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A complete, illustrated guide to the ancient tradition of reading
the face to gain insight into health, personality, relationships,
and career The face is a unique reflection of our genetic,
inherited inclinations as well as the effects that life, nature,
and relationships have had upon us. By looking at a person's face,
you can gain valuable insight into their personality, health, and
how they navigate in the world. In this illustrated guide, Jennifer
Lamonica reveals the sacred tradition of face morphology, an
esoteric system that has been passed quietly from rabbi to student
as an unbroken oral tradition for more than 4,500 years. She
explores the history and development of this ancient art from its
origins in Israel and Egypt to its use as the major diagnostic
system in Europe until the Enlightenment and its current
applications in French medical schools. Sharing the techniques of
master face readers, the author details how to read the angles of
the profile, as well as palm color and nose shape, to determine a
person's temperament, providing health and career insight into each
of the four temperaments, including nutritional needs, digestive
issues, sleep patterns, health predispositions, and ideal
occupational paths. Exploring the Foursquare diagram, developed by
French occultist Papus, for highly accurate and detailed facial
readings, she explains how to read the front face in combination
with planetary shapes, which reveal a person's character; the major
facial features, such as eyebrows, which reveal personal
inclinations; and the musculature of the face, including
expressions, which reveals a person's current mental state.
Providing case studies, she examines how to apply face morphology
in relationships and in parenting. Exploring the meaning of each
facial variation, while also honoring the intuitive impression
received at first glance, Lamonica reveals how the ancient science
of face reading allows you to compassionately help your loved ones,
students, or clients, as well as overcome personal obstacles and
better know yourself.
This is not only the first global history of nineteenth-century
science but the first global history of phrenology. Phrenology was
the most popular mental science of the Victorian age. From American
senators to Indian social reformers, this new mental science found
supporters around the globe. Materials of the Mind tells the story
of how phrenology changed the world-and how the world changed
phrenology. This is a story of skulls from the Arctic, plaster
casts from Haiti, books from Bengal, and letters from the Pacific.
Drawing on far-flung museum and archival collections, and
addressing sources in six different languages, Materials of the
Mind is an impressively innovative account of science in the
nineteenth century as part of global history. It shows how the
circulation of material culture underpinned the emergence of a new
materialist philosophy of the mind, while also demonstrating how a
global approach to history can help us reassess issues such as
race, technology, and politics today.
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