Understanding Twyern

Understanding the Twyern requires more effort than some systems, there are very few hard and fast rules. Experience and thoughtful meditation is much more useful than a quick rundown of Gods and Gidden and their attributes. But here are a few pointers that are from my personal interpretation of Twyern. Which will likely change as my understanding does. The colors given are from the Stones Divination. It takes two stones to designate one of the Deities.

In addition to the Attributes of the Deities, there are also the Phases of each
   Attribute and, likewise, the Deity.  The four Phases are designated by a third stone.
  The colors are Yellow:Showen, White:Fulfyllan, Red:Droupen, and Black:Aweg. 

	

	

		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 
		
	
	

		
		

			Lokin Showen 	
		
		
		

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			 Form Out of Chaos, Creation
		
	
	

		
		

			Lokin Fullfyllan
		
		
		

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			 Trickster Rampant
		
	
	

		
		

			Lokin Droupen
		
		
		

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			 Change Toward Growth
		
	
	

		
		

			Lokin Aweg
		
		
		

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			 Lack of Change, Stasis	
		
	
	

		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 
		
	
	

		
		

			Ariana Showen
		
		
		

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			 Seedling Strength
		
	
	

		
		

			Ariana Fullfyllan	
		
		
		

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			 Flowering Display
		
	
	

		
		

			Ariana Droupen	
		
		
		

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			 Prickly Vining
		
	
	

		
		

			Ariana Aweg
		
		
		

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			 Withdrawing Inward
		
	
	

		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 		
		
		

			 
		
	
	

		
		

			Janir Showen
		
		
		

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			 Exuberent Exploration
		
	
	

		
		

			Janir Fullfyllan
		
		
		

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			 Vibrant Virility
		
	
	

		
		

			Janir Droupen
		
		
		

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			 Unchecked Increase
		
	
	

		
		

			Janir Aweg
		
		
		

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			 Range Exhausted
		
	
	

		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 		
		
		

			 
		
	
	

		
		

			Rheya Showen
		
		
		

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			 First Fruiting
		
	
	

		
		

			Rheya Fullfyllan
		
		
		

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			 Bounty Bearer
		
	
	

		
		

			Rheya Droupen	
		
		
		

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			 Stifling Solicitude
		
	
	

		
		

			Rheya Aweg
		
		
		

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			 Empty Womb
		
	
	

		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 
		
	
	

		
		

			Frelor Showen	
		
		
		

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			 Form Fixer
		
	
	

		
		

			Frelor Fullfyllan
		
		
		

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			 Stable Justice
		
	
	

		
		

			Frelor Droupen
		
		
		

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			 Rigid Ruling
		
	
	

		
		

			Frelor Aweg
		
		
		

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			 Border Broken
		
	
	

		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 		
		
		

			 
		
	
	

		
		

			Morriwen Showen
		
		
		

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			 Practical Knowledge
		
	
	

		
		

			Morriwen Fullfyllan
		
		
		

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			 Mature Insight
		
	
	

		
		

			Morriwen Droupen
		
		
		

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			 Cluttered Memory
		
	
	

		
		

			Morriwen Aweg
		
		
		

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			 Wisdom Scattered
		
	
	

		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 
		
		
		

			 
		
	
	

		
		

			Hadin Showen	
		
		
		

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			 Abrupt Departure
		
	
	

		
		

			Hadin Fullfyllan
		
		
		

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			 Timely Ending
		
	
	

		
		

			Hadin Droupen
		
		
		

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			 Endings Linger
		
	
	

		
		

			Hadin Aweg
		
		
		

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			 Guidance Lost
		
	
	

		
		

			 	 
		
		
		

			  
		
		
		

			  
		
	
	

		
		

			Gruag Showen	
		
		
		

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			 Life Erosion
		
	
	

		
		

			Gruag Fullfyllan	
		
		
		

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			 Form Transformer
		
	
	

		
		

			Gruag Droupen
		
		
		

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			 Chaos from Form
		
	
	

		
		

			Gruag Aweg
		
		
		

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			 Barren Future
		
	

Divination by Stones

by Valire'brand

The use of stones for divination is very old, so old it predates history. Deciphering the patterns of cast stones has long been the mark of a sage, priest or leader. And with good reason, reading the stones requires a mind open to the new, yet not discarding the past.

There are many different ways to read stones, the way I use is quite new. Yet it partakes of the very old. Stones have heft, they have a definite tactile component. They may be cast, creating patterns that are new and varying. Most importantly, stones demand absorption in the reader. There are no meanings that are defined except by the reader in relation to the query. There are no symbols or pictures to color interpretation. There are only the reader, the question and the stones.

My opinion is that spatially oriented people do better with stones, but I only hold that as a working hypothesis. Many people find the pictures on Tarot an aid, but some of us find they actually obscure rather than illuminate meaning. The stones force us to look inward for meaning, drawing our intuition to the surface of our minds. It's all a matter of what works for you.

So, how then do I read stones? Mechanically, I cast them, then look at them in relation to the question posed, then read the answer. Simple! Well, okay, not really! The casting is easy; throw the stones, find the kernels and read outward. The looking is what is complex, when that is done, the answer is also pretty apparent. So, what does looking entail? First, the question is brought to mind, like in any reading. Then I rely on the four P's, Postion, Pairing, Proximity, and Pattern.

• Position: What stones lie close, what lie far apart, where are the kernels?



• Pairing: moving outward from the kernels, which stones make sets; do the sets share stones; if so, consider it significant.



• Proximity: what is the closest pairing, where is its phase stone, are the kernels near or far from the pairings?



• Pattern: are there groupings that suggest meanings, is there a flow in the overall cast that suggests a trend or a spacing that implies separation?

Finally, after careful consideration of the above, answer the question. You'll know it by then.

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by Valire'brand