As you can see from the example above, if you are going to practice lexigramancy, either alone or in a group, you have to prepare yourself for the possibility that upsets, hard feelings and arguments may result from it. Lexigramancy is based on the belief that words, names and phrases contain within them truths about the people and concepts they represent, and the word TRUTH, when lexigrammed, contains the word HURT. If you practice lexigramancy in a group, it might be a good idea to remind participants of this before you begin.
A final word of caution: lexigramancy can be quite addicting, and you run the risk of having your world-view challenged—or changed–doing it. Once you start lexigramming, you may want to try it with almost every intriguing word, name or phrase you encounter in order to discover its inner secrets. You may get so good at this, you could lexigram in your head. Lexigramancy can put you in a superior position whenever a certain topic or person comes up, because you’ve lexigrammed them and know their secrets. The down side of it is, what you discover can also make you angry or start an argument (see contraception/abortion example above).
EXERCISES:
For this exercise, print out several copies of the lexigramancy worksheets below. You may want to save it to a computer or USB drive, photocopy or print it out and use it until you get better at lexigramming and know its rules by heart.
1. Lexigram your own full name. If you have a short name like James Foy or Claire Lune, this will be a brief exercise, and it won’t tell you much. All that means is you don’t want to be easily known by others.
2. Lexigram the full names of your family and friends.
3. Lexigram the name of the school you attend or the organization you work for.
4. Then lexigram a current event, social issue, or person in the news which interests you. 5. Look over the worksheets for the people, places and subjects you’ve lexigrammed. Did it reveal things about the subject which you already know? Did it contain things about them that you didn’t know? Store the worksheets and re-visit them another time. Have any of the words you uncovered in their name come to make more sense?
Oh, and the words I came up with for ‘Planned Parenthood’ above? Below is the sheet of sentences I devised from those words:
Hey Euphonia thanks for connecting me to Lexigram Divination. I am a huge fan of Linda Goodman. I have read her book Star Signs where she has devoted a entire chapter to Lexigrams. I came across this post by googling the word Lexigram Divination. Please post some more on Lexigramming. I am very much into occult arts and divination stuff. If you have read Star Signs by Linda Goodman you will understand what I mean. Awaiting your reply.
Now there’s an idea! I’ve done a yes-and-no stones(Urim and Thumin) deep-dive on one subject; why not a deep-dive on someone’s (or something’s) name? Thank you for that future column idea. I did read Linda Goodman’s Star Signs years ago, and my paperback copy sits on a shelf in my study, though I haven’t looked at it in a while. She has some interesting insights into the meanings of various numbers. Thank you for visiting my blog!
I have that book by Linda Goodman myself. Hmmm…perhaps lexigramming the names of people in the news, or pending legislation, might yield some interesting insights…I’ll have to think about this.