This small, 20 page chapbook-style booklet by New Orleans artist Skully Elly (Reverend Elissa Maistros), describes a simple bone reading method using 9 pieces. It used to be available with a set of bones, that you can see here, but [...]
Hands of various types are readily available and can make an interesting addition to a bone set. I prefer hands where the two sides are easily distinguishable, but whether you need two sides or not depends on how you plan [...]
This bone reading set set is by Bones to Pick. It has several beautiful, and harder to get pieces such as a human phalange, stallion canine tooth, and fossil mammoth ivory. Because I already have a bone set I asked [...]
My last post was about methods of casting a reading for the year. Let's try one of them for the month of January. For this sample I just grabbed a handful of bones out of a basket. Here is what I [...]
There are a few ways that you can approach doing a reading for the coming year, whether for yourself or others. The most simplest and most straightforward way would be to simply do a throw asking about 2016 in [...]
I use a couple of pieces to represent healing. One I touched on in this blog post - the broken and healed Possum rib bone. The Possum bone represents a hurt from the past that has already healed. I also [...]
I use Hoyt's Cologne almost daily. If I am reading for someone in person I have the client blow their question into the bones three times. I believe this allows the bones to pick up their "scent" or energy. When [...]
African Porcupine Quills I use a pointer when I am doing a bone reading. A pointer is useful to highlight what you are referring to in a reading, and for gently moving pieces out of the way when [...]
I have a lion's bone in each of my sets. I use this bone to represent the qualities that are generally associated with the lion - courage, pride, and ferocity. All noble qualities, unless taken too far. Then courage [...]
I have a small ceramic bowl in my set to represent a need. If the bowl is open side up it indicates that something is needed. If it is with another piece, the other piece tells what is needed. If [...]
