Difference between revisions of "The future of his fates"

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future ... fate: cf. the method of divination used by Nostradamus, Centuries 1:1-2, and by the 4th-century Neoplatonist Iamblichus, De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum: a bowl of water was placed upon a tripod into which the seer gazed

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−	~~pun on "~~the ~~feature~~ of his face~~" -- presumably his nose, which he sticks in the water to "watch" (wash)~~	+	* '''the features of his face'''

−	~~For more~~, ~~see "joshuan judges" above.~~	+	* '''future ... fate:''' cf. the method of divination used by Nostradamus, ''Centuries'' 1:1-2, and by the 4th-century Neoplatonist Iamblichus, ''De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum'': a bowl of water was placed upon a tripod into which the seer gazed