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Culture Presentation Fortune Telling. Turkish department Daphne Pai. Warm Up. Have you ever been crazy for reading Daily Star Signs on the magazine, newspapers or the Internet? Have you ever played Tarot ?
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Culture PresentationFortune Telling Turkish department Daphne Pai
Warm Up • Have you ever been crazy for reading Daily Star Signs on the magazine, newspapers or the Internet? • Have you ever played Tarot? • Have you ever consulted (or considered to consult) fortune-tellers when being unable to make decisions?
What Is Fortune Telling? • Predicting the future • For an individual • Through mystical or supernatural means • Commercial gain
Development • Prestigious position • Heretical practice • Advertised business
Methods of Fortune Telling • Astrology • Spirit Board (Ouija) • Pendulum Reading • Tasseography • Cartomancy ; Tarot • Crystal Gazing • Palmistry
Language • Mirror mirror on the wall • Fortune cookies • Hogwarts Subjects- Divination • He loves me… he loves me not • Comics
LanguageMirror on the wall • Fairy tale: Snow white • Mirror ≒ crystal ball • Stepmother • “Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
LanguageFortune cookies • In Chinese immigrant Society • From Japanese vs. from Chinese • Fake wisdom or vague prophecy • To read or not to read?
LanguageHogwarts Subjects - Divination • Optional subject • One of the most imprecise branches of magic • Hermione hates this subject Pro. Sybill Trelawney
LanguageHe loves me… he loves me not • a game of French origin • one person seeks to determine whether the object of his or her affection returns that affection or not
Bonus Oracle
THE END Thank you for listening!
References Contents: • Fortune telling. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune-telling • Divination. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination • Astrology. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology • Ouija. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija • Pendulum Dowsing - Easy To Learn Techniques. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://ezinearticles.com/?Pendulum-Dowsing:-Easy-To-Learn-Techniques&id=53587
References • Tasseography. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasseography • Cartomancy. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartomancy • Tarot. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot • Crystal gazing. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_gazing • Scrying. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrying • Chiromancy. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheiromancy#Hand_Shape
References • Snow White. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White • Fortune cookie. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_cookies • Hogwarts subjects.Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts_Subjects • He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_loves_me%2C_he_loves_me_not
References Pictures: (in order) • In slide 1. http://www.ephmra.org/pdf/Presentation%202%20-%20Kim%20Slocum.pdf • In slide 3. www.luckymojo.com/true-fortune-teller.jpg • In slide 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune-telling http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/7/7/0/3/WitchBurnStakeBritain-e.jpg • In slide 6. http://mercedesrules.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/astrology.jpg http://mercedesrules.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/astrology.jpg http://apotelesmatics.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/large-planet-big.jpg
References • In slide 7. http://www.followspirit.ca/Reading%20by%20Karen%20and%20Koos.jpg http://www.oxfordstudent.com/article_images/148/6438/ouija.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:D056449.png • In slide 8. http://www.cassandraeason.co.uk/images/crystal_pendulum_dowsing.jpg http://www.magicalentertainment.com/graphics/Mind%20Magic/Pendulum.jpg http://jeanettekumara.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/reading_cover.jpg • In slide 9. http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9505/teacupreadingkk3.jpg http://www.inthetealeaves.com/USERIMAGES/tea.jpg • In slide 10. http://www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/learning_the_tarot_a_free_online_course.jpg http://www.newagestore.com/cartomancy/cartomancy_full.gif http://www.newagestore.com/cartomancy/cartomancy_lo.gif
References • In slide 11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Glaskugel_CrystalBall.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2006-01-14_Surface_waves.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Crystal_Ball.JPG • In slide 12. http://libraservices.biz/image-p186.jpg http://www.astrologicallyspeaking.com/Articleicons/palmistry.gif • In slide 14. http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2007/10/mirror-on-the-wall.jpeg • In slide 15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fortune_cookie_broken_20040628_223252_1.jpg • In slide 16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Trelawpoz.jpg • In slide 17. http://www.peiphotoclub.com/2007/He%20Loves%20Me%20He%20Loves%20Me%20Not.jpg
References • In slide 18. http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/f/fortune-teller.asp • In slide 20. http://www.jasonlove.com/cartoons/00314-daily-cartoons-self-help.gif