geomantic

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ge·o·man·cy

 (jē′ə-măn′sē)
n.
Divination by means of lines and figures or by geographic features.

[Middle English geomancie, from Medieval Latin geōmantia, from Late Greek geōmanteia, divination by signs from the earth : Greek geō-, geo- + Greek -manteia, -mancy.]

ge′o·man′cer n.
ge′o·man′tic (-tĭk) adj.
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The tenants hired Kolmans Geomantic consultants to determine the proximity of the apartments to Nairobi Dam.
Spelling out the details of the projects, the climate change secretary Khizir Hayat Khan said that the ministry's development projects include: green Pakistan programme - revival of forestry and wildlife resources in Pakistan, sustainable Land Management project to combat desertification of Pakistan SLMP-II, construction of Boundary Wall of Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden, strengthening Zoological Survey of Pakistan undertaking immediate inventory of endangered wildlife species and habitats across Pakistan, establishment of Geomantic Centre for Climate Change.
Khizir said that the ministry's development projects include green Pakistan programme revival of forestry and wildlife resources in Pakistan, sustainable Land Management project to combat desertification of Pakistan SLMP-II, construction of Boundary Wall of Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden, strengthening Zoological Survey of Pakistan undertaking immediate inventory of endangered wildlife species and habitats across Pakistan, establishment of Geomantic Centre for Climate Change.
Foreshadowing signs are quite ubiquitous in medieval Asian historiography, whereby the narrative's timeline becomes auspiciously or ominously emplotted by means of dreams, omens, curses, boons, physiognomic bodily features, predictions, prognostic indications, geomantic influences, or astrological forces.
Feng Shui queen Marites Allen on Wednesday offered to give her opinion on the two popular celebrities 'based on their geomantic elements' during the launch of her Feng Shui app at the Marco Polo Hotel.
Additionally, the ministry had also demanded Rs738.50 million for its six continuing projects including the establishment of a geomantic centre for climate change, Green Pakistan Programme, Sustainable Land Management project to combat desertification of Pakistan (SLMP-II), and strengthening Zoological Survey of Pakistan for undertaking an immediate inventory of endangered wildlife species and habitats nationwide.It also aimed at facilitating a better environmental planning in the country, through assessment of environmental impact of different human activities, making them compatible with the objectives of sustainable development.
Lovecraft also frequently uses geomantic references in his narratives.
Yet Beijing's streets, walls, temples, gardens and alleys were part of a carefully woven tapestry that reflected the constellations above, geomantic forces below and an invisible overlay of holy mountains and gods.
MoCC presented a total of 12 projects together with two ongoing projects including establishment of Geomantic Centre for Climate Change, and Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP) to combat desertification.
(4) Centre of Studies Surveying Science & Geomantic, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor
On the western environmentalist appropriation of fengshui as an idealistic misconception, see Ole Bruun, Fengshui in China: Geomantic Divination Between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion (Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2003), 233.
Yi-fu Tuan, more recently, made a note of a cerebral impact reflected in geomantic myth in the East, as a projection of generic pattern of parts reflected in a larger whole within the environment (Tuan 2001: 100).
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