...be difficult for access or an inefficient use of space. even such things as ergonomics and the design of tools/ equipment to be 'user-friendly' may be viewed as a parallel practices. raws li kuv xwj, geomancy for hmoob yog partly kom yus txhob 'hla dej hle khau, tsiv teb txav chaws hle hau'. yog koj faus koj pog koj yawg, suav cia li tuaj khawb tom qab muab txeeb mus lawm, koj...

... would be difficult for access or an inefficient use of space. even such things as ergonomics and the design of tools/ equipment to be 'user-friendly' may be viewed as a parallel practices. raws li kuv xwj, geomancy for hmoob yog partly kom yus txhob 'hla dej hle khau, tsiv teb txav chaws hle hau'. yog koj faus koj pog koj yawg, suav cia li tuaj khawb tom qab muab txeeb mus lawm, koj tsis ...

...religion for as an example, building a church at a good location, puttinga cross at the right place, facing the right direction....tejzaum koj tsi paub es koj lam hais xwb. mej toj exists everywhere, in every religion, and every culture...as part of the whole "geomancy" belief... cov moob ua ua 4 li koj hais, twb yog muab tso rau qhov chaw tsi zoo lawm...es thiaj li ua plaub.... yaweh

...pm, "curmudgeon" <briticanlan...@bresnan.net> wrote: Believe it or not, but, predicting the future based on dice is called cleromany. If it is based upon dots on paper it is called geomancy. If it is based on fire and smoke it is called pyromancy. If it is based upon the entrails of sacrificed animals it is called haruspicy. Livers is hepatoscopy. Shoulder Blades of animals...

...pm, "curmudgeon" <briticanlan...@bresnan.net> wrote: Believe it or not, but, predicting the future based on dice is called cleromany. If it is based upon dots on paper it is called geomancy. If it is based on fire and smoke it is called pyromancy. If it is based upon the entrails of sacrificed animals it is called haruspicy. Livers is hepatoscopy. Shoulder Blades of animals...

Believe it or not, but, predicting the future based on dice is called cleromany. If it is based upon dots on paper it is called geomancy. If it is based on fire and smoke it is called pyromancy. If it is based upon the entrails of sacrificed animals it is called haruspicy. Livers is hepatoscopy. Shoulder Blades of animals is scapulimancy. "There are no enemies in science just ...

...due all prophecies of prophets and their meanings, reasoning, theory, the apprehension of diverse sciences, of subtlety, intellect, philosophy, geometry, of the sciences of heaven and earth, divination, geomancy, poesy, of writing, eloquence, intellectual agility, of the depth in all the teachings and in all the actions, of aptitude, of the changing of one affair to another, of deception...

...Given that there isn't actually a North Pole that would be difficult. Surely the idea of God exists - as much and maybe even more than the idea of Santa Claus, as the idea of geomancy, clairvoiance, curses and so on. If you are believing sufficiently in one of them, you might quite well allow a clairvoyance to influence your life, and a cures might quite well kill you. ...

...street corners mean there is actually an old man living at north pole? Surely the idea of God exists - as much and maybe even more than the idea of Santa Claus, as the idea of geomancy, clairvoiance, curses and so on. If you are believing sufficiently in one of them, you might quite well allow a clairvoyance to influence your life, and a cures might quite well kill you. Nevertheless ...

...i am at a loss. The 16 squares on the inside of the larger square suggests Arabic geomancy to me. But that is just a guess. --- JL Having just this weekend attended a lecture by John Michael Greer on the subject of Arabic geomancy and the types of complex horoscope-like charts derived in geomantic practice, i now see what you mean. It seems ...