Pungent Passion: A Life in Tyromancy
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Contents
Chapter 1.
More than curds!
Contrary to popular belief, tyromancy does not only consist of cutting cheese and examining the result. Adherents of this ancient but now forgotten and unfairly disregarded branch of the divining arts know that the slice and peek, as we call it, is only the beginning.
Once a student has mastered the fundamentals of first degree tyromancy, he should be encouraged to better his olfactory capabilities, with the aid of magic, if needs be. Once he has made satisfactory progress in this regard, he should be confronted with a well-aged and thoroughly-ripe blue cheese, preferably in an enclosed space. The first days of this training might prove stormy. Discipline is especially vital at this stage - by no means should you respond to the student’s pleas and open the larder doors.
Chapter 2.
On the superiority of tyromancy
Though tyromancy’s advantages vis a vis the other forms of divining are self-evident to me, I have gone to the trouble of a thorough comparison of its results and can with great certitude say that cheese-induced visions are much more reliable than, say, those brought about by chiromancy, aleuromancy or the current craze, rumpology (those interested in that may refer to "Rumpology – the Art of Divining from Buttocks. With Illustrations!" by Artorius Viggo).
More than curds!
Contrary to popular belief, tyromancy does not only consist of cutting cheese and examining the result. Adherents of this ancient but now forgotten and unfairly disregarded branch of the divining arts know that the slice and peek, as we call it, is only the beginning.
Once a student has mastered the fundamentals of first degree tyromancy, he should be encouraged to better his olfactory capabilities, with the aid of magic, if needs be. Once he has made satisfactory progress in this regard, he should be confronted with a well-aged and thoroughly-ripe blue cheese, preferably in an enclosed space. The first days of this training might prove stormy. Discipline is especially vital at this stage - by no means should you respond to the student’s pleas and open the larder doors.
Chapter 2.
On the superiority of tyromancy
Though tyromancy’s advantages vis a vis the other forms of divining are self-evident to me, I have gone to the trouble of a thorough comparison of its results and can with great certitude say that cheese-induced visions are much more reliable than, say, those brought about by chiromancy, aleuromancy or the current craze, rumpology (those interested in that may refer to "Rumpology – the Art of Divining from Buttocks. With Illustrations!" by Artorius Viggo).
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