That is a really cool and original idea, WendellM!
I, too, loved those books.
I am still to this day annoyed that I the first 2 but not the 3rd one, which I took out of a library... That's my 3rd not quite complete series of really good books.
Looking at it from this kind of hands-on perspective... I'm thinking it can work about the same way as Tarot -- absolutely illogical, but makes sense in the end since the answer I'm seeking is already within me, waiting to be set loose by the thought invoked by such random acts. (Or something like that).
VERY smooth, too... The way the needles move is quite believable.
I, too, loved those books.
I am still to this day annoyed that I the first 2 but not the 3rd one, which I took out of a library... That's my 3rd not quite complete series of really good books.
Looking at it from this kind of hands-on perspective... I'm thinking it can work about the same way as Tarot -- absolutely illogical, but makes sense in the end since the answer I'm seeking is already within me, waiting to be set loose by the thought invoked by such random acts. (Or something like that).
VERY smooth, too... The way the needles move is quite believable.