Use String Divination For Inspiration
Ancient cultures from around the world have looked to nature; the stars, clouds, rocks, trees and animals for insight and inspiration. Many cultures have developed casting tools using shells, seeds, stones, sticks or bones. Today most people recognize systems such as the Egyptian Tarot, Chinese I Ching and the Scandinavian Runes.
In the Hawaiian language Kaula means rope, cord, string. A similar word Kaula Kane spoken with a different intonation means prophet, seer and Kaula Wahine means prophetess or priestess. Whether used for divination or for the development of creativity or imagination, the Kaula is a tool for accessing inner knowledge and Divine Inspiration.
This lens will ask you to Suspend Disbelief and explore the possibilities that the string can be used by Seers to explore the answers hidden within.
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In the Hawaiian language Kaula means rope, cord, string. A similar word Kaula Kane spoken with a different intonation means prophet, seer and Kaula Wahine means prophetess or priestess. Whether used for divination or for the development of creativity or imagination, the Kaula is a tool for accessing inner knowledge and Divine Inspiration.
This lens will ask you to Suspend Disbelief and explore the possibilities that the string can be used by Seers to explore the answers hidden within.
Other Lens by Heinani:
The Shaman Game of String Figures
My Neverending List of String Figure Books and DVDs
The Aloha Bracelet of Blessings
Dreamweavers String Figure Theater
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I Restore Harmony
A Healers Whisper
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Whispers of Aloha on Twitter
Oracles
Suspend Disbelief and Trust the Oracle
What I do with my hands forces you to pay attention."An oracle helps you to focus. It doesn't matter what device you use. If it gets your attention the chatter in your head quiets and you can listen. You are really listening to yourself, to what you already know. It's not so much about the future. It's more about what's inside."
Imaginative Play with String
String Doodle
The Kaula can be used with children to develop creativity and imagination. Stories can be told or written about the string pictures and the pictures can be reproduced by drawing or mounting the patterns on cardboard.
Take a 50" loop of nylon string. Nylon works best because of its flexibility. Hold the hanging loop in one hand above a surface. Drop the string and see the pattern.You can also make small changes in the pattern by pushing the string around with your finger until you get a picture that you like.
Don't forget to give your string picture a name.
Take a 50" loop of nylon string. Nylon works best because of its flexibility. Hold the hanging loop in one hand above a surface. Drop the string and see the pattern.You can also make small changes in the pattern by pushing the string around with your finger until you get a picture that you like.
Don't forget to give your string picture a name.
Influencing Healing
Interpreting string pictures can bring about insights and answers to problems. The string image opens up the pathway of communication between the conscious mind, the subconscious and the higher self. It unravels the blockage of old thought patterns, releasing you to new ways of looking at something. You have the power to interpret the string patterns anyway you want. Interpret it in the way that is the best for you because what you think will influence what happens. Intuitive and Spiritual Insights
Your Inner Psychic
Before dropping the string ask yourself a question. The subconscious works with the conscious mind and the string is dropped into a pattern that can be interpreted to give you answers about the past, present or future. Remember that the image gives you insights only about the probability of what is happening now. Answers are always about the present moment. Anything can be changed.
A String Ritual
Your Inner Oracle
Take a deep breath and relax. Ask for a picture or a symbol that will help you to understand a relationship in your life. It could be a relationship within yourself, with others or with the environment or things in your life. (For example, give me a symbol of my relationship to money.) Toss the string and study the string picture for meaning. Interpret the image as a symbolic answer to your question.It's simple... just try it!
Center yourself by doing some piko piko breathing (center to center). Inhale with your focus at the crown of your head. Exhale with your focus at your navel.
Focus on a relationship or a problem that you would like to have more insight on. It can be within yourself, with others or with the environment.
Drop the string loop and look at the pattern. Does the picture tell you anything?
For more clarity, keep changing the string pattern by slowly moving the string around until you get a message from the new string picture.
This Can Change
Change the pattern for more insight
Make changes in the string picture for more insights or for something different if there was something represented in the pattern that you did not like. "If fear comes up change the pattern until fear goes away. Changing the pattern changes something internal. Change the inner pattern that this outer thing is a reflection of." Take another deep breath and change the image until it feels good to you. Confidently affirm the change by saying: this is the way I want it to be. You can also ask questions in a different way to explore other avenues of thought.
No Words Needed
Interpretation does not have to be in words - Go inside and feel
Toss the string and make changes until it feels right to you. You do not have to interpret the meaning of the pattern in words. Tune into your body to see how it feels to you. String Play
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Variations for Asking Advice
The kaula can be tossed to answer yes and no questions. Determine ahead of time the response pattern (Example: if the answer is yes the string will fall to the right of a determined point. If the answer is no the string will fall to the left or count the number of times the string crosses over itself and determine that an even number is yes and a odd number is no).
Take a deep breath, relax and ask for advice on some matter (example: what is the best thing to do in this situation? Without looking, choose a colored string or run your fingers over the rainbow colored string until they stop.
The Advice Pattern (From Shaman Stones, Serge Kahili King)
White (Ike) = information source
Red (Kala ) = restriction/freedom
Orange (Makia) = confusion/focus
Yellow (Manawa) = weakness/energy
Green (Aloha) = anger/love
Blue (Mana) = fear/power
Violet (Pono ) = doubt/optimism
The advice is to reduce the first quality listed above for each color and to increase the second quality in any way you can.
Take a deep breath, relax and ask for advice on some matter (example: what is the best thing to do in this situation? Without looking, choose a colored string or run your fingers over the rainbow colored string until they stop.
The Advice Pattern (From Shaman Stones, Serge Kahili King)
White (Ike) = information source
Red (Kala ) = restriction/freedom
Orange (Makia) = confusion/focus
Yellow (Manawa) = weakness/energy
Green (Aloha) = anger/love
Blue (Mana) = fear/power
Violet (Pono ) = doubt/optimism
The advice is to reduce the first quality listed above for each color and to increase the second quality in any way you can.
Music for Divination
Journey with sound into psychic realms
Huna and String Divination
(Based on the Huna Philosophy as taught by Serge Kahili King)
Ike - The World Is What You Think It Is: Suspend disbelief. Be open to inspiration and new insights.
Kala - There Are No Limits: There is no separation between you, the string, and the universe. Changing the string pattern changes something inside of you and changes within are reflected in the image made by the string.
Makia - Energy Flows Where Attention Goes: Put your focus on what you want. Make changes in the string pattern to symbolize what you want to see happen.
Manawa - Now Is The Moment Of Power: Focus on the present moment. The string image is about the present moment. Anything can be changed.
Aloha - To Love Is To Be Happy With: If you don't feel happy about the string image or if fear enters into the picture. Change the pattern until the fear disappears or until it feels right to you.
Mana - All Power Comes From Within: You can interpret the string image in any way that you want.
Pono - Effectiveness Is The Measure Of Truth: Be open to new possibilities. The string pictures provide new information to your consciousness.
Kala - There Are No Limits: There is no separation between you, the string, and the universe. Changing the string pattern changes something inside of you and changes within are reflected in the image made by the string.
Makia - Energy Flows Where Attention Goes: Put your focus on what you want. Make changes in the string pattern to symbolize what you want to see happen.
Manawa - Now Is The Moment Of Power: Focus on the present moment. The string image is about the present moment. Anything can be changed.
Aloha - To Love Is To Be Happy With: If you don't feel happy about the string image or if fear enters into the picture. Change the pattern until the fear disappears or until it feels right to you.
Mana - All Power Comes From Within: You can interpret the string image in any way that you want.
Pono - Effectiveness Is The Measure Of Truth: Be open to new possibilities. The string pictures provide new information to your consciousness.
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What is the quipu or knotted cord?
A brief summary of the quipu or knotted cord
Knotted cords are found among many indigenous cultures. Each knot held information, much like the string figure patterns and their use in divination.
Quipu or khipu (sometimes called talking knots) were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region. A quipu usually consisted of colored spun and plied thread or strings from llama or alpaca hair. It also consisted of cotton cords with numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base ten positional system. Quipus may have just a few or up to 2,000 cords.
Quipu is the Spanish spelling and the most common spelling in English. Khipu () is the word for "knot" in Cusco Quechua (the native Inca language); the kh is an aspirated k. In most Quechua varieties, the term is kipu.
Knotted Cords
Articles, links and photos of knotted cords
- Modern Quipu
- How to make your own quipu
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- Inca Quipu
- Inca Statisticians
- Inca Quipu
- National Geographic Photo Gallery: Inca Culture--Quipus
- With no written language, the Inca used quipus (pictured)--system of knotted strings--to keep accounting records of people and goods in the Andes.
- QUIPU or khipu - old computer pictures from history photos on webshots
- QUIPU or khipu - old computer picture published by dcrrld
- Photo Archive
- Photo Archive
This archive includes photos of 20 quipus. For each of these quipus, the Databooks contain details of the current whereabouts of the quipu, cord position,cord colors, knot types and positions, cord length, observations, and other data. - KG_Berlin_General
- The Khipu Database Project Home What Is a Khipu?
- Inca Quipu - Picture - MSN Encarta
- Encarta
- Quipus: Definition with Quipus Pictures and Photos
- Definition of Quipus with photos and pictures, translations, sample usage, and additional links for more information.
- Quipu
- Quipu: A Modern Mystery
The Incas had a system of accounting that relied on the quipu. Cords of various colours were attached to a main cord with knots. The number and position of knots as well as the colour of each cord represented information about commercial goods and resources. - Quipus
- Academic and Education:Reference
- Quipu - Ancient Writing System of the Incas Quipu
- The quipu (also spelled khipu or quipo) is the only known precolumbian information system in South America.
- Quipus |
- Complete Manual to write with accuracy Quechua,Greek,English,Spanish languages by means of quipus.
- Code of the Quipu
- CODE OF THE QUIPU: DATABOOKS
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Just like the "Glass Bead Game" you start out with a topic and like the spiders web you reach out to the possible connections. My initial pivot was that string figures are a child's game. The threads then branched out to find that string figures are really much, much, more than a game played by children. You will find many threads to this topic, connecting the string to knotted cords and divination.
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p. 107 - The Pacific Islands
- Using the leaves of the coconut palm.
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- Imaginative Play with String
- The String
- Influencing Healing
- Intuitive and Spiritual Insights
- A String Ritual
- This Can Change
- No Words Needed
- String Play
- Variations for Asking Advice
- Music for Divination
- Huna and String Divination
- String, Divination and Knotted Cords on YouTube
- Writings of Serge Kahili King
- What is the quipu or knotted cord?
- Knotted Cords
- HEI Hawaiian String Figure DVD
- String Figure Store
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- String, Divination and Knotted Cords
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in reply to monarch13 Mahalo for your support and inspiration. Symbols are found everywhere we just need to pay attention.
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