Full Description
More people than ever are discovering the restorative benefits of tea and the life-enriching divinatory practice of tea-leaf reading. In answer to the surging popularity of this healthy and mystical beverage, "Tea Leaf Reading for Beginners" teaches readers how to read and interpret tea-leaves in six simple steps. This complete guidebook explores the origins of tea and tea-leaf reading, ways of giving readings, divination ethics, tea's medicinal uses, herbal infusion preparation, and how to host a tea party. For quick and easy interpretation, hundreds of symbols and their meanings are included, organized by theme-animals, sun signs, plants, shapes, and many others.
Contents
Contents
Part One Introduction: Tea leaf Reading: An Age-Old Art for Today's World Chapter One: Before You Begin Chapter Two: Getting Started Chapter Three: Time to Interpret Chapter Four: Sample Readings Chapter Five: Herbal Infusions and Decoctions
Chapter Six: Tantalizing Tea Parties
Chapter Seven: Magic of Tea
Part Two
Chapter Eight: Introduction to Interpretation of Symbols
Chapter Nine: Animals
Chapter Ten: Architecture
Chapter Eleven: Birds
Chapter Twelve: Body Parts
Chapter Thirteen: Playing Cards
Chapter Fourteen: Clothing and Personal Items
Chapter Fifteen: Common Objects
Chapter Sixteen: Flowers
Chapter Seventeen: Geometrical Shapes
Chapter Eighteen: Musical Instruments
Chapter Nineteen: Natural and Supernatural Worlds
Chapter Twenty: Numbers and Letters
Chapter Twenty-One: People and Human-Like Forms
Chapter Twenty-Two: Plants
Chapter Twenty-Three: Universal Symbols
Chapter Twenty-Four: Tools
Chapter Twenty-Five: Transportation
Chapter Twenty-Six: Trees
Chapter Twenty-Seven Zodiac
Appendix A: Short History of Tea
Appendix B: Tea for What Ails You and More
Glossary
Suggested Reading Including Internet Resources and Films
