Culture Presentation

Fortune Telling
Turkish department
Daphne Pai

Warm Up

Have you ever been crazy for reading

Daily Star Signs on the magazine,
newspapers or the Internet?

Have you ever played Tarot?

Have you ever consulted (or

considered to consult) fortune-tellers
when being unable to make decisions?

What Is Fortune Telling?

Predicting

the

future
For an individual
Through mystical
or supernatural
means
Commercial gain

Development
Prestigious position
Heretical practice
Advertised business

Methods of Fortune Telling

Astrology
Spirit

Board (Ouija)
Pendulum Reading
Tasseography
Cartomancy ; Tarot
Crystal Gazing
Palmistry

Methods
Astrology

Methods

Spirit Board (Ouija)

Methods

Pendulum Reading

Methods

Tasseography

Methods

Cartomancy ; Tarot

Methods

Crystal Gazing

Methods
Palmistry

Language
Mirror

mirror on the wall

Fortune cookies
Hogwarts Subjects- Divination
He loves me he loves me not
Comics

Language

Mirror on the wall

Fairy

tale: Snow white

Mirror

crystal ball

Stepmother
Mirror

mirror on the
wall, who is the fairest
of them all?

Language

Fortune cookies

In

Chinese immigrant
Society

From

Japanese vs.
from Chinese

Fake

wisdom or vague
prophecy

To read

or not to read?

Language

Hogwarts Subjects - Divination

Optional

subject

One

of the most
imprecise branches of
magic

Hermione

subject
Pro. Sybill Trelawney

hates this

Language

He loves me he loves me not

game of French origin

one person seeks to determine whether the
object of his or her affection returns that
affection or not

Language
Comics

Bonus
Oracle

THE END
Thank you for listening!

References
Contents:

Fortune telling. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune-telling
Divination. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination
Astrology. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology
Ouija. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija
Pendulum Dowsing - Easy To Learn Techniques. Retrieved March 24,
2008 from
http://ezinearticles.com/?Pendulum-Dowsing:-Easy-To-Learn-Techn
iques&id=53587

References

Tasseography. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasseography
Cartomancy. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartomancy
Tarot. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot
Crystal gazing. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_gazing
Scrying. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrying
Chiromancy. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheiromancy#Hand_Shape

References

Snow White. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White
Fortune cookie. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_cookies

Hogwarts subjects. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts_Subjects
He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_loves_me%2C_he_loves_me_not

References
Pictures: (in order)
In slide 1.
http://www.ephmra.org/pdf/Presentation%202%20-%20Kim%20Slocum.pd
f
In slide 3.
www.luckymojo.com/true-fortune-teller.jpg
In slide 4.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune-telling
http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/7/7/0/3/WitchBurnStakeBritain-e.jpg
In slide 6.
http://mercedesrules.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/astrology.jpg

http://mercedesrules.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/astrology.jpg
http://apotelesmatics.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/large-planet-big.jpg

References

In slide 7.
http://www.followspirit.ca/Reading%20by%20Karen%20and%20Koos.jpg
http://www.oxfordstudent.com/article_images/148/6438/ouija.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:D056449.png
In slide 8.
http://www.cassandraeason.co.uk/images/crystal_pendulum_dowsing.jpg
http://www.magicalentertainment.com/graphics/Mind%20Magic/Pendulum.jpg
http://jeanettekumara.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/reading_cover.jpg
In slide 9.
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9505/teacupreadingkk3.jpg
http://www.inthetealeaves.com/USERIMAGES/tea.jpg
In slide 10.
http://www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/learning_the_tarot_a_free_online_cou
rse.jpg
http://www.newagestore.com/cartomancy/cartomancy_full.gif
http://www.newagestore.com/cartomancy/cartomancy_lo.gif

References
In slide 11.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Glaskugel_CrystalBall.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2006-01-14_Surface_waves.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Crystal_Ball.JP
G
In slide 12.
http://libraservices.biz/image-p186.jpg
http://www.astrologicallyspeaking.com/Articleicons/palmistry.gif
In slide 14.
http://kara.allthingsd.com/files/2007/10/mirror-on-the-wall.jpeg
In slide 15.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fortune_cookie_broken_20040628_223252_1.jpg
In slide 16.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Trelawpoz.jpg
In slide 17.
http://www.peiphotoclub.com/2007/He%20Loves%20Me%20He%20Loves%20Me
%20Not.jpg

References
In slide 18.
http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/f/fortune-teller.asp
In slide 20.
http://www.jasonlove.com/cartoons/00314-daily-cartoons-self-help.gif