HOW TO USE THIS PROPHETIC COIN OF THE DEAD
- This can be used by one person or a group, day or night. It can be used any time of the year. Before you start, it might be a good idea for each participant to decide if they want an answer from just one table or all four. That way if you’re consulting it as a group, everybody knows who’s sitting which round out.
- You need to set the intention by reciting something like the following: Beloved Dead, in hearts still dear, come to (this person/these people) seated here. To hear from you is our/my only request. Please render the answer(s) you think best.
- The nine number cards should be mixed around face-down on the table-top, then still face-down, assembled into a 3-card by 3-card square on the table top, and the cards should be arranged in a tight square, as close together as possible without overlapping. This should be done each time it is used, in order to assure the complete randomness of the answer.
- Each answer table represents a different sort of question: Do you have any advice for me? Do you have a message for me? What personal quality do you like about me? What do you see as my destiny? For whatever answer table is being consulted for the round, each person should ask the relevant question aloud (Do you have any advice for me? Do you have a message for me? Etc.) before they drop the coin on the cards.
- The coin should be dropped from a height of 6 to 8 inches/1.5 to 2 decimeters above the center card in the square. Drop it on its edge, so it has an even chance of landing heads or tails. Traditionally in the Prophetic Coin, if it lands on two or more cards, you’re supposed to consider it a ‘fail’ and try dropping the coin again. I say consider one of two possibilities—either this is a question where the dead have more than one answer for you, or it’s a question they don’t want to answer for you in this case. This is where your intuition may need to come in. Check which number-cards the coin landed on, as well as which side of the coin. Read those answers from the relevant table; do both answers make sense? Do they feel true? If so, then an amalgamation of those answers is indeed what the dead intended. If none of the cards the coin landed-on makes sense, feels right or sounds like you, then it may be a question the dead simply don’t want to answer in your case. You may make another attempt to drop the coin, but if the coin again lands on more than one card and the answers don’t make sense to you, then you may need to give it a rest and move on to another question.
- When you’re done, it’s only polite to thank the dead for answering your questions. You can recite something like the following: Beloved dead, our questions are done, and now it’s time for us to run. Thank you for answering our questions here, and letting us know you hold us dear. Then put the Prophetic Coin of the Dead kit away. A special folder kept for this purpose would be a good idea. The closing recitation and putting the Prophetic Coin of the Dead away sends the clear message you’re done, so the spirits don’t have to hang around. Unless they want to.
- At any time, participants can consult the Dodecahedron of the Dead if they wish to know who is answering their questions. They can assemble it into a 3D shape and roll it like a die, or they can leave it flat and drop the coin on it. Simply ask, ‘who is giving me this answer?’ If, after a try or two, the coin doesn’t land on anything, or the dodecahedron rolls off the table, assume the spirit wishes to remain anonymous and leave it at that.