";s:4:"text";s:1989:" Bone Reading is a form of divination that uses animal bones, nuts, shells, and curios such as dice or beads...collectively known as "bones" ...to divine information. The cracks were then used to determine the future. Throwing the bones is an ancient divination technique where bones, shells, stones, coins, and other curios are thrown and the pattern in which the objects fall give insight and answers to questions. Roadkill was a subject of photography for me in my late teens and early 20's (sadly, all lost). HOW I CAME TO BONE THROWING. Pyro-osteomancy is when seers tell the future based on the cracks in an animal bone or turtle shell either in their natural state or after having been burned. Favorite Add to See similar items + More like this . Pocket Osteomancy: A Simple Bone Divination Set paperback book, casting cloth and bones - signed by Lupa pagan fortune telling thegreenwolf 5 out of 5 stars (3,717) $ 20.00. Osteomancy is when shamans (religious specialists) divine the future from the pattern of the natural bumps, cracks, and discolorations in animal bone and turtle shell. Divination with cast or fire-cracked bones is an ancient art, stretching back thousands of years into our history; its younger cousin, the tarot, enjoys greater popularity than ever.
“Oracle bones were used to practice of a form of divination, fortune-telling, known as pyro-osteomancy. Cultures from around the world have bone reading systems, from Africa to Asia, and each system is different.