Geomancy, from Ancient Greek ''geōmanteía'' [[translates]] literally to "[[foresight]] by earth"; it is a translation of the Arabic term ‛ilm al-raml, or the "[[science]] of the sand". Earlier Greek renditions of this word borrowed the word raml ("sand") directly, rendering it as rhamplion or rabolion. Other Arabic names for geomancy include khatt al-raml and darb al-raml. | Geomancy, from Ancient Greek ''geōmanteía'' [[translates]] literally to "[[foresight]] by earth"; it is a translation of the Arabic term ‛ilm al-raml, or the "[[science]] of the sand". Earlier Greek renditions of this word borrowed the word raml ("sand") directly, rendering it as rhamplion or rabolion. Other Arabic names for geomancy include khatt al-raml and darb al-raml. |