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everyone personally. If they ask it about knowledge and art, it
will be able to answer their questions. Afterwards, they bring
out the rest of the body from the basin, extract the liver and
slice it, and they will see the signs which they are looking for.
The bones of his shoulders and his joints will tell them about
what they want, as well. Also, they do not cut their hair, eat or
drink except in his name. They became public at the time of al-
Muqtadir who ordered their temple to be opened and
evacuated. The head was found and buried."
One of their factions assigned colors to orbits of planets by
using the colors of substances that accept actions. They say that
the color of the orbit of 5 is dusty red similar to the color of
ruby; the color of the orbit of Z is dusty white; the color of the
orbit of cC is yellowish green similar to the color of red gold; the
color of the orbit of the O is dusty gold; the color of the orbit of
9 is reddish yellow; the color of the orbit of 5 is a mixture of all
colors; and the color of the orbit of the 7> is spotted white.
Furthermore, they assigned phases to planets which indicate
the sought actions. They also assigned talismans to these phases
by which they can influence actions. Subsequently, they
apportioned for every planet three phases with two talismans
assigned for every phase. Additionally, they allocated certain
colors for the phases. They believe that the red phase is good for
serious and incontestable matters and every talisman made in
this phase is good for helping someone asking for help. The
black phase is for diseases, torture, killing and similar tragedies.
The white phase indicate brightness, happiness and light, and
talismans made in this phase are good for friendliness, love and
so forth. The yellow phase is for controlling speechless animals,
as well as for evil actions.
They claim that the first phase of 5 is black, the second is
white and the third phase has the color of smoke and lead. The
first phase of Z is yellow, the second is white, and the third has
the color of smoke and lead. The first phase of of is red, the
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