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To: alt.divination,alt.tarot,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.philosophy.taoism From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Subject: Re: Mah Jongg Divination Date: 27 Apr 1996 10:23:02 -0700 kaliyuga 49960427 jamie@cs.sfu.ca (Jamie Andrews): |>49960413 | ^ Shouldn't this be a "5"? 4996th year (Western 1996) |>I have wondered when popular games would begin inspiring |>divination devices. | In fact, the Mah Jongg tiles have been used for divination |for centuries. The symbols on them come from ancient Chinese |systems of mystical knowledge, and they were used for obtaining |answers from the gods before they were used in games. This from |"The World Atlas of Divination", ed. John Matthews, Headline, 1994. Excellent! Thank you for bringing this to our attention. |The author of the Mah Jongg chapter (Derek Walters) gives |a brief description of the traditional divination system. Is it possible that, since it comes out of a single source, he is making it all up? I have *never* heard of Mah Jongg being used in this way and I'm surprised, given the popularity of I Ching, that many other systems would be used, especially of gaming tools. | Of course Tyagi already knew this, and was just trying |to throw us off with the comment above. :) False. |>I love the sound of the tiles clicking, tho. Very |>like bones in the wind. |Apparently it is called "the twittering of the sparrows" in Chinese. Folklorically significant. tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com nagasiva
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