We are All a Little Bit Psychic

The practice of aurispicy is claimed by some to have originated in Africa, while others assert that it began on the steppes of central Asia. Regardless of the exact origin point, the fact is that the use of bone casting as a means of divining the future during psychic readings is an ancient practice. In fact, bone casting was in some places used not only to foretell the future, but to cast spells and influence future events as well. In modern times, the practice extends to the throwing of dice as well, since at one time dice were manufactured from bone. The Earliest known European mention of the practice was made by the Portuguese missionary Joao dos Santos in 1607, who described its use in Mozambique. Accounts of dowsing can be traced as far back as the time of Moses, though the practice undoubtedly extends even farther into the past. Most students of the Bible are familiar with the story of how Moses used his staff to produce water for the children of Israel in the desert near the rock at Horeb. In addition to the Biblical account, archeologists have unearthed engraved depictions of dowsers at work in both Egypt and China. Unfortunately, dowsing appears to be one of the rare means of obtaining psychic readings that has relied primarily upon oral tradition for its survival, as few written accounts of its use in the ancient world have been discovered. In the 1600s, Baroness de Beausoleil became well known for travelling through Europe with her husband to locate precious metals by utilizing dowsing. It is recorded that in France alone they unearthed more than 150 instances of gold, silver, and iron, in what has to be considered one of the more lucrative psychic readings in the history of the world - from a purely monetary standpoint, of course. Unfortunately, the duo's activities were brought to a sudden end when they were both thrown into prison for engaging in the occult. Even Albert Einstein experimented with the art of dowsing with some success. His studies were primarily designed to satisfy his intellectual and scientific curiosity, however, and he never made any claim of attempting to perform psychic readings of any kind. Nevertheless, the fact that success with a dowsing apparatus could be so easily demonstrated by one whose beliefs lay outside the world of the paranormal is strong evidence in the minds of dowsing's proponents as to its effectiveness as a tool for psychics. After all, if the practice itself apparently requires no conscious psychic attunement, how much more effective can it be in the hands of a gifted psychic! Today, psychic readings obtained through dowsing are rarely ever seen in public. The practice more often remains in the shadows, practiced on occasion by psychics who use the divining pendulums to discover the answer to questions. Because of dowsing's limitations in the types of questions posed (the instrument can only indicate a yes, no, or neutral response), most serious psychics abstain for the practice, opting instead to use methods and tools that offer a broader range of responses for their clients or their selfs. Regardless if its used today many have successfully used it in the pass so it is a successful tool to say the least!