Show and Tell: Blue Moon Hoodoo Bone Set
I found this set on Etsy in a shop called Blue Moon Hoodoo. At the time I found it they were selling both a 27 piece set and a 35 piece set. I bought the 35 piece set. When I last [...]
New Bone Bag
A few months ago I started seeing beautifully crafted leather bags in my Facebook timeline. They were being made by Jonathan E. Emmett. I finally decided to purchase one. When I contacted him he asked what I was looking for specifically [...]
Show and Tell: Professor Pam’s Beetle Bone Casting Cloth
I first saw this cloth somewhere on Facebook - sadly I don't remember just where. Always on the lookout for bone reading accoutrements, I decided to purchase one. It is cotton, and it measures 22" X 22". The pattern is [...]
Show and Tell: Front Porch Conjure “Bag of Bones” Bone Reading Set
I am always on the look out for bone reading sets to add to my small collection. I recently came across the Front Porch Conjure Bone Reading Set on Etsy. The set came bundled in a piece of white [...]
Show and Tell: Bone Casting Cloth and Casting Set from The Mystic Dream
The Mystic Dream has been mentioned here previously as a source for bone reading sets, though they don't carry them anymore. They have now developed a casting cloth that can be used for bone readings, and a casting kit that contains five [...]
Book: Casting Medicine Bones by Skully Elly
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 [...]
Show and Tell: Bone Reading Set by Bones to Pick
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 [...]
Pointers
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 [...]
The Lion Bone
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 [...]
You Need Something
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 [...]