Gardens of the Crystal Palace

Furthermore. And more on subject of Stichomancy, AKA "Bingomancy"

To produce a reading I decided to try a Random Word Generator I started with a "common" word which produced "Daylight" and then a "somewhat uncommon" word. Which was Prolixity.

The word "Daylight" originally brought me to "Between the dark and the daylight: romances By William Dean Howells". Although curious, not of much interest.

So, I then went to The Voyage to the North Pole By "Daylight" printed in 1878
Also, a curious account, but I realised my "random" reading was becoming less & less. A few Avatarlike passages caught my eyes..



As to prolixity, Shakespere apparently liked the term, and used it often. But, "The principles of rhetoric" which is a "scarce antiquarian book included in the special Legacy Reprint Series."

Houdini Stichomancy

Stichomancy is said to be one of the oldest forms of divination in which the querant opens to a random page of randomly selected book in a library, to find an excerpt that applies to the situation at hand. I like to do my "readings" on http://www.facade.com

My one passage reading today is drawn from a book by Harry Houdini. Apparently, Harry did write a few. Someday, I'll figure out generate a code for doing a "Googlemancy" or "Bingomancy", perhaps with the book snippet feature.



Here is a random passage..

..."Then, all at once, when the force exerted horizontally is as great as possible, and the men are exerting their strength in the opposite direction in order to resist it, the girl abruptly ceases the pressure WITHOUT WARNING and exerts it in the OPPOSITE DIRECTION. Unprepared for this change, the victims lose their equilibrium and find themselves at the mercy of the girl, and so much the more so in proportion as they are stronger and their.."

Nice.

Alchameti Uberletarioti!

"Alchameti Uberletarioti" 12/31/2009

The present is embodied in Hexagram 38 - K'uei (Opposition): Notwithstanding the presence of opposition, in small matters there will still be success. The fifth line, divided, shows that occasion for repentance will disappear.

With his relative and minister, he unites closely and readily. When he goes forward with this help, what error can there be? The situation is evolving slowly, and Yang is gaining ground.

The future is embodied in Hexagram 10 - Lu (Treading Carefully): One treads on the tail of a tiger, which does not bite him. There will be progress and success.

The things most apparent, those above and in front, are embodied by the upper trigram Li (Fire), which is tansforming into Chi'en (Heaven). As part of this process, brightness and warmth are giving way to strength and creativity.

The things least apparent, those below and behind, are embodied by the lower trigram Tui (Lake), which represents joy, pleasure, and attraction.

Happy New Year!