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 34
... result of other causes , none of which happened by chance , but were founded by still remoter occurrences . It is the same with the Future . That which a person does today as a result of something that happened in the past will in its ...
... result of other causes , none of which happened by chance , but were founded by still remoter occurrences . It is the same with the Future . That which a person does today as a result of something that happened in the past will in its ...
Page 35
... result of past events over which he had no control , to foresee by an effort what will occur in the future as the result of acts deliberately done . Since it is given to but few , and that not often of intention , to see actually what ...
... result of past events over which he had no control , to foresee by an effort what will occur in the future as the result of acts deliberately done . Since it is given to but few , and that not often of intention , to see actually what ...
Page 83
... results . The hand which tingled , either right or left , indi- cated whether it were to be paid or received . The ... result , the trade or or occupation of a future husband , the luck for the year , so on are deduced in the folk ...
... results . The hand which tingled , either right or left , indi- cated whether it were to be paid or received . The ... result , the trade or or occupation of a future husband , the luck for the year , so on are deduced in the folk ...
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