Post by Professor Leona Peppercorn on Jun 24, 2008 0:29:28 GMT 5
Leona looked down at the class of fourth years assembled before her. They were unruly bunch for sure, but she could already see that some of them shone the light of the gift. Leona knew instantly that this was going to be a good semester.
"Welcome to divination," she began with a wave of her hand that closed the trap door announcing that class had begun. She gave a tired smile and took a deep breath. "As you know Divination is a very complicated and vague course of study, and only with the training of your inner eye can you be able to discern between authentic visions and images created from a wandering mind." Leona's tone was stern, trying her utmost to get her students to take this course seriously.
"There has been much debate among professors in the field as to whether divination is more of an art than a science. I found that the difference between the two comes from who you ask, specifically, I mention centaurs - however, they're not the subject of this lecture," Leona paused to adjust her seating on the pillow before waving her left hand over her crystal ball. It began to glow a bright white.
"Back to my point...Like many things in life divination requires a balance to work effectively. A harmonious karma, without which we'd be doomed to linger in the dark void of our minds." Leona pointed her wand at the cabinet next to her and the doors opened. Composition books slowly glided from the shelves and on to the students laps.
"I have no doubt that many of you consider this to be an easy class. I know that several of you expect to fly from this course with perfects marks. In fact, many of you will, but it won't be because it was easy. When taught properly, divination is very hard to fake....Oh but I'm getting a head of myself; many of you don't even know what you'll be faking." Leona laughed light heartedly. Leona looked across at her students taking in their expressions.
"What you have in your laps, are empty composition books -yes you will be keeping a diary. A dream diary to be specific. Every night when you have a dream I expect you to record it in your journal. I want you to record what happened in the dream, who was in it -specifics galore! I also want you to interpret what you think your dream was trying to tell you. Is it sending a you message, foreboding or otherwise?"
"Welcome to divination," she began with a wave of her hand that closed the trap door announcing that class had begun. She gave a tired smile and took a deep breath. "As you know Divination is a very complicated and vague course of study, and only with the training of your inner eye can you be able to discern between authentic visions and images created from a wandering mind." Leona's tone was stern, trying her utmost to get her students to take this course seriously.
"There has been much debate among professors in the field as to whether divination is more of an art than a science. I found that the difference between the two comes from who you ask, specifically, I mention centaurs - however, they're not the subject of this lecture," Leona paused to adjust her seating on the pillow before waving her left hand over her crystal ball. It began to glow a bright white.
"Back to my point...Like many things in life divination requires a balance to work effectively. A harmonious karma, without which we'd be doomed to linger in the dark void of our minds." Leona pointed her wand at the cabinet next to her and the doors opened. Composition books slowly glided from the shelves and on to the students laps.
"I have no doubt that many of you consider this to be an easy class. I know that several of you expect to fly from this course with perfects marks. In fact, many of you will, but it won't be because it was easy. When taught properly, divination is very hard to fake....Oh but I'm getting a head of myself; many of you don't even know what you'll be faking." Leona laughed light heartedly. Leona looked across at her students taking in their expressions.
"What you have in your laps, are empty composition books -yes you will be keeping a diary. A dream diary to be specific. Every night when you have a dream I expect you to record it in your journal. I want you to record what happened in the dream, who was in it -specifics galore! I also want you to interpret what you think your dream was trying to tell you. Is it sending a you message, foreboding or otherwise?"