Part 1 the joker chapter 49 divination
As a “soothsayer” who had just entered the door of the occult, Klein didn’t dare to say that he knew a lot, but he certainly knew a lot more than ordinary people, and he knew that all kinds of divination could be categorized into three main groups according to a certain criterion.
And this standard is the source of “revelation”!
The first type of divination method includes tarot, poker, pendulum, divining rod and dream, etc., with the help of the “inquirer’s” own spirituality and the spirit world to communicate with the “revelation”, to interpret the results of the divination, but the pendulum and the divining rod are very demanding on the spirituality, on the spiritual body, and on the astral-spiritual body, not an extraordinary person. The requirements of the spiritual pendulum and the divining staff are very high, and it is impossible for those who are not extraordinary to obtain accurate and obvious “revelations”, while card divination uses the idea of providing fixed symbolic elements in advance, so that the “revelations” that ordinary people are ignorant of can be manifested, and the dream world is in between them.
The second method of divination includes spiritual numbers, astrology, and all their derivatives, in which the diviner calculates, surmises, and interprets the corresponding results by means of objective information supplied by the inquirer or by natural changes; the initiative does not lie with the inquirer, but with the diviner.
The third method of divination is to use the power of a third party other than the soothsayer and the inquirer. The Ouija boards and pen fairies that Klein knew in his past life belonged to this category, requesting an unknown, mysterious being to give the answer directly through certain rituals. Although the general public would most likely not be successful, if the unlikely eventuality occurs and communicates to a being that is full of malice or causes people to break down by just touching it, then it would often result in a tragic accident.
The “Magic Mirror Divination” mentioned by Haynes Vicente just now belonged to this kind of method – in the occult, the mirror was the doorway to the unknown, to the strange and to the spiritual world, so Klein stopped outside the conference room, intending to listen to what this famous So Klein stopped outside the conference room, intending to listen to what the famous soothsayer would say, in order to decide whether or not to inform the captain, in the middle of the night to go to the other side of the gas meter “copied”.
Of course, there is also a safe way to “Magic Mirror Divination”, that is, to pray to the seven orthodox gods for answers, even if it is very difficult for ordinary people to get the real “revelation”, but at least there will be no danger and after-effects.
On the other hand, the kind of “magic mirror divination” that is strictly controlled by the Night Watchers and the Substitute Punishers is to ask for the help of the evil gods or mysterious beings that certain organizations believe in, and in addition, it is not possible to make up something at random by oneself, as it is possible that a certain word or a certain trait has attracted the attention of the unknown.
In this world of extraordinary power, similar divination will always lead to the worst results, Klein even suspected that the original master and Welch, Naya, according to the notes of the Antigonus family, did a similar “black divination”.
At this time, Hainas also explained the principle of magic mirror divination to the five members and began to describe the specific process:
”First of all, according to their own belief in the deity, pick the appropriate date and time, which can be decided through the Astrological Handbook, for example, we all know that Sunday is the symbol of the Goddess of the Darkness, is the embodiment of the rest, and 2:00 to 3:00 a.m., 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. to 00:00 p.m., is the moon time, by the Goddess of the Darkness dominated, therefore , soothsayers who believe in the Goddess of Night can perform ‘Magic Mirror Divination’ during these hours on Sundays.”
The foundation is very solid Well …… Klein nodded slightly with the help of the cover of the half-hidden door of the conference room.
It had to be said that with the seven churches checking and balancing each other, some mystical knowledge did leak out, such as the Astrological Handbook which provided a lot of symbolic meanings, it’s just that without magical potions and extraordinary power, it’s almost impossible for an ordinary person to get the desired effect.
”Secondly, we carefully polish the mirror, which must be silver-plated, and place it in a position in the house that symbolizes the moon ……,” Hynes demonstrated with the prop in his hand.
No, what is needed at this time is the “Spiritual Pendulum Method”, first choose a location, in the heart of the “here is suitable for magic mirror divination” seven times, and then look at the direction of rotation of the pendant, clockwise is correct, counterclockwise is wrong … … …Of course, if you are praying to a malicious, unknown, mysterious being, the location is not the key, but whether or not K is interested is the key …… Klein corrected silently.
At this point, he had the feeling that he was the listening teacher ……
Hainas Vansant could not hear what was in Klein s mind and spoke in a normal tone, detailing the preparations beforehand.
Waiting for the members to write down their notes, he continued his explanation:
”After completing your bath, make sure the curtains are all drawn and the door to your room is unlocked and tightly closed, next, light a candle, place it in front of a mirror and pray reverently to the deity you believe in, keep the questions as simple as possible and don’t use complicated modifiers …… After praying seven times, pick up your mirror and drop it gently on the floor, it must be very gently …… Remember the brokenness, it is a revelation given by the deity …… I will be specific about a few of the main symbols.”
Phew, this is the orthodox “magic mirror divination”. Klein breathed a sigh of relief, slowly walked into the conference room, sat down in the previous position, and finished the remaining bit of Southwell coffee in one gulp.
The so-called “orthodox” means that you can get a revelation, but it’s basically impossible to really interpret it.
If the “extraordinary” receive a response during this step, they will be able to see a certain image directly from the mirror and get a clearer message!
Because of the many symbols formed after the shattering, Heiners spoke for a long time, until Edward Steve helped people finish divination, back to the meeting room, he has not yet wrapped up.
Klein did not ask Edward what he had divined and what method he had used, this belonged to the unwritten rules among diviners, and of course he, who was playing the role of “diviner”, had to strictly abide by them, unless the other party took the initiative to mention it.
”I find that many times our readings are too vague, seeming to cater to different needs so that different people can find perseverance and their own descriptions in the readings.” Edward took a sip of his Sibel black tea and sighed in a low voice, “For example, there are many ups and downs, too much doom and gloom, but eventually you will see the light, heh, who knows when the light will come, for example, you’re not having too good of a journey, but you’ll surely arrive alive, and hey, the dead won’t be able to come back at me.”
Since he didn’t listen from the beginning, he ignored Haynes’ “Magic Mirror Divination Course”
”Survivor bias.” Klein added with a smile.
The rough meaning of survivor bias was that many statistics tended to come only from the living, surviving people, ignoring the dead, and the results would be significantly skewed.
”Yes, Roselle the Great is truly a philosopher.” Edward exclaimed in admiration.
…… Klein picked up his coffee cup without the coffee and pretended to take a sip.
Throughout the afternoon, the members were immersed in astrolabe and magic mirror divination, and occasionally came over to discuss with Klein and Edward.
And at such times, Klein did his duty as an unofficial member of the Night Watchman Squad, trying hard to steer them away from thoughts that might involve the extraordinary, the dangerous.
However, he failed to succeed in what he most wanted to do, and several inquirers came and went without picking him to help with the divination.
”Perhaps I shall have to take it upon myself to ‘entertain’ next time, with a few ‘You are jinxed,’ ‘You will have misfortune of late,’ ‘Nothing will go well for you’? No, that’s not like a soothsayer anymore ……” Thinking about this, Klein couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh to himself.
He took his cane, stood up, and excused himself.
At five-thirty, Edward Steves put on his coat and was about to walk out of the Divination Club when he suddenly saw a familiar figure.
”Good afternoon, Gracias, long time no see.” He greeted with a smile, only to see that his friend, who shared the same hobby, was dressed in his usual formal attire with a black bow tie, while a pair of monocles dangled from his breast pocket.
Immediately afterward, he noticed that the other man’s face looked rather bad, and even his soft yellowish hair showed signs of dryness.
”Good afternoon, Edward …… cough.” Grassis, hat in hand, suddenly put his fist against his mouth and coughed a few times.
Edward was concerned:
”You seem to be ill?”
”A very serious illness, it even turned into pneumonia before, if it wasn’t for the fact that my wife just happened to meet a powerful pharmacist who gave me some magical potions, I’m afraid you’d have to go to the cemetery before you’d be able to see me.” Grassis’ tone was full of hindsight and celebration.
”Lord, I can’t believe it; you were so healthy before, and lo and behold, you are so weak now! I remember divining you last week, and there was no indication that you were going to get seriously ill.” Edward moved his cane and exclaimed in surprise.
”My own divination results were the same as those you gave; perhaps we are not quite qualified diviners, and, and ……” Grassis suddenly remembered Monday’s events, and his expression became unusually grave.
Just then, the pretty lady Angelica greeted her and saluted with a gentle smile.
After exchanging greetings, she first paid attention to Grassis’ health and offered some advice before casually mentioning it:
”Mr. Grassis, that Mr. Moretti who came to you for divination last time has also joined the club.”
”The one who came to me for divination last time?” Grassis’s eyes glowed for a moment, “Lord, where is he?”
”He has left.” Neither Angelica nor Edward could understand Grassis’ unusual reaction.
Grassis paced two steps agitatedly:
”If I’m not at the club the next time he comes, please be sure to ask when he’ll be back!”
”Grassis, what’s going on? Has that Mr. Klein Moretti done something to you?” Edward asked suspiciously.
Grassis raised his arms, looked directly into Edward and Angelica’s prying eyes, and answered in an agitated tone:
”He is a very, very, very amazing ……”
Waving his arm down, Gracias, who had used three “very” words in a row, said aloud:
”Doctor!”