The need for patience cannot be too
strongly impressed upon those who are
beginning to learn the language of
tea-leaves. Some of the most interesting
symbols are very minute, and will certainly
be missed by the seer who is in a hurry.
When tea-leaf reading is indulged in merely
as an amusement to while away a few moments
after a meal, a hasty glance at the cup, or
cup and saucer, will suffice. The seer will
just note the chief features, such as a
journey, a letter, a parcel, or news of a
wedding, and pass on to the next cup. But
this is far from being a really interesting
method of divination by tea-leaves, wherein
so much knowledge is to be found, and so
much useful information gained.
Those who closely study this fascinating
subject will certainly be well rewarded by a
deep personal interest, in addition to the
pleasure they give to others.
It is wonderful how rapidly converts are
made to this form of divination. Some who in
the past have been heard scornfully to
assert that they "have no belief in
tea-leaves," become the most regular
inquirers. Moreover, these skeptics have
proved to be very efficient students.
There is always a satisfaction in persuading
another to one's own point of view. The more
obstinate the opposition, the more glorious
the final conquest!
It is a rare occurrence nowadays to meet
with three people in the course of a day,
and not to find that one at least is deeply
interested in fortune-telling in some of its
various forms.
Quite recently I had a letter from a girl
who has gone on a visit to British Columbia,
asking me if I would "do the cards" for her,
as she could not find anyone in her vicinity
who was particularly good at divination. She
went on to say that "there is a perfect rage
for fortune-telling out here, and everyone
is keen on it." Another instance of this
universal popularity was given to me by a
friend who had recently been to America. She
was amazed at the numbers of women whom she
saw absorbed in the reading of their
tea-cups each day of the voyage.
The male sex holds aloof and leaves us to
"perform these follies." Some ascribe it to
man's superiority. Or as briefly summed up
by a delightful member of their sex, who
when declaiming against the possibility of
the future being made visible, said, "With
all apologies to you, I must say I am not so
profoundly stupid as to believe in these
things; it cannot be anything more than
rot."
It is remarkable how such protests die away
when clairvoyant evidence, either by cards,
tea-leaves, or other means, has accurately
predicted some event of the distant future
that at the time appeared absurd and
impossible of happening.
Woman may lawfully claim superiority with
regard to her intuitive faculty, and thus
she is well equipped for exercising her
divinatory powers.
Who need be dull or bored when the language
of symbolism remains to be learned? Perhaps
I should say, studied; for completely
learned it can never be, seeing that fresh
events are constantly occurring in the
world, and new symbols appear representing
each.
There are few things more fascinating than
personal discovery, and those who become
students of divination by tea-leaves, or
cards, may safely be promised a taste of
this pleasing sensation of achievement. It
is limited to the few to discover the
marvels of radium, or the discomforts of the
South Pole, but a fragment of their glory is
shared by those who find new evidence of the
far-reaching knowledge of symbolism.
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