In Cubus

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Today's post is a little different.  A while back I heard about "Occult Dices", so I decided to make one.  So, here it is.  An occult dice is one with symbols on each facet instead of numbers.  They can be rolled while doing divination (info about the future) but this one came from idea I got from another website.  

The very talented Los Angeles painter Daniel Martin Diaz makes these amazing paintings that are sort of a gothic, mystical take on Catholic imagery combined with scientific illustrations from astronomy and anatomy.  At one point he had a printout thing to make an occult dice called "Cubus", and he said to print it out, make it and then "roll the dice, meditate on the symbols and you can discover hidden mysteries inside yourself".  

Here's mine.  The symbol in the centre has a specific meaning to me, but the rest were all drawn at once with no thought of creating a meaning, in one rapid stream of consciousness.  

It's pretty simple to make.  Just print it out, glue it to some cardboard (like maybe an old cereal box) then it can be folded up and come into being just like that.  If the pic is too small, it can be easily resized in Windows Paint or by being copied & pasted into Microsoft word.  

Roll the dice whenever and as many times as you like. You can do it in the mornings like Tarot, or just whenever you feel like it.  I feel that it doesn't matter with these symbols whether they're "right side up" or "upside down", it's all good.  

After you roll, take a second to sit, close your eyes and meditate on the symbol, figure out what it means to you in this moment.  

Then, discover those hidden mysteries.  Happy creating.  

PS- I also credit Daniel Martin Diaz for helping me come up with this idea.  Check his work out at http://danielmartindiaz.com/ , he's amazing and totally deserves the publicity.  

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