Forty-One Brothers & Sisters: An Introduction to Favomancy & Its Sorcery with Katarina Pejović

Kumalak, “gledanje u pasulj”, “falanje u grah”—from Kazakhstan to Bosnia, divination by forty-one beans (or pebbles, corn, coffee, and so  on) remains one of the more popular forms of fortune-telling. A remarkably flexible geomantic oracle, it has adopted the local folklore  and beliefs of each region, with stories of its origins and uses drawing on Bogomil heresies, Muslim folk tales, and Slavic polytheist magic.  While generally, each reading will physically resemble the next—being comprised of a three-by-three grid with one to four beans in each  square—the meaning behind the numbers of the beans and each individual  quadrant varies entirely depending on method of interpretation, chart  style, figures generated, and the advice that comes through in mediumship and spiritual consultation. 

This class will go over the procedures behind this popular yet elusive form of divination, the oral charms spoken over the beans; the myths and origins behind their use; a handful…