The Five Elements of Divination

The Five Elements of Divination

The Five Elements of Divination
The Five Elements of Life are:
Earth        Water         Fire          Air            Ether

Each element has an associated method of observational/sensory divination
 
Geomancy - divination by means of earth, patterns of landscape, sand and stone  EARTH
 
Hydromancy - divination by means of water and its movements       WATER
 
Pyromancy  - divination by means of fire or flames     FIRE
 
Aeromancy - divination by interpreting atmosphere and sky conditions      AIR
 
Alveromancy  - divination by means of sounds and noises     ETHER

​Geomancy
 Direct communication with the living breathing being of the earth.  Observing the ley of the land, the topography, the geology, the geopathic stress conditions, the patterns and flows, openings and confluences.
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Geomancy explores the realm where human consciousness meets and dialogues with the Spirit of the Earth. It empowers the harmonious interaction between person and place.
 
Geomancy is a complex art of interpretation and skill in recognizing patterns
with earth energies.  We include astronomical alignments, sacred sites, earth-based geometry, spirit realms, sacred mountains and stones, landscape and travel corridors as we seek ways of understanding.

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​Hydromancy 
 
Hydromancy involves the use of water to bring messages, visions, and information.
 
Water offers insight via color, ripples, waves, ebb and flow movements, rings (from dropped objects), reflections.  We communicate with the water element in many ways.
Sitting by a water body, stream pond, lake ocean and watching with all of your senses.  
 
Water is a conduit for the collective unconscious, the system that flows throughout all of creation, including our bodies. It’s a portal into collected wisdom, history and tapping into the patterns and dynamics to come. Water is the language of emotion and for this reason, it can provide powerful hits of information.

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Pyromancy  is divination with fire - divination by means of fire or flames.
Much inner wisdom can be accessed by sitting by a fire.  Gazing into the flames produces transcendent states.  
In our modern culture, we so easily produce fire – yet our ancestral memory runs deep when fire was considered “of the gods” (like from lightening from the sky gods) and beyond control. Fire was associated with a living being--it ate, breathed, grew, decayed, and died. Ancients believe fire to have been “the most holy spirit” from which all life was born, and was used as a central icon in many rituals.

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Aeromancy
Aeromancy is divination conducted by interpreting atmospheric conditions. 
Aeromancy uses cloud formations, wind currents and cosmological events. 
 
There are sub-types of this practice such as: 
 ~ Austromancy - wind divination
 ~ Nephomancy - cloud divination
 ~ Anemoscopy - ancient practice studying speed, direction, and sound of wind
 ~ Ceraunoscopy - observing thunder& lightning
 ~ Chaomancy - aerial vision
 ~ Meteormancy - meteors and shooting stars

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​Alveromancy
Alveromancy is the practice of using sounds for divination.
 
The forms of divination by means of sounds and noises.  The ancient Egyptians believed sound was a direct channel between humanity and the gods.  
 
There are many methods and forms of Alveromancy.  Listening to the sound of the waves in the sea, of the wind that blows, of the echo in the mountains, of birds whistling or singing, the movement and sound of the foliage in the trees, seashells placed to the ear, etc.