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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''geomancie'', from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''geomantia'', from Late Greek ''geōmanteia'', from Greek geō- + -manteia -mancy
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
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.
The original names of the figures in Middle Eastern geomancy were traditionally given in Arabic, excluding a Persian origin. The reference in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism Hermetic] texts to the mythical Ṭumṭum al-Hindi potentially points to an Indian origin, although Skinner thinks this to be unlikely. Having an Islamic or Arabic origin is most likely, since the expansive trade routes of Arabian merchants would facilitate the exchange of [[culture]] and [[knowledge]]. It is theorized that related systems of divination in sub-Saharan Africa, such as Ifá and sikidy, either were based on or co-developed with Arabic divination systems.
==Definitions==
*1: the art of placing or arranging buildings or other sites [[Auspices|auspiciously]].
*2: [[divination]] from [[configurations]] seen in a handful of earth thrown on the ground, or by [[interpreting]] lines or textures on the ground.
==Description==
'''Geomancy''' (Greek: γεωμαντεία, "earth divination") is a [[method]] of divination that [[interprets]] markings on the ground or the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand. The most prevalent form of divinatory geomancy involves interpreting a series of 16 figures formed by a randomized [[process]] that involves recursion followed by analyzing them, often augmented with [[astrological]] interpretations.
Geomancy was practiced by people from all social classes. It was one of the most popular forms of divination throughout Africa and Europe, particularly during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
In Renaissance [[magic]], geomancy was classified as one of the seven "forbidden arts", along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancy necromancy], hydromancy, aeromancy, pyromancy, chiromancy ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmistry palmistry]), and spatulamancy (scapulimancy).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomancy]
[[Category: History]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''geomancie'', from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''geomantia'', from Late Greek ''geōmanteia'', from Greek geō- + -manteia -mancy
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
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.
The original names of the figures in Middle Eastern geomancy were traditionally given in Arabic, excluding a Persian origin. The reference in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism Hermetic] texts to the mythical Ṭumṭum al-Hindi potentially points to an Indian origin, although Skinner thinks this to be unlikely. Having an Islamic or Arabic origin is most likely, since the expansive trade routes of Arabian merchants would facilitate the exchange of [[culture]] and [[knowledge]]. It is theorized that related systems of divination in sub-Saharan Africa, such as Ifá and sikidy, either were based on or co-developed with Arabic divination systems.
==Definitions==
*1: the art of placing or arranging buildings or other sites [[Auspices|auspiciously]].
*2: [[divination]] from [[configurations]] seen in a handful of earth thrown on the ground, or by [[interpreting]] lines or textures on the ground.
==Description==
'''Geomancy''' (Greek: γεωμαντεία, "earth divination") is a [[method]] of divination that [[interprets]] markings on the ground or the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand. The most prevalent form of divinatory geomancy involves interpreting a series of 16 figures formed by a randomized [[process]] that involves recursion followed by analyzing them, often augmented with [[astrological]] interpretations.
Geomancy was practiced by people from all social classes. It was one of the most popular forms of divination throughout Africa and Europe, particularly during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
In Renaissance [[magic]], geomancy was classified as one of the seven "forbidden arts", along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancy necromancy], hydromancy, aeromancy, pyromancy, chiromancy ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmistry palmistry]), and spatulamancy (scapulimancy).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomancy]
[[Category: History]]
