Your Word of the Day · 1:36am Dec 14th, 2018
Tyromancy, Divination by Cheese.
Yes, this is a real thing. I'm as delighted as you are.
Why is this relevant to Ponies you ask? Well it occurs to me that the diviners we know, the Pies, are Earth Ponies. And that divination through cheese seems like exactly the kind of offbeat, craft based thing Earth Ponies would literally cook up.
And now I'm picturing an Equestrian Tiffany Aching, as an Earth Pony witch.
Tyromancy has even appeared in fiction already, believe it or not, in T.E. Kingfisher's (aka Ursula Vernon's) Summer In Orcus. Which I highly recommend.
Thoughs on Tyromancy, from a practical magic perpective
Use a Blue Cheese recipe, or similar, to get good patterns for interpretation. It will work essentially like tea leaves, from a reading perspective.
Start the cheese on the new moon, invoking destroying lies and growing truth. Let it mature through the month so the magic has time to grow.
Obviously this is a slow method of divination. Make your divination cheese in big enough batches you won't run out when you need it.
Because it's slow and maturing magic, you can put some extra oomph into it through the ritual and over time. And you'll get more steady and less short term, wibbly wobbly results than something like cards.
If you want ceremony when cutting it, try a silver cheese knife.
When using it, make sure to also have tasty crackers.
Time to make cheeeeeeeese!!!!!!!!!!!
Heh. :)
Thanks.