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Types of Pokemancy
Recommended reading before diving into this article:
An argument for Pokemancy & why it makes sense in the modern occult community
Before I begin discussing the different types of Pokemancy, I am going to refresh everybody on a few definitions:
Pokemancy is a form of divination that is practiced by using Pokemon in ANY form to produce messages, advice, and possible divine future events.
Divination the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means. Divination, or “to be inspired by a god”, is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual.
Divination comes in many forms, and as such, so does Pokemancy. Below I am going to offer a list of the different types of Pokemancy that can be used. This is not a complete list; it will continue to grow and develop as different practitioners advance the development of Pokemancy.
TCG Cartomancy: Probably the most widespread type of Pokemancy; it is the use of Pokemon TCG cards in order to divine messages. This is comparable to tarot, oracle and lenormand. Like a tarot reading, the person interprets the cards that are pulled for the reading in order to deliver the message to the querent (person receiving the reading). TCG Cartomancy decks can be put together using any of the thousands of Pokemon cards in circulation, the sky is the limit with what you put into your deck. Energy cards, trainer cards and stadium cards can also be used!
Even the coins used in the TCG can be utillized! If you don’t have time to sit down for a complex reading, or if you just need an answer of ‘yes’ or ‘no’, go ahead and flip one of those coins. Likewise, heads represents ‘yes’ and tails represents ‘no’.
Unown Glyphs: Developed by Ursah Bee, this is comparable to using a bag of runes. Making your own set of runes is a historically well-known system. When making a set of Unown Glyphs, the practitioner takes all of the variation of Unown and carves them into different mediums, such as: bone beads, wooden discs, clay discs, or anything else that is easy to carry around in a bag.
By following the link provided for Ursah Bee, you can read her correspondence chart for the Unown Glyphs.
Pokedex Bibliomancy is similar to standard bibliomancy, which is the practice of foretelling the future or receiving advice by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, except it is used with the Pokedex! Simple open up the Pokedex in your game, close your eyes, and scroll through the Dex until you feel the urge to stop. Open your eyes, click on the entry given, and read the text associated with the Pokemon that you landed on.
This can also be done with the printed versions of the Pokedex that are published through Scholastic. My recommendation is the Super Deluxe Essential Handbook: The Need-to-Know Stats and Facts on Over 800 Characters. Any handbook works though! I still have my original handbook from the days of Red and Blue, and works just as fine.
Pokemon Augury: Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed behavior of birds. When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as “taking the auspices”. Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable. -Augury Wikipedia
Likewise, omens can be read the very same way with Pokemon. How, you may ask? By booting up any Pokemon video game and running into the wild to encounter a wild Pokemon! Simply relax and enter a state of mind where you wish to receive messages, and roam around the wild areas, taking note of what Pokemon appear to you. This can be especially magical when doing this in Pokemon Sword and Shield and Pokemon GO, with the presence of Pokemon in the over world. However, this is effective for ANY game. This is a very accessible way for people to practice Pokemancy and divination who are still in the broom closet.
Don’t have a Pokemon game? Have no fear, you can practice this right here on Tumblr! Simply install New xKit and use the Pokes extension! Scroll down your dashboard and take a look at what pops up!
Pokemon Augury is even seen directly in the Pokemon anime. When Ash saw Ho-Oh in the very first episode, he interpreted the sighting of the legendary Pokemon as hope and encouragement, a blessing for his Pokemon journey.
Are there any forms of Pokemancy that you use, but you don’t see it in this article? Send me an Ask, and share your practice here!
Inktober 2018 : Day 25 - ink and water Augury is the practice of divining the future from the flight of birds. I have still been doing these, I’ve just been away from my scanner again! I don’t think I’ve ever been this busy during Inktober, I can count on one hand the number of full days off I’ve had this month. I’ve had to scrap some really nice ideas because I just didn’t have enough time to get them done. TT_TT
On my way out this morning, I saw a swan swoop down and bully two geese out of the canal lock
On my way back home, I saw a heron standing watchful over the empty lock, and a goose on the towpath with a fuzzy gosling tucked under its wing
Bird augury side of tumblr, what do these omens signify?