Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1925-10-23 | Page 7 | Priest and Rhabdomancer

Priest and Rhabdomancer Father Innocenzo, vicar of the Capuchins Capu-chins in Alessandria, is a famous rhabdomancer. rhab-domancer. By patting and smelling the earth he is able to tell what is underneath. This ancient profession, indispensable to the tribe in nomad times, is still valued in Italy. Father Innocenzo has found water and, what is more interesting to Americans, oil in Italy and Tripoli. Recently, near the village of Bruggi, In the Curone valley, while rhabdomanclng around he suddenly announced : "Gold and silver." In fact, samples of the earth taken to a Turin laboratory were found to contain four grams of gold and fifty-six grams of silver per ton of earth. Not much, but the townsfolk ?ot excited and capitalized Father In-aocenzo's In-aocenzo's further researches in their community.