Martin Prechtel in
his book "The Toe Bone and the Tooth" says:
"Chiviliu,
before he died, . . . . admonished me to rely and act upon the
responses of my small and treasured divination kit for guidance like a
trustworthy friend.
Divination, the way we used it, was not fortune-telling in
the strictest
sense, but was a way to hear the gossip of the Bigger Picture of Nature
that
saw the world more completely through the composite understanding of
roots,
eagles, beetles, deer, wind, stones, weather, mountains and the like.
Our
divination bundle didn't tell us exactly what would happen but what was
happening and could happen if such and such was done in such a time in
such
a way as regards the thinking of the whole of life as represented by its
pieces.
It was a highly intelligent and imaginative friend who was an
ally of all
that was holy and gave us life. The trouble with it was that
one had to be
as able as the bundle to understand it.
As a shaman in Atitlan I'd lived with my divining bundle for
years on end
not doing everything it suggested or acting on its every response, but
rather discussing and consulting with the other worlds as advisers to help
make decisions."