Reading Tea-leavesFor the Highland Scots, twists of fate were prefigured in the patterns left at the bottom of one's empty teacup. Reading Tea Leaves is the oldest book on the subject in English. Our guide is an unnamed Highland Seer, who reveals the general principles and practices of tea-leaf reading and provides an alphabetical list of the natural symbols commonly found in a cup and their significance. |
From inside the book
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Page 23
... clouds after gazing at them for a while . You don't have to force anything - take time and the symbols sort of jump ... cloud . I should add that not all tea - leaves give me a meaningful picture , but remain merely blobs of wet leaf ...
... clouds after gazing at them for a while . You don't have to force anything - take time and the symbols sort of jump ... cloud . I should add that not all tea - leaves give me a meaningful picture , but remain merely blobs of wet leaf ...
Page 31
... clouds such mind or intuition as they may possess , and it follows that their judgments and prognostications have precisely the the nostrums of the quack medi- cine vendor . They different from the Highlander way . value same as are ...
... clouds such mind or intuition as they may possess , and it follows that their judgments and prognostications have precisely the the nostrums of the quack medi- cine vendor . They different from the Highlander way . value same as are ...
Page 48
... clouds , crosses , serpents , rats and mice and some wild beasts , hour- glasses , umbrellas , church steeples , swords and guns , ravens , owls , and monkeys are all ominous symbols . SYMBOLS and SIGNIFICATIONS ABBEY , future ease and ...
... clouds , crosses , serpents , rats and mice and some wild beasts , hour- glasses , umbrellas , church steeples , swords and guns , ravens , owls , and monkeys are all ominous symbols . SYMBOLS and SIGNIFICATIONS ABBEY , future ease and ...
Other editions - View all
Reading Tea Leaves: The Modern Mystic's Guide to Tea Leaf Divination A Highland Seer Limited preview - 2022 |
Reading Tea Leaves: The Modern Mystic's Guide to Tea Leaf Divination A Highland Seer No preview available - 2022 |
Common terms and phrases
accompanied by dots anchor appears approaching astrologers bad luck bird flying bols Butterfly C. G. Jung Ceylon teas CHAPTER clairvoyance clouds coming events conjunction consultant course crosses cutting the cards Dalai Lama Dartmoor death Delphi denote Destiny dominoes Dorje Drakden enemies flowers foretell forms of divination Fortune-telling friends future hand handle happen happy marriage Highland Seer horary horoscope HORSE-SHOE HOUR-GLASS importance indicate initial INTERPRETATION Fig John Harney journey judgment leaf leaves grouped legacy Line of dots List of Symbols lucky sign method Middle England mind misfortune moon name begins Nechung Nechung oracle oblong obscure occult occurrence omens oracle person possesses practice PRINCIPAL SYMBOLS Large prognostications Pythia quarrels reading tea-leaves result ritual seer to seer separation of lovers Sepharial shapes and figures sign of honour sign of travel significations success in business surrounded by dots taint Tarot tea-cup reading Tibet tion triangles tricity trouble turn wavy wealth