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Post by Calli on Jun 16, 2014 20:59:36 GMT
What is it? Shufflemancy is a form of divination using the shuffling of songs to help answer questions. Many people, myself included, use it as a way to contact spirits or deities. How can I do it? Generally I use Pandora, because it’s personalized enough that I will recognize most of the songs and be able to get a good reading from them. I load up Pandora, set it to “shuffle all stations” and wait for an indicator song or gut feeling that I’ve connected with a deity or spirit. What the heck is an indicator song?
This term was coined by Lilboneshaker, it’s a song you’ve assigned to a certain deity or spirit that will let you know it’s the one trying to contact you. For example, I work with Bast and I (jokingly) assigned her the song “Eye of the tiger”. So if that song were to come on I know that next song would be something she needed to tell me. How do I figure out what it means? Well, a lot of people have different memories and meaning assigned to certain songs. So first you should think if that song means anything in particular to you. Next you should examine the song title and lyric for any message that could be in response to your question. Another thing I do is analyze the type of song it is, if it’s cheery or sad, 3/4 time, 4/8 etc and what that could mean in relation to my interpretation. I tend to to ask my questions a few times to ensure the message was delivered.interpreted successfully (unless I was given a very straight forward answer). So I hope that was enough basic info for you! Also, and this is just a personal choice, I catalog all the questions I’ve asked and songs given in response so that I can go back to them later to rethink them. I've used this forever - I always call it "The question Game." The way I see it, is the "Universe" is sending a cryptic message, through song choice. Sometimes, it'll by the song's tone, it's title, the memories attached to it, the person you associate with it, etc. You just have to "feel it out."
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Post by Os on Jun 28, 2014 6:32:06 GMT
I always used to do this as a game, too! Didn't know I could contact spirits holy shit.
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Post by Shae on Jun 28, 2014 22:49:40 GMT
Same here, guys. I started out doing this as a 'game' in means to entertain myself in my large amounts of free time back in my grade school days. As I got older I realised that these songs had become more and more relevant to what I had been asking. Personally, I do believe that there are forces who are always trying to give us the right answers and push us on to the right path--so I felt they were using that as a means of alternative communication. In gist, REALLY getting your attention.
It's like in the movies when the protagonist passes up a great opportunity and s/he goes into their car, turns on the radio, and hears a song so incredibly relevant--maybe even on a single lined lyric--that it's hard to deny that the message wasn't for them. Those sort of things happen to me often, maybe not as much as when I was younger but definitely when spirit is trying to get a hold of me and I'm not paying attention or ignoring their signs.
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Post by Selene on Jul 1, 2014 3:25:51 GMT
Man, I *still* remember a time I did this quite a few years ago, with a page of questions in this journal/activity book thing I had in middle school. At the time I was going through a phase of questioning my sexuality, and one of the questions was something like "What is the theme song of your life?" and the song I got was "I Kissed a Girl." That was... hilarious.
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Post by Os on Jul 1, 2014 20:25:04 GMT
Man, I *still* remember a time I did this quite a few years ago, with a page of questions in this journal/activity book thing I had in middle school. At the time I was going through a phase of questioning my sexuality, and one of the questions was something like "What is the theme song of your life?" and the song I got was "I Kissed a Girl." That was... hilarious. Hahaha wow I still remember one time when I was 14-15 I was playing that over the phone with a friend, we were asking questions and shuffling songs. At the time I had a HUGE ridiculous infatuation on an older guy from school I had NEVER even talked to, so I asked something like "What does he think of me?" and the title of the song that came up was just "Girl" and it hit hard because it was telling me he basically didn't even know I existed omfg.
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Post by Selene on Jul 1, 2014 21:13:19 GMT
Man, I *still* remember a time I did this quite a few years ago, with a page of questions in this journal/activity book thing I had in middle school. At the time I was going through a phase of questioning my sexuality, and one of the questions was something like "What is the theme song of your life?" and the song I got was "I Kissed a Girl." That was... hilarious. Hahaha wow I still remember one time when I was 14-15 I was playing that over the phone with a friend, we were asking questions and shuffling songs. At the time I had a HUGE ridiculous infatuation on an older guy from school I had NEVER even talked to, so I asked something like "What does he think of me?" and the title of the song that came up was just "Girl" and it hit hard because it was telling me he basically didn't even know I existed omfg. That story just inspired me to "ask" my iPod what my friend's crush thinks of her. The answer? "Sexy and I Know It." Guess things are looking good for them. OMG. EDIT: I just found all the questions from my book, and these are my favorite answers that I wrote down: What is the first thing I will say when I meet my true love? I Kissed a Girl What is the secret to my success? With a Little Help from my Friends What should I improve about myself? Break Out This Box What's the biggest mistake I could ever make? Raise Your Glass (I think this is the best OMG.) What would be the theme song to the movie of my life? Bad Romance What did my parents say the first time they saw me? Bring Me to Life This stuff is totally legit. I need to do it more often. xD
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Post by Calli on Jul 2, 2014 1:15:03 GMT
I had a whole notebook with it, too! It's on the other side of the U.S., at the moment. I discovered my phone was haunted by a ghost of a girl who was murdered on a boat, and hated me but was in love with the guy I was dating at the time. Lol.
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Post by Os on Jul 2, 2014 1:37:10 GMT
I had a whole notebook with it, too! It's on the other side of the U.S., at the moment. I discovered my phone was haunted by a ghost of a girl who was murdered on a boat, and hated me but was in love with the guy I was dating at the time. Lol. You found that out through songs? Oh my god, this just happened to me a couple hours ago. I was just playing around with this, found a questionnaire and shuffled my music and most songs didn't make much sense for me, but then I got the the question "What song describes you?" and the song I got was "Ghost", that struck as a little weird, and crossed my mind mostly like a fun thought that "maybe these songs are not answering things about ME" I answered one more question, and then the next was "How is life going?" and the song I got was "Life is for the living"
SO GHOSTS? PROBABLY GHOSTS, SOUNDS LIKE GHOSTS.
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Post by Selene on Jul 2, 2014 1:45:51 GMT
I had a whole notebook with it, too! It's on the other side of the U.S., at the moment. I discovered my phone was haunted by a ghost of a girl who was murdered on a boat, and hated me but was in love with the guy I was dating at the time. Lol. You found that out through songs? Oh my god, this just happened to me a couple hours ago. I was just playing around with this, found a questionnaire and shuffled my music and most songs didn't make much sense for me, but then I got the the question "What song describes you?" and the song I got was "Ghost", that struck as a little weird, and crossed my mind mostly like a fun thought that "maybe these songs are not answering things about ME" I answered one more question, and then the next was "How is life going?" and the song I got was "Life is for the living"
SO GHOSTS? PROBABLY GHOSTS, SOUNDS LIKE GHOSTS. THAT IS SO CREEPY and yet kind of cool.
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Post by tilly on Aug 6, 2014 14:10:52 GMT
Just had my first go at this and it's incredible (although not sure if I did it right)
I put my iTunes on Shuffle and asked the question 'does J (not writing his name out haha) like me?' and it came up with Gasoline by Britney Spears (who is a Sagittarius like him) with the lyrics 'you set me on fire' running throughout the song. He's a Sag - fire sign. Then I stayed with that question, and the next song to come on was Everything Has Changed by Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Which has given me hope that his feelings for me may have changed. (Also note Taylor is a Sagittarius)
Then I changed the question, and asked 'Does J like me as more than a friend' and Dear Diary by Britney Spears (Sagittarius) came on. The end lyrics of that track are 'I've got a feeling we'll be so much more than friends'.
I know I asked pretty basic questions, but it's amazing that all of those tracks are sung by Sag's and the last line of Dear Diary, answered my question exactly. Very impressed.
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Post by Franka on Aug 6, 2014 14:19:59 GMT
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Post by tilly on Aug 6, 2014 14:24:18 GMT
A great idea to write it out on Last.fm. I just added you. My username is CountryBritney You got some really interesting results!
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Post by Franka on Aug 6, 2014 14:36:10 GMT
A great idea to write it out on Last.fm. I just added you. My username is CountryBritney You got some really interesting results! Thanks! I think I'll do this survey again today, I'll clear out the answers so you'll be able to use it too
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Post by Franka on Aug 6, 2014 14:41:52 GMT
I'm sorry if some of these are weird or inappropriate, I got them off some site like Bzoink
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Post by tilly on Aug 6, 2014 14:44:10 GMT
A great idea to write it out on Last.fm. I just added you. My username is CountryBritney You got some really interesting results! Thanks! I think I'll do this survey again today, I'll clear out the answers so you'll be able to use it too Thank you!
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