reading the wheat grains

Lots of drama here today that I'm sort of glad I missed. Everyone is in Shivpuri now. I am back with them, very happily, at this flophouse place where everyone just sleeps on the floor. Quick, sort of funny story --

I guess someone was missing a little bit of cash and this was discussed in a full group meeting (that also talked about other things) where it was decided that they would reconvene an hour or two later for a reading of a big plate full of wheat grains. Some divination thing. Some people had to go out and buy some wheat and get the thing ready, which is some kind of big round dish that is spun and depending on what happens to the wheat grains you can divine who or what it is you are trying to find. So they get the whole group back together in a big circle and begin this thing. Three times in a row it pointed to this one guy. Apparently there was a huge freakout with lots of raised voices and crying and stuff. People took the whole thing very seriously. But I guess when the accused got so upset everyone decided to ignore the findings of the plate of grains. Instead, the man who spun the dish of grains took the accused man to a nearby mosque, where they did some kind of swearing over the koran about how this guy was really not guilty, and now everything's fine again.

Getting up very early tomorrow, so I better go. Wish me luck in the hills. Might not be able to get an internet conection for a few days now.