DIVINATION by the Earth, or Geomancy, is common among the Persians. They impute the invention of it to Edris, who is the same with the Patriarch Enoch, or the Prophet Daniel. It consists in making several Points upon a Table prepared for this purpose, Bibl. Orient. p. 709.which they call Raml. These Points disposed in a certain number on many unequal lines, are likewise described with a pen on paper; he who takes upon him to divine by the help of this Art, is called Rummal. He derives his pretended knowledge of futurity from the combination of these Points and Lines. This alone shews sufficiently the vanity of this sort of Divination.
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