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SilverTiger · 07-26-2011, 07:22 AM

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Before dealing with any of the answers she’d gotten in response to the last question she’d asked, Renée wanted to deal with Simon and his apparent confusion. Since obviously he didn’t remember fainting, it was going to take some careful explanation, or avoidance. “You slipped, Simon,” she said gently. It wasn’t entirely untrue, since he had slipped from his chair. She just didn’t particularly want to point out his fainting to the entire class, if they hadn’t already noticed it. “Do you feel okay with staying in class, or would you rather go visit Healer Moretti?” She could always send Lily a note, explaining that he’d fainted.

But back to the lesson, and she decided to start with those who hadn’t exactly answered her question. Their suggestions weren’t bad, just more directed toward ideas of books that could be used as opposed to known instances of them being used. For the most part. “Almanacs is more a book, or series of books, detailing the prophecies made by Nostradamus. I’d imagine it would be possible to attempt bibliomancy with them, but not necessary since the text already is predicting events and the like,” she replied to Louisa with a smile, before turning it to William, Isabelle and Savannah, as well as Simon yet again. “At least in theory, any book could be used when attempting bibliomancy. Historically, Homer actually has been a common author, in fact. Classical bibliomancy, as in ancient Greece and Rome, tended to go in one of two directions. They either used the Aeneid, by Virgil, or the Iliad and the Odyssey.” Indirectly, Savannah actually had hit on an answer she’d been trying to get. As well as several of the other students, who she then went on to address.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Sierra raised her hand. "There was once a poet by the name of Robert Browning who used Bibliomancy to find out if his relationship with some woman would work out. He chose a random book from the library, "Cerutti’s Italian Grammar" it was called," she explained. Nevermind how she knew that. In all honesty, though, she'd been bored last night after dinner and had actually read the chapter in lieu of going to sleep early. "So anyway, he let it randomly fall open, and he went straight to a sentence about loving someone for eternity."

Renée nodded at Sierra as she mentioned the story about Robert Browning. Probably one of the most commonly known examples of a historic use of bibliomancy. “Yes, there is a story that Robert Browning used bibliomancy to determine if he should pursue Elizabeth Barrett. That example also goes to show how literally any book can be used for bibliomantic purposes. One wouldn’t generally think a grammar text would accurately give you direction in your romantic life,” she responded. In fact, even Robert Browning hadn’t originally thought it would be useful. Anyone who studied the lives of poets knew it had been, however. At least in this case.

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Renée nodded again as Kurumi, Helena and Penny also offered ideas that worked in relation to the question that was asked. “Yes, bibliomancy often features in works of fiction,” she said with a smile. Of course, it sounded like Kurumi had been led to believe the story she’d heard wasn’t just fiction, but hopefully knowing it was would just help the girl feel better about it. “And these instances also continue to show that just about any book can be used in a Divinatory capacity, although in some cases it is taken to a bit of an extreme.” She wouldn’t recommend anyone using bibliomancy, or any form of Divination, to cover for nefarious dealings. Even if sometimes fate was cruel, there was always still free will to factor into the mix.

But now she figured was as good a time as any to continue the class discussion. As they needed to move on from Jules Verne, serial killers and Homer, at least somewhat. Moving toward the bookshelves again, she turned to regard the class once more with another smile. “Now that, I think, you’ve seen how any book can be used, I’m curious if any of you have an idea what book we could possibly use in class to see if we could use bibliomancy ourselves,” she said with a bit of amusement in her voice. “I’m not necessarily saying I’ll expect everyone to try, but just in case… If you could use any book for bibliomancy, what would it be?” Of course, there wasn’t any way she had every possible book in the classroom at one time. However, it could tell her a bit about the students, not to mention be fun if they in fact mentioned anything she had at the moment.

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SilverTiger Crumple-Horned Snorkack Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal sighs(GMT-8) Posts: 111,214 Hogwarts RPG Name: Giselle Barrington Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Teagan Kensington Slytherin Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arienne Morgenstern Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Simone Wild Slytherin Third Year x5 x3	Quick Quotes Quill, I didn't include your answer for being too close to that in wiki Shoe!Girl │ Rebel Ravie │ Confundus Queen │ RP Addict Text Cut: book suggestions Quote: Originally Posted by Magical Soul Louisa stared at the fainting boy with a jaw-dropped effect. She thought she was dramatic! Looked like a Huffie just beat her to it. Okay, back to the lesson, she raised her hand, "Does Almanacs book work, Professor?" She wasn't sure, "It is an ancient book written by a diviner. Or was it about the bibliomancy rather than a tool in the process?" >__< Quote: Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley William raised hid hand. " I beleive you could read a book on Astrology" William told the professor and the class. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Simon was awake suddenly on the floor, he had no idea what was going on or why he was on the floor, he was a bit confused about that the last thing he remembered was actually getting a question right, so why would he be on the floor. Simon looked at the Professor. "Professor Bishop, why am I on the floor?" Simon then half hear what she said, it had something to do with books. "Would you be able to use a children book?" Quote: Originally Posted by dragon_star "Shakespeare? Homer?" Savannah suggested. "And lots of other very famous writers?" She had lots of famous writers in mind that could be possibly used. Quote: Originally Posted by sarahb Isabelle thought quietly for a moment. Then raised her hand. "Professor, can't you also use poetry books or dictionaries," Isa replied to the question feeling she was correct. Before dealing with any of the answers she’d gotten in response to the last question she’d asked, Renée wanted to deal with Simon and his apparent confusion. Since obviously he didn’t remember fainting, it was going to take some careful explanation, or avoidance. “You slipped, Simon,” she said gently. It wasn’t entirely untrue, since he had slipped from his chair. She just didn’t particularly want to point out his fainting to the entire class, if they hadn’t already noticed it. “Do you feel okay with staying in class, or would you rather go visit Healer Moretti?” She could always send Lily a note, explaining that he’d fainted. But back to the lesson, and she decided to start with those who hadn’t exactly answered her question. Their suggestions weren’t bad, just more directed toward ideas of books that could be used as opposed to known instances of them being used. For the most part. “Almanacs is more a book, or series of books, detailing the prophecies made by Nostradamus. I’d imagine it would be possible to attempt bibliomancy with them, but not necessary since the text already is predicting events and the like,” she replied to Louisa with a smile, before turning it to William, Isabelle and Savannah, as well as Simon yet again. “At least in theory, any book could be used when attempting bibliomancy. Historically, Homer actually has been a common author, in fact. Classical bibliomancy, as in ancient Greece and Rome, tended to go in one of two directions. They either used the Aeneid, by Virgil, or the Iliad and the Odyssey.” Indirectly, Savannah actually had hit on an answer she’d been trying to get. As well as several of the other students, who she then went on to address. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Sierra raised her hand. "There was once a poet by the name of Robert Browning who used Bibliomancy to find out if his relationship with some woman would work out. He chose a random book from the library, "Cerutti’s Italian Grammar" it was called," she explained. Nevermind how she knew that. In all honesty, though, she'd been bored last night after dinner and had actually read the chapter in lieu of going to sleep early. "So anyway, he let it randomly fall open, and he went straight to a sentence about loving someone for eternity." Renée nodded at Sierra as she mentioned the story about Robert Browning. Probably one of the most commonly known examples of a historic use of bibliomancy. “Yes, there is a story that Robert Browning used bibliomancy to determine if he should pursue Elizabeth Barrett. That example also goes to show how literally any book can be used for bibliomantic purposes. One wouldn’t generally think a grammar text would accurately give you direction in your romantic life,” she responded. In fact, even Robert Browning hadn’t originally thought it would be useful. Anyone who studied the lives of poets knew it had been, however. At least in this case. Text Cut: more examples Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi thought for a moment and remembered a story that her brother, Junichiro, had told her when she was younger. Junichiro always hated the rainy day games they had played inside, Kurumi’s favorite being that they would turn to a random word in the dictionary, someone would read the definition, and then everyone would have to guess what the word was. Her father had come up with the idea as a means for them to practice their English, but Junichiro had never been one to study and had told her a terrible story. Kurumi hadn't been able to look at a dictionary for months. “I’ve heard stories about a serial killer named Dell who believes the dictionary is the most powerful book in the world. He would use the dictionary to guide all his actions.” Quote: Originally Posted by nogoodforyou "*There was this novel, The Moonstone," but Helena really couldn't remember the author; but that didn't actually matter at the moment, "in which the narrator kept practicing bibliomancy, using another muggle book, Robinson Crusoe." Well, after the last term's Muggle Studies lessons, Helena kept reading muggle books. Hehe. Quote: Originally Posted by Trish* Penny remembered something...putting her hand in the air again..."Professor there was a muggle writer called Jules Vern who wrote a fictional book about a guy who made another guy go blind by randomly pointing out a phrase in the 'Koran'..something about '"And he will no more see the things of this earth."' and the guy went blind". Thinking about it, Penny was sure she was right... but chances are she was wrong. Renée nodded again as Kurumi, Helena and Penny also offered ideas that worked in relation to the question that was asked. “Yes, bibliomancy often features in works of fiction,” she said with a smile. Of course, it sounded like Kurumi had been led to believe the story she’d heard wasn’t just fiction, but hopefully knowing it was would just help the girl feel better about it. “And these instances also continue to show that just about any book can be used in a Divinatory capacity, although in some cases it is taken to a bit of an extreme.” She wouldn’t recommend anyone using bibliomancy, or any form of Divination, to cover for nefarious dealings. Even if sometimes fate was cruel, there was always still free will to factor into the mix. But now she figured was as good a time as any to continue the class discussion. As they needed to move on from Jules Verne, serial killers and Homer, at least somewhat. Moving toward the bookshelves again, she turned to regard the class once more with another smile. “Now that, I think, you’ve seen how any book can be used, I’m curious if any of you have an idea what book we could possibly use in class to see if we could use bibliomancy ourselves,” she said with a bit of amusement in her voice. “I’m not necessarily saying I’ll expect everyone to try, but just in case… If you could use any book for bibliomancy, what would it be?” Of course, there wasn’t any way she had every possible book in the classroom at one time. However, it could tell her a bit about the students, not to mention be fun if they in fact mentioned anything she had at the moment. __________________ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me, at tea time, everybody agrees ...It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero ♥ ♥ ♥