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The golden wheel dream-book and fortune-teller

being the most complete work on fortune-telling and interpreting dreams ever printed, containing an alphabetical list of dreams, with their interpretation and the lucky numbers they signify : also explaining how to tell fortunes by the mysterious golden wheel, with cards, dice, and dominoes : how to tell future events by the lines of the hands, by moles on the body, by the face, nails of the fingers, hair, and shape of the head : how to find where to dig for water, coal, and all kinds of metals, by means of the celebrated divining or luck rod ...

by Felix Fontaine

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller" by Felix Fontaine is a comprehensive guide to fortune-telling and dream interpretation written in the late 19th century. The book aims to provide readers with insights into their futures through various methods, including interpreting dreams and utilizing tools like the Golden Wheel, cards, and dice. This work is a product of its time, reflecting the Victorian fascination with divination and esoteric knowledge. The opening portion introduces the Golden Wheel and its significance in predicting fortunes. It explains how the wheel can be utilized to gain insight into various aspects of life, such as love, health, and financial success. Fontaine also lays the groundwork for dream interpretation, emphasizing the belief that dreams hold meaning and can reveal truths about one's future. Ultimately, the beginning of the book seeks to engage readers with practical advice on divining their fates and invites them to explore the mystical world of dreams and symbols. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles and Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Fortune-telling”. Retained metadata contains “Fortune-telling” in the subtitle, “Divination” in the description, “Fortune-telling” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fortune-telling”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fortune-telling”· via Open Library
    • “Fortune-telling”· in subtitle
    • “Divination”· in description
    • “Fortune-telling”· in description
    • “Fortune-telling”· in subject
  • Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Dream interpretation”, “dream interpretation”, and “Dreams”. Retained metadata contains “Dreams” in the subtitle, “Dream interpretation” in the description, “Dreams” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Dream interpretation”· via Internet Archive
    • “Dreams”· via Internet Archive
    • “Dream interpretation”· via Open Library
    • “Dreams”· via Open Library
    • “dream interpretation”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Dreams”· in subtitle

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Editions

3 editions cataloged here.

being the most complete work on fortune-telling and interpreting dreams ever printed, containing an alphabetical list of dreams, with their interpretation and the lucky numbers they signify : also explaining how to tell fortunes by the mysterious golden wheel, with cards, dice, and dominoes : how to tell future events by the lines of the hands, by moles on the body, by the face, nails of the fingers, hair, and shape of the head : how to find where to dig for water, coal, and all kinds of metals, by means of the celebrated divining or luck rod ...

Open Library record

1890Behrens Publishing Co.English—No ebook

being the most complete work on fortune-telling and interpreting dreams ever printed, containing an alphabetical list of dreams, with their interpretation, and the lucky numbers they signify; also explaining how to tell fortunes by the mysterious golden wheel...

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1862Dick & Fitzgerald; New York: : Dick & FitzgeraldEnglish—Public

Being the most complete work on fortune-telling and interpreting dreams ever printed, containing an alphabetical list of dreams, with their interpretation, and the lucky numbers they signify. Also explaining how to tell fortunes by the mysterious golden wheel, with cards, dice, and dominoes. How to tell future events by the lines of the hands, by moles on the body, by the face, nails of the fingers, hair and shape of the head. How to find where to dig for water, coal, and all kinds of metals, by means of the celebrated divining or luck rod. How to tell the temper and disposition of anybody, how to tell fortunes with tea leaves and coffee grounds, signs of the Moon's age, lucky and unlucky days, together with charms to make your sweetheart love you, and to make a lover pop the question, with twenty ways of telling fortunes on New Year's eve, and a complete language and signification of the flowers.

Project Gutenberg electronic edition

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2019-08-03Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
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