geomancy

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And there it entered into the alchemy community as geomancy: divination through the earth.

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  1. noun Divination by means of lines and figures or by geographic features.

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  • And there it entered into the alchemy community as geomancy: divination through the earth. —  Ron Eglash on African fractals
  • Leibniz, the German mathematician, talked about geomancy in his dissertation called "De Combinatoria." —  Ron Eglash on African fractals
  • First are the knowledge lectures, where you will learn the basics of the Qabalah, symbolism, meditation, geomancy and more. —  Torrentreactor.Net
  • Michell is best known for his books on earth mysteries, pseudoscientific metrology, ley lines, sacred geometry, sacred sites, geomancy, gematria, archaeoastronomy, and Fortean phenomena ... —  mystic bourgeoisie
  • The theme of geomancy appears again in Chen's The Heirloom —  GreenCine Daily
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  1. Middle English geomancie, from Medieval Latin geōmantia, from Late Greek geōmanteia, divination by signs from the earth : Greek geō-, geo- + Greek -manteia, -mancy.

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  1. from Middle English geomancie, from OF.geomancie, French géomancie = Spanish geomancía = Portuguese geomancia = Italian geomanzia, from Middle Latin geomantia, from Greek γῆ, the earth, + μαντεία, divination. Cf. geomance.
 

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/ˈdʒiəmænsi/
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