This is another little gem I came across while perusing ‘Grand Orient’s’ A Manual of Cartomancy. What makes this a ‘universal oracle’ is that all the answers are yes, no, or conditional answers. The author, Grand Orient, states from the beginning, “It should be understood that I do not put forward the method of this oracle as a very serious system of divination. It rather belongs to the order of diversion.” This sounded much like one of the standard disclaimers which card readers and psychics on YouTube are obligated to say when they make a prediction. They are obligated to state that their predictions are ‘For Entertainment Purposes Only,’ and not to be taken as a serious source of information.
Having looked it over, I admit this is very much one of those divination tools which could double as a party game, if you choose to use it that way. But if you approach this tool in a spirit of sincerity, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work as a serious divination tool, provided you accept of its built-in limitations, the limitations being it comes with a limited number of questions and answers. I’ll get more into the author’s reasoning about this tool and what constitutes ‘occult’ at the end of this lesson. For now, let’s get into…