DescriptionThe Kumalak Bean Divination Kit has everything you need to learn this unique and interesting method of divination. I happened to be introduced to the Kumalak by Katarina Pejovic at VGS in 2023. Of course I became obsessed.. And then spent the next few years trying to find anything and everything I could on this fascinating fortune method. I complied everything into a handy coiled book, that you can lay flat and reference when you are learning how to gaze into the beans! The Sheeps Head graciously custom made me beautiful red cloth grids that double as a carrying case and talisman for your beans. “You don’t know about the beans? With these beans, I can see the future.” “You doubt the beans? Just watch.” The soothsayer shook the cup, the beans jumping wildly against the porcelain. With a flourish, the woman tossed the beans onto the table between them. They scattered, falling still on the velvet surface. “Ah,” Signora Battaglia breathed as she gazed at the beans. “See the pattern they make?” Zaneta Lucia looked down, but all she saw was beans.” ~ The Zorzi Affair: A Novel of Galileo’s Italy Favomancy is a form of divination that involves throwing or placing beans on the ground and interpreting the patterns by which they fall. History has traced various methods of bean divination throughout the world. The fortune-teller takes 41 white beans and separate them into smaller groups using a set of rules. The beans in each pile are then interpreted.The origin of this divination method is said to come from the Middle East. Traveling to the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. In Muslim and Serbian traditions bacanje graha ‘bean-throwing’ or falanje (Persian fal ‘to bode’). The Russian term is гадание на бобах (divination by beans). In Kazakh құмалақ (qumalaq or kumalak) is related to proto-Turkic for ‘sheep dung’. The Ubykh term for a favomancer pxazayš, simply meaning “bean-thrower” and later used for soothsayers in general. Both Russian and Bosnian methods are remarkably similar, and likely share a common origin.This Favomancy Kit Includes:– Custom Embroidered Cloth Grid & Bean Holder – 41 beans – Kumalak Bean Divination BookFew exist when they are gone they are gone.
