In part 2 of Catoptromancy, RJ discusses some of the pop culture references involving mirror scrying. The extra spell is about the Japanese bathroom mirror ghost known as Hanako-san. The main story is about a haunted black scrying mirror known as The Dark Mirror. Elle performs mirror scrying using the black mirror of an Ipad. 

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RJ and Elle explore the world of mirror divination. RJ discusses the history of Bloody Mary in the extra spell and the methods of mirror scrying used in history. RJ discusses the greek Necromantieon and the mirror scrying chamber known as a psychomanteum. Elle does a reading for Meccamorphosis using a black mirror. 

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Psychometry or Psychomacy is the magical ability to connect souls through objects or places. RJ discusses some of the success stories of psychic detectives. Elle performs psychometry reading on a piece of RJ's favorite chair.... it might be haunted.

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Psychometry or Psychomancy is the magical art of connecting souls through contact with objects or places. RJ talks about how psychic detectives use psychometry with mixed results. Elle performs psychometry on someone's childhood toy. 

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RJ does a deep dive on Sylvia Plath's run-ins with the occult and how she used a ouija board to help with her writing. Elle attempts the Charlie Charlie challenge and performs Planchette writing while channeling her spirit guide. 

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RJ examines the history of the Ouija boards and the bizarre stories of people who used them to fantastic and tragic effects, including poet Sylvia Plath.  Elle contacts a very rude spirit through the Ouija board, then consults her own spirit guide using the board.

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RJ tells the story of America's first female police officers and their role in taking down New York's tea houses, despite their popularity. After describing the detective drama, Elle does a tasseomancy reading using a Starbucks frappuccino. 

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Tasseomancy, Divination by reading tea leaves or coffee grounds. RJ discusses the psychic tea houses of New York and the culture of reading tea leaves during the great depression. The illegality of fortune-telling meant fortune-tellers had to be sly to get by. Elle performs a traditional tea reading using a zodiac teacup and plate. 

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Part 2 on Automatic Writing: Necromancy to receive written messages from spirits. RJ continues the story of Marie Ogden as she attempts to raise one of the members of her cult from the dead. 

Elle uses the predictive text on RJ's cell phone as a tool for Automatic Writing. 

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Automatic Writing: Necromancy used to receive written messages from the dead. 
RJ and Elle discuss Channeling, ghosts, and 1 930's witch who spoke to ghosts through her typewriter and formed a cult following around her mysterious powers. 

RJ brings Elle his 1950 royal typewriter and she attempts to replicate the Automatic Writing of Marie Ogden. 

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