Looking for some old time religion? How about some old time superstition? Smack the two together and you’ve got bible superstitions.
Who You Will Marry
People must have been super anxious to get married back in the day because there are hundreds, if not thousands, of future husband dream divinations. This one involved the bible. You are supposed to sleep with the bible under your pillow for three nights in a row and on the third night you will dream of the person you will one day marry.
The Blank Page
During the Middle Ages it was believed that if you randomly opened up the bible and your eyes fell on a blank page, you were soon going to die.
Exorcise Spirits
To get rid of spirits in a haunted house, it is believed that you must read the bible backwards. The superstition does not state if you need to read the entire bible backwards (which would take a heck of a lot of time) or if you should begin reading the bible backwards until the spirits up and leave.
To Make an Important Decision
A book on superstitions, published in the late 1800s states that in “old times” a person who needed help making a decision would open the bible to a random page and point to a passage. The passage would be read and would give the answer to the decision that should be made.
Rid Bad Dreams
To stop having bad dreams, place a bible under your pillow at night.
Bibliomancy
Bibliomancy is a form of divination that uses the bible. While many people today scoff at the idea of Christians practicing divination, it was prevalent up until the late 1800s. Bibliomancy is simply opening up the bible to a random page and reading the first passage your eyes fall onto. That passage would be an omen or a guide to the rest of your day, week, or month.
