#geomantic

Detail of a miniature of the dragon constellation ('Draco'), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest. 

From “Amalgest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies” by John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti & Plato of Tivoli, 1490. 

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Lilith's Compass

gaze deep within to the space

you are the well of darkness from which all things spring forth, you are the flower of life, you are the cauldron of creation, the primordial soup

Creatrix awaken! intuition of yin whispers...

remember the dark of the cosmos, of the womb, of the yoni

in this moment, elements balanced & foaming with potential...

Know, Do, Create anything!

Geomantic Tablet

Numerous divinatory arts have been practiced by Muslim societies across the centuries. Since God has absolute control of the universe and of all that we see and understand, omens such as dreams could be recognized as God-given signs.

The ‘Science of the Sand’ (ilm al-raml) is a divinatory technique that interprets a series of figures made of clusters of dots or lines. It can be used to answer all manner of questions from the fidelity of a spouse to the gender of an unborn child. This extraordinary and unique Geomantic Tablet made in Syria (639 AH / 1241–2), made of brass, silver and gold, offered an alternative way to produce geomantic figures normally traced manually in the sand.

You can see it on display, until next weekend, in our Power and Protection exhibition which explores Islamic art and the supernatural.

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