Online divination

[Tanzy]

Is divination over the internet reliable? I do not know much about any form of divination. I have only had my cards read (tarot) once before. To me though, meeting people online is different than face to face. The flow of energy seems different. I guess that would make sense as the two are very different, but does that effect the act of divination?

My understanding is, everything, even open space, is made up of the same stuff at a basic level, so I am sure that energy CAN traverse through any medium. (internet cables, to oxygen, to particles of mater within a complete vacuum) It is not the belief of energy's ability to traverse the distance of the internet. It is a matter of me just feeling the difference between a face to face meeting and an online meeting that gives me pause.

Again, I am not well versed in any form of divination... So what do you guys think? Is there any major differences between online and face to face divination?

[Celtaur]

Is divination over the internet reliable? I do not know much about any form of divination. I have only had my cards read (tarot) once before. To me though, meeting people online is different than face to face. The flow of energy seems different. I guess that would make sense as the two are very different, but does that effect the act of divination?

My understanding is, everything, even open space, is made up of the same stuff at a basic level, so I am sure that energy CAN traverse through any medium. (internet cables, to oxygen, to particles of mater within a complete vacuum) It is not the belief of energy's ability to traverse the distance of the internet. It is a matter of me just feeling the difference between a face to face meeting and an online meeting that gives me pause.

Again, I am not well versed in any form of divination... So what do you guys think? Is there any major differences between online and face to face divination?

I think that divination transcends space and time. In that I think an online divination is just as effective. I don't think that the internet is used as a medium for the transferral of energy, only the communication in a verbal sense. The energy of consciousness is beyond the limits of material tools such as computer and it's links, and distance of a few feet (in person) or thousands of miles, makes no difference energetically.

In Reiki, there is distance Reiki where healings occur beyond the limits of space and time. It is a transferral of energy.

Surely there is a different experience of being face to face - to be in the presence and place of another being, than online, but the ability for divinations energy is not confined to spacial limits. I think an online divination points out the capacity for us to transcend space and time as being real and possible.

[Lionheart]

I agree Celtaur, but I also believe the veil of the computer can lead many into giving false reading.
This opinion comes from having met many tarot readers that have no idea how to create a sympathetic relationship with someone in order to channel such energy across space and time.

[Echo]

I would say that there is no reason why a distant divination cannot be as accurate as a face to face one.. my problem lies only with the quality of the reader, and the rapport between reader and querant.

There are undoubtedly a lot of fakes out there, just playing on people's emotions, as well as an awful lot of genuine readers who can and will put in an awful lot of effort to give a genuine reading.

Unless you trust a reader, you will not open to them.. and with an online reading, much depends on the querant's emotional response to the reader.. and unless one has 'got to know' the reader a little, that can be difficult.

For instance, if you meet your reader on a forum where you are comfortable, or use a reader a friend has recommended and has confidence in, you are more likely to trust than simply using a reader you have googled. I personally feel, as a reader, that trust is a big part of what goes into an accurate reading. Not neccessarily trust in the results of the reading.. just in the ethics of the reader.

[Tanzy]

Thanks for the replies. Instead of starting another thread, I was just going to go ahead and switch gears here... new thread here "Past Life Divination"