Although the process has largely died out nowadays, some wizards and witches still cut open the stomachs of goats and sheep, spilling their insides out. From the positions of the large intestine, small intestine, heart, liver, and stomach, they believe they can tell what is happen. It is the animals wish to help humanity by giving warnings and other omens. For what reason an animal just bee killed would want to help the people that killed it is another question.
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Shamans are encountere somewhere in south america, living mostly on mountain they cultue the spirits by drawing magical circles on the ground, others pray in a weird fire formation, they believe they see the future when they meditate, trying to predict bad omen or they try to drive bad omens away.
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Edward winced as he saw how stained his work was. he'd stayed up all night doing it, but it was still apalling.
prophetic divining of the future by observation of natural phenomena--particularly the behaviour of birds and animals and the examination of their entrails and other parts, but also by scrutiny of man-made objects and situations. The term derives from the official Roman augurs, whose constitutional function was not to foretell the future but to discover whether or not the gods approved of a proposed course of action, especially political or military. Two types of divinatory sign, or omen, were recognized: the most important was that deliberately watched for, such as lightning, thunder, flights and cries of birds, or the pecking behaviour of sacred chickens; of less moment was that which occurred casually, such as the unexpected appearance of animals sacred to the gods--the bear (Artemis), wolf (Apollo), eagle (Zeus), serpent (Asclepius), and owl (Minerva), for instance--or such other mundane signs as the accidental spilling of salt, sneezing, stumbling, or the creaking of furniture.
There is an anceint form of magic, in which the wizard make a vertically cut on a victims stomach, to spill the internals. Then the wizard sticks his hands into the victims internals and asks a question. Usually you can only receive a yes or no from the question, but sometimes you can receive a name. It is only possible to ask one question before the victim dies. Of course this is outlawed seeing as how you must kill the victim to get any information.
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Taurus is a zodiacal constellation that contains the Pleiades and Hyades and is represented pictorially by a bull's forequarters. It is the second sign of the zodiac in astrology. The traditional character traits are Patient and reliable:
Warmhearted and loving
Persistent and determined
Placid and security loving
Jealous and possessive
Resentful and inflexible
Self-indulgent and greedy
No other sign in the zodiac is closer to earth then Taurus. The main objective in leading a Taurean life is primarily (though not entirely) to maintain stability and physical concerns. Your inner spiritual sense longs for earthly harmony and wholesomeness. When you fully understand this, and work toward this end, you will no longer need to blindly reassure yourself with external possessions and comforts. A realization that finding this inner peace will cause all of the above mentioned positive things will overtake you and your life will be very full.
Ultimately the Taurean needs to discover their truest, deepest and highest values. When they know what is truly valuable, they are no longer chained to people and to things that have to do with lesser values. The greatest indication of value to a Taurean is beauty, which cannot be owned, only appreciated.
People under the Taurus sign tend to like stability, being attracted, things natural, time to tonder, and comfort and pleasure. They tend to dislike disruption, being pushed too hard, synthetic or "man made" things, being rushed, and being indoors.
On December 14, 1503 in St. Remi, France, Michel de Nostredame was born. The first son of Jewish parents, forced by the Inquisition to convert to Catholicism, would become a skilled physician but would gain renown during his lifetime and beyond as a seer of the future.
Growing up he spent much of his time learning languages, math, astronomy, and astrology from his grandfather, Jean. Later he attended the University at Avignon where he studied liberal arts. Afterwards, he graduated from the medical school at the University of Montpellier and began a private practice where he succeeded at treating plague victims in Montpellier and the surrounding areas.
Around 1534 he married and began a family. Tragically, the plague which he had been so successful in treating previously took the lives of his wife and two children. (The names of his wife and children are not known)
Distraught and pursued by the Inquisition, Nostradamus packed his bags and traveled throughout Italy and France for the next six years.
He eventually settled down in the town of Salon, France in 1554 where he married his second wife, Anne Ponsart Gemelle, with whom he raised six children - three boys and three girls.
It was during this time that he began his career as a prophet. In 1555, at the age of 52, he wrote his first collection of Centuries - a set of 100 quatrains. Over the next several years he would complete a total of 10 Centuries.
In 1564 Nostradamus was appointed Royal Physician to King Charles IX.
On July 1, 1566 Nostradamus offered his final prediction to his priest. In response to the priest's farewell of "Until tomorrow," Nostradamus is said to have answered: "You will not find me alive at sunrise."
Nostradamus died that night.
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