. If the reverse lands upwards, the indication is negative. The position of the other two coins are also important. The closer they are, the stronger their influence will be. For example, suppose you want to invest in a certain company and you decide to consult the coins.

You throw the coins and the copper coin lands close to you, obverse up. The small silver coin also lands close to you, reverse up, while the large silver coin lands far away from you, observe up. This means that there is a strong probability you will do well financially out of the deal. However, you will risk hurting or even ruining your relationship with someone close to you. Spiritually, it will affect you positively but only slightly. Your health might improve slightly.

Another example: suppose that you are about to begin a relationship with someone and consult the coins about this relationship. The copper coin lands close to you, reverse up. The silver coin lands close, reverse up, and the small silver coin lands at a medium distance, reverse up. This means that both your spirituality/bodily health and your financial welfare will suffer badly as a result of this relationship.

Possible Future

Coin divination only indicates one possible future out of an infinite range. Your own actions will determine which path your future will take. Also, coin divination can only be used to predict your own future; the future of other people can only be predicted in respect of their relationship with you.

Coin divination is a powerful yet simple method of predicting your future. Remember, there are many variations of this method. The method may be adapted until you feel spiritually at ease. This is the time when your subconscious mind comes to the fore and the time for divination right. Make use of this time.

We do not yet have an explanation for coin divination. Possibly it is the subconscious mind guiding the fall of the coins - a telekinetic energy to guide the coins and clairvoyance to see the future. But, whatever the explanation coin divination undoubtedly works and can change your life for the better.

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Coin Divination

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