A lucid treatise dealing with all the popular and more abstruse methods. Divination by playing cards from a writer, Dr. Walter Richard Gorn Old, a.k.a. Sepharial, who had access to the divinatory techniques of Indian Astrologers. Contents: A Brief History of the Pack of Cards; Methods of Great Diviners; A Test Telling of the Cards; Some English Methods of Telling; Some Artistic Stars; Some Simple but Effective Tellings; Napoleon_s Card Methods; Some Unusual Methods of Telling; and The Tarot or Divination Cards. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

A practical work on the study of the hand, containing the laws of the science clearly and concisely expressed. Hand reading is a science, a study that teaches one of self, a chapter from the book of Nature. Its laws may be logically explained and its workings clearly understood. Illustrated.

Setting forth the true reason for symbolism and ritual, their relation to the teaching of Christ, and their necessary adoption by all forms of religious expression. Contents: this world and the other; symbols and rituals; spirit and truth; life, light and love; the Catholic faith; reason of ritual; invocation; communion; conclusion.

A study of character and personality. The reading of the hand has been put on a firm and scientific basis. Laffan has accomplished this task in this original contribution to the subject which has been too long the victim of charlatans. careful examination of the shape and lines of the palm discloses the mental characteristics of a person and his life plan. Changes in these lines closely correspond with changes in the person's life. A skilled analysis can often reveal to an individual the true nature of his personality and help him to make the essential effort to the fulfillment of his life plan.

The use of a forked twig, or so-called divining rod, in locating minerals, finding hidden treasure, or detecting criminals is a curious superstition that has been a subject of discussion since the middle of the sixteenth century and still has a strong hold on the popular mind, even in this country, as is shown by the large number of inquiries received each year by the United States Geological Survey as to its efficacy, especially for locating underground water, and the persistent demands that it be made a subject of investigation by the Survey. The bibliography shows that a truly astonishing number of books and pamphlets have been written on the subject. The purpose of the present brief paper is not to add another contribution to this enormous volume of uncanny literature but merely to furnish a reply to the numerous inquiries that are continually being received from all parts of the country. The outline of the history of the subject presented in the following pages will probably enable most honest inquirers to appreciate the practical uselessness of "water witching" and other applications of the divining rod, but those who wish to delve further into the mysteries of the subject are referred to the literature cited in the bibliography, in which they will find reports in painful detail of exhaustive investigations and pseudo-investigations of every phase of the subject and every imaginable explanation of the supposed phenomena.

This volume discusses gems, jewels, coins and medals of ancient and modern times. At almost all times, gem engravers have cut devices on precious stones so that in fact, as jewels are gems, not all gems are jewels. They are treated the same in this work. Billings writes about the history of coins and medals, some of which are found in archeological sites. The appendix is a translation by Mrs. Billings of the Autobiography of Benedetto Pistrucci.

This book teaches card fortune telling by three masters of the subject, Sepharial, Lenormand and Minetta. You will ever be welcome at any social gathering or party if you can read the cards. This subject can be both studious and entertaining. Contents: the pack, the suits, significators; meaning of the cards, position; shuffle and cut; Lenormand's method, the 36 positions; Etteilla's method; different methods, 7s, 13s, 21, the star, the week, 15, 84s, 24 hours, destiny; Minetta's method, a wish; Sepharial's method, rules for practice.

Behind the veil - the trance sleep embracing the beryl crystal, ancient methods, clear sight or the magnetic sleep, spiritual clairvoyance, astral appearances in the crystal, clairvoyance or general vision, hygienic clairvoyance and an explanation of terms used.

A brief study into the origin and significance of certain symbols which have been found in all civilizations, such as the cross, the circle, the serpent, the triangle, the tree of life, the swastika, and other solar emblems, showing the unity and simplicity of thought underlying their use as religious symbols. With more than 100 illustrations.

The prehistoric mysteries disclosed. This book utilizes numerology, astrology, the zodiac and other methods to explain the constellations and heavens and the messages such bodies are transmitting to us. Contains dissertations on scripture entries and their meanings, the relationship between the zodiac and scripture, the Great Pyramid calendar system, astronomy and the Bible and others. Richly illustrated throughout.

Volume one of a two volume set. (This description is for all volumes.) To Which is Added an Appendix of the Most Remarkable and Best Authenticated Stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Somnambulism, Predictions, Divination, Witchcraft, Vampires, Fairies, Table-Turning, and Spirit Rapping. Translated by William Howitt. Extremely scarce, this is a foundational work on magic and mysticism! Contents: Author's Preface; Of Magic and its Branches in General; Theoretical Views on Magic Among the Ancients; Magnetism among the Ancient Nations especially the Orientals, Egyptian, and Israelites; Magic among the Greek and Romans; Magic in Mythology; Magic of the Germans; Mystic Doctrines and Endeavors after a Philosophical Elucidation of the Magic of the Middle Ages; Apparitions; Haunted Houses; Dreams; Second Sight; Trance and Somnambulism; Ecstasy; Predictions; Divination; Witchcraft; Vampires; Amulets and Charms; Narcotics; Fairies; Spiritual Manifestations.

Volume 1 of 2. This training system is the climax work of the Temple of Philosophy otherwise known as the Mind and Thought Society. Future seeing is a study of destiny; and any such study is the best intellectual development of the deepest and broadest philosophy that can be presented to the world. The purpose of this study is to compel the great facts of time to reveal their parentage, the past, and to disclose their progeny, the future.

An investigation of Greek divinations rituals. Contents: Introductory comments; Magic; Ritual; Divination and magic - the acceptance of omens; Manteis; The Ordeal; Divination at sacred stones; Lekanomancy; Omens and sub-rites; Kleromancy; Necromancy; Augury; Conclusion, appendix, bibliographical index, and general index.

How to get what you want when you want it where you want it in the way you want it through numerology. Contents: the eyes of truth (an introduction to numerology and the occult); the love story of the world (numerology and occult notions related to love); the psychology of success (numerology and occult notions related to business); a soul's refrain.

This book discusses second sight, or premonition. Many men have written on this subject, some of which are referred to within this text. The purpose herein is to place before the reader the prophecies of the Brahan Seer, as far as the author has been able to procure them. Contents: prophecies which might be attributed to natural shrewdness; prophecies unfulfilled; prophecies as to the fulfillment of which there is doubt; prophecies wholly or partially fulfilled; sketch of the family of Seaforth; Seaforth's dream and doom; the Seer's death; fulfillment of the Seaforth prophecy.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Graphology, in English and American manuals of handwriting, stands in the relation with all other pseudo-sciences, founded on half truths and wrought with superstition and amateur fads, compared to modern science. In this book, the author attempts to put before the English public the fundamental principles, methods and laws of scientific graphology. Contents: common objections to graphology and their refutation; history of graphology; physiology and psychology of writing; random test of the correctness of methods explained; practical hints for drawing up of graphological analyses; specimens of analysis.

A unique self-help guide to dream interpretation using techniques and icons from cultures around the world.

- Challenges the assumption that all symbols universally signify the same thing to all dreamers.

- Includes numerous stories, games, and exercises for inducing, recalling, interpreting, and utilizing dreams.

- Extends beyond Jung and Freud to include dream theory from numerous world cultures, including the Temiar of Malaya, the African Ibans, the Lepchka of the Himalayas, and the Ute of North America.

Dreaming can be used as a tool for understanding our own consciousness, enhancing creativity, receiving visions, conquering fears, interpreting recent events, healing the body, and evolving the soul. Tapping into the vast dreaming experiences and lore of the world's cultures--from the Siwa people of the Libyan desert to the Naskapi Indians of Labrador--Sarvananda Bluestone challenges the assumption that all symbols universally signify the same thing to all dreamers. "The World Dream Book" encourages readers to develop their own, personalized symbols for understanding their consciousness and provides a series of stories, multicultural techniques, and games to help them do so.

Playful explorations, such as the aboriginal "Sipping the Water of the Moon," teach how to induce, recall, interpret, and utilize the power of dreams. Readers will discover how a stone under a pillow can help us remember a dream and will explore their own dormant artist and writer as they reclaim the power of their sleeping consciousness. Sarvananda Bluestone applies his uniquely engaging style to demonstrate that, with a few simple tools, everybody has the capacity to unleash their fulldreaming potential.

This book is an entirely new version of the I Ching. It is the result of discovering a totally new way of consulting the oracle. I Ching: The Oracle of the Cosmic Way is a book that shows two layers of text, side by side, one layer being the feudal overlays over the original oracle text, the other showing the 'Cosmic Way' - the Cosmic Principles that are the subject of each hexagram.

An expert on the 16th-century physician-astrologer and seer translates and comments on Nostradamus's predictions concerning the last two decades of the 20th century.