Choose a book.
It may be a sacred text, a grimoire, a work of mythology, poetry, philosophy, folklore, or another book that carries meaning within your practice.
Hold your question.
Close the book.
Let your fingers rest upon its cover.
Open it at random.
Without looking, place your finger upon a passage.
Read.
Do not immediately ask what the passage "means."
First ask:
What does this awaken in me?
What word catches your eye?
What image?
What sentence?
What memory?
What contradiction?
What seems strangely relevant?
Write the passage and your first reaction in your journal.
A book can be an oracle without every sentence becoming a prophecy.
