The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
ls 4la Iflek o'a Young Egyptian ID NEW
York CITY,
|s'IlAOl l!? OGY ne SAYS, PLAYS i PART
EaH Tell Al the Nam . OF Any Inaiyiduai
g, Earth $if Hnforned or mo nay
ani u n onth Of III. niran. ana orIIi.
S. an Ar Of Ancien, sIaS,eIan,
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zfs he ancient magicians taught an ar,
sceTtaining from the disposition OF
353e,s heavens the names of spirits sup
@6sed ito rule over certain kinds Of
Fork. SO that persons about to under
BIKE any particular task might find out
s&leSproper genius to propitiate. Accord
I42gsto the natives OF Egypt the home
i astrology and magic, who constitute
II colcGy in this city, certain OF the
tores learned of their countrymen have
#dOpteds the art of ascertaining names
sa6d are able to tell names of any indI.
E8tdual2 on earth If informed of the day
s3nd month of his birth and OF his faith
f4f,S.t That feat, they assert Is per-
aahrmed by the aid of mathematics and
!&#Strology acid those who can execute
they hold in reverence.
#6Only3 one man of the many, Egyptians
81 ~ this country possesses the knowl-
sSSa &c, they declare, and he Is young
iii an by the name of Harith bin Khal-
81 an, law student. INhaldah, Sas he
ahrms himself, is about 2Tyears old, tall
3551d striking in appearance. His fea-
S8sres are good, and although his hair
BA Jet black in color and typically Egyp-
1S3&an, his, complexion is not so dark rs
mat OF the average South American.
I&2&e sEeakss English with @ decided ac-
|Sent, ybut possesses an excellent knowl-
$HgF of the language. When asked II
8eI were syersed III the art of discover
Ag the names OF persons unknown to
Him. as asserted by his countrymcn,
81 ite5yrepiied In the affirmative and dem
s41s trated his ability. Hc denied any
of the mdgician's art. how
f3Ser, claiming that the feat was sim
As3&ie TO those who knew how to perform
81. and required nothing more than an
To- a1f,1tl ot ,trl-1
with astronomy and n
knowledge of Arabic
"a 5sSlf Is well known among the better ed
9HHcated classes in Egypt" he continued,
#but I believe l am the only person
aEho has adapted 1t TO the English Ian
S3nage. 1t is performed in this way:
first, You obtain the day and month
81 the birth of the person whose name
N sSto Efbe ascertalned; then you obtain
9$les day and month of his fathers
8irth If a mans name Is to be found
gut, but If n woman's name Is required
You must have the day and month of
NE birth of the mother instead Of the
If ther. Now, suppose these dates are,
FAY April 21st and October 18th, rcspec-
lively, you multiply 81 by 12. Then you
&s8et the first letter of the name to lie
#pnnd out and take the number Of tthe
|#osttion 1t occupied in the alphabet,
|$nd add 1t to the result. Say It is C,
{pr4 example. c is the third letter of
z4Aihlte alphabet, consequently you add
81ree to the result obtained by multiply
&1ES2 and q. You then take the last
aEure OF this result. which In this. case
eYeuld be five, and with chart, In
Which the heavens are mapped to cen
}}aaa1n only six planets, circulating round
33he sun in this order-Mercury, Venus,
GLARS, Jupiter, Saturn and the moon
You find the fifth from the sun The
f3ame Of this planet in Arabic will give
$Hou the consonants of the. name to be
8Pund out, and with those 1t Is easy to
I'll In the novels. The trick Is known
I'D Cairo as 'Eltangeem,' and while it is
yell understood by the better educated,
u Is by no means common,
- 1.-The fact that the stars are used in
performing the trick leads TO the idea
aRrmed by the more ignorant classes
mat 1t is accomplished by means OF as
"a ology.. This is traceable to the de-
FIRE to attribute all effects to some cause,
@nown or unknown Belief in the doc
4,9aSrine OF the. influence Of the stars on
ne life and behavior OF mankind Is dead
alSgciyilized countries, and yet 1t Is q
sstrange coincidence that In connection
"a sthathe trick / have just performed
f&Efld explained to You. I have found
44 Hah e. ( all men born on the same day OF
688 ne month whose fathers were also
SCl ietii sodS Ol IL certain month
2Aave the same Christian name.
81 a Hiow do you explain that? Is 1t not
s'2244osstble that the disposition OF the CO.
]Se stiaI& bodies has certain influences on
l$alen Most persons allow that the sun
$&&ttelds. much power over animal and
Negotiable life, and that 1t has share in
s8reedingi feyers and other diseases
s&&33{risinS from the evaporation of deadly
2ui Ids The more enlightened have not
NET lost faith in the old medical lore
iticai times in sickness, such as
a$$4le twelfth or twenty-fourth hours or
third OF ninth day. Few will deny
ss$la at the tides are raised by the moon
E5SS88nd sun. or that the trade winds are
aAaused by the suns heat. which also
Ss4Aauses the formation of rain clouds by
S{341esevaDoration of water.
5& IF the famine in india was caused
HS3sy the state of the atmosphere may not
|}zhe disposition o the heavens have been
lls sa fore cause of It? And, gazing back fur
3yaher II the potato disease was bred