10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RHABDOMANTIST»
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Digging Up the Past Again: The True Manner of Going Back to ...
The rhabdomantist's divining-rod, a stick with a forked end that is held in both
hands, always reacts to electric power; therefore it is possible that the capability
of the rhabdomantist is essentially of an electric nature. Harvalik discovered that
an ...
2
Nugai literariae: prose and verse
... confess themselves to the experienced eye and hand. Thus, like the skilful
rhabdomantist, he has placed his divining rod on the surface of the skull ; it has n
H given signs that precious ores of cogitation and passion an? ON
CRANIOLOGY.
Richard Winter Hamilton,
1841
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An History of Magic, Witchcraft, and Animal Magnetism
... two ends are inclosed in tubes, which last are held by the Rhabdomantist ; and,
in Pennet's experiments, the crooked rod was held upon his two outstretched
fingers, in a downward direction; and, nevertheless, it was found to turn upwards.
John Campbell Colquhoun,
1851
4
No Visible Means of Support: Stories
As he threaded his way toward a battered trunk at the juncture of the slope of the
main roof and a dormer, the picture of himself as a rhabdomantist at this dry
altitude made him chuckle. This time his humor had a warm, homey effect on his
...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]
... of the superficies of outlying matters : he is not the subtle rhabdomantist, nor
can divine the rich ores which are treasured underneath. His * fyttes ' of liberalism
seem to have, in 280 NATIONAL EDUCATION — DR. HOOK,
He is an adroit observer of the superficies of outlying matters : he is not the subtle
rhabdomantist, nor can divine the rich ores which are treasured underneath. His '
fyttes ' of liberalism seem to have, in 280 NATIONAL EDUCATION — DR.
Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams,
1846
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Confessions of an English opium-eater, and kindred papers
Christianity. has. put. forth. here. and. in. parallel. cases. The. ordinary. physical.
rhabdomantist,. who. undertakes. either from phantoms, as by the Witch of Endor;
or from the corpse itself, as by Lucan's witch Erictho. I have allowed myself to ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
RHA c» abbreviation 1 Royal Hibernian Academy. 2 Royal Horse Artillery.
rhabdomancy /'rabdamansi/ • noun divination by rod or wand, especially divining
for water or ore. • rhabdomancer noun. • rhabdomantist noun. © 17c: from Greek
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Chambers concise dictionary
rhabdomantist n. rhachis and rhachides see under RACHIS Rhaetian /'riijan/ >n a
generic name for the various Romance dialects spoken in Switzerland and N Italy
, comprising Romansch, spoken in SE Switzerland and N Italy; Ladin, spoken ...
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Lichene from an Old Abbey: Being Historical Reminiscenses of ...
which perceives the meanings unexpressed, or not guessed of, or wrongly
interpreted, as the old rhabdomantist's rod discovered the clear hidden well ; that
quick sympathetic instinct which finds Tightness in the heart of wrong, — it, and ...
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How does one emulate a rhabdomantist? I looked up the Greek derivation. “Rhabdos” means twig or stick and “manteia” means divination or oracle. Stick them ... «New York Times, Feb 10»