reml

I may add that the board or table of sand (tekht reml), so frequently mentioned in the Nights, is a shallow box filled with fine sand, carefully levelled, on which the points of the geomantic operation are made with a style of wood or metal.

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(The name tekht reml is however now commonly applied to a mere board or tablet of wood on which the necessary dots are made with ink or chalk.

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Burton, "beyond the range of matter."] [Footnote 219: Nuhhas szebb (for szebeb min er) reml, lit. "brass poured

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For a detailed description of this magical process, (which is known as "sand-tracing," Kharu 'r reml,) see posl, p. 199, note 2. ] [Footnote 25: i.e. "What it will do in the course of its life"] [Footnote 26: Or "ascendants" (tewali).] [Footnote 27: i.e. "Adornment of the Images."

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