Divination
Practice · Sufism · 1400
Fal-e Hafez
Persian Divination with the Divan of Hafiz
The living Persian tradition of consulting the poetry of Hafiz for spiritual guidance.
What it isPractitioners make a silent intention, recite a prayer, and open the Divan of Hafiz at random, interpreting the resulting ghazal as an inspired message from the Lisan al-Ghayb (Tongue of the Unseen).
The FindingPoetry serves as a bridge between the subconscious heart and transcendent divine guidance.
Person · Modern Currents · 1982
Ralph Blum
1932–2016 CE
American author who popularized modern rune-casting and introduced the blank rune in 1982.
Who they wereBlum created a bestselling cultural phenomenon with The Book of Runes, packaging ceramic tiles with an I Ching-inspired psychologized divination system, inventing the Blank Rune without historical Scandinavian precedent.
The FindingModern esoteric innovations often acquire immense popular authority independent of their historical origins.
Book · Modern Currents · 1982
The Book of Runes (1982)
Ralph Blum (1982)
The influential 1982 boxed manual that reimagined Elder Futhark runes for personal oracle consultation.
SignificanceBlum presented runes as a self-help psychological oracle for the spiritual warrior, restructuring historical rune-names and introducing an unwritten 25th blank tile as the unknowable divine source.
The FindingAncient symbols are continually repurposed by modern seekers into reflective mirrors for self-inquiry.