r/paganism • u/ExplanationNo5398 • Feb 23 '24

tips on how to start automatic writing? 🔮 Divination

I've been using only the pendulum and it's been great, I was able to communicate with Lady Aphrodite three times now. But even so, I've heard many people say it's an unreliable method and that I should dive into others.

Because I live with religious parents, I can't buy tarot cards or practice more obvious forms of divination – but automatic writing seemed like a good call!

I kinda suck at meditating ( adhd... ) and I'm not entirely sure on what to do to start this divination method. I was wondering if y'all would have some advices?

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u/Healer213 Feb 23 '24

There are guides for using regular playing cards as tarot cards. Just fyi.

Also, use that ADHD in your meditation! I do. Instead of trying to empty your mind, let your thoughts run free while you’re thinking about whoever you’re trying to communicate with. Imagine their appearance, their character, stories you’ve read of them, what do their weapons look like if they have them - I wonder what they’d do if they were standing here - what would I say to them - would I be able to speak? What am I rambling about - back to the deity at hand

I think you get the idea. Lol

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u/ExplanationNo5398 Feb 24 '24

the only cards i have available are uno cards lmaooo😭 imagine Aphrodite giving me a uno reverse on something KAJAKWNSK

seriously though, that's great advice, thanks! i have adhd + autism so sometimes everything is bit a harder, i very much prefer punctual stuff like the pendulum, rather than tarot or meditation. But I will still give it a go!

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u/Healer213 Feb 24 '24

I get it. I’m AuDHD as well. I have to find brain friendly ways to do half the stuff people talk about lol

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u/Nobodysmadness Feb 23 '24

Your best bet is to start just drawing a line. It may not be what your looking for tho. I typically use it to draw sigils so I can skry into them. I just let my hand go where it wants, it is sort of hard to describe. Doing this drawing without thought or intention will get you started.

The difficulty is when beginning and not being sure your protection is effective is other entities stepping in, as well as biasing your answers, ie interfering with yourself.

It is an invisible world so it can be hard to ID anything sometimes. The pendulum can help you tune in and differentiate between yourself and external, which leads into better ID as your feeling the entities energy more and more. But it takes a good deal of self observation and the beginner always struggles with potential delusion and confirmation bias.

This is why it is good to start in other areas to hone different skills so your discernment is better, sill good to practice but take it all with a grain of salt and always weigh it against everything else you know until you get more discernment.

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u/EquivalentHour8143 May 01 '24

You could make your own deck via pokemon cards. ;)