SPOILER!!: Professor Vance
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Nordic Witch
Deeming that no more answers were going to be offered up Laurel took a few step's forward and said.
"Let's move on shall we. As we've estabilished we're focusing on pyromancy today and you can as Stasya said make use of any flame for pyromancy readings from candle sticks to charmed flames and fireplace fires.
Fire has always been a very important part of society and peoples lives since
ancient times. Fire divination has blossomed out in many different variants over the years like those you've all brought up in class like Capnomancy, Botanomancy and Alomancy. Here Laurel paused briefly to gather her thoughts and allow for the students to do the same.
"Incidentally Alomancy is the method of Pyromancy that will be our focus for the remainder of our lesson which is interpreting the shapes that salt make on fire coals. Salt is belived by both muggles and magical folk to have magical properties and can be used for magical protection, purification and blessing rituals. Many muggles sees this as superstitious and therefore i wonder can you all recall any salt supersititons or uses that you've heard of at home?" OOC: Give one salt supersition or salt use each.
All answers are accepted both right and wrong. Have fun with it! Class will continue roughly around 24 hours from this post with the mini activity.
They would be focusing on Alomancy in today's lesson. Fascinating. She began writing in her notebook.
Salt. It is believed to have magical properties and can be used for purification, blessing rituals, and magical protection. When Professor Vance asked them to give some salt superstitions or a salt use, Olivia paused. Well there was throwing salt over your shoulder.... And then Ace had already said that answer. Yes and... Then Skylar added to Ace's point. Yep, yep, all true. If you spilled salt, then it was only right to throw some over your shoulder so that you wouldn't be jinxed with bad luck forever and ever.
Didn't his Dad give his brother a salt shaker when he moved into his new flat? Olivia had found it odd at the time..... But what had her Dad said? She mused, running through all the options of what he possibly could say, ranging from bad Dad jokes to Dad jokes and then to the occasional pearl of wisdom. Aha! "
Salt is supposed to bring prosperity. When people move to new homes, sometimes people will give them salt as a gift." Or at least that's what her father did.