Posted by Estella on August 23, 2006, at 21:39:14
In reply to Re: Confused and update on hypnotist » Estella, posted by daisym on August 23, 2006, at 11:59:17
sorry...
i just meant to say that i wasn't trying to ridicule tea leaf reading and the like.
they are means by which... people narrate and make sense of their lives. i'm serious.
i had a couple friends back home who took runestones fairly seriously. these little stones with markings on them. you draw however many out of a bag and you consult the little book and you get a bit of narrative.
and from the narrative in the book you plug in details from your life, you plug in what particular concerns etc you have. or you ask yourself a question before you choose the runes.
i always said to them... that i didn't believe in that stuff.
and what one of my friends said to me one day...
it is about facilitating what you knew already. the little blurb in the book is long enough for you to... take what seems to fit and to discard the rest.
i thought... it sounded similar to hypnosis.
i'm sorry if the analogy isn't fitting.
but either way i assure people i didn't mean to ridicule.
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