Tradition 06 of 35
Divination and oracles
Tarot, cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, scrying, geomancy, runes, and other divinatory systems.
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- Books
- 4,589
- Earliest
- 100 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 38%
- 1,743 with public full text
- With covers
- 52%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,107
- Metadata match195
- Query match1,279
- Source classification (retained through merging)8
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Divination772
- Divinity646
- Early works to 1800583
- Physiognomy574
- fortune-telling308
- Divine right of kings300
- History296
- Palmistry246
- Astrology183
- Tarot178
- Geomancy155
- India155
- Hindu astrology152
- Runes149
- Numerology129
- Trinity127
- Hindu astronomy120
- Controversial literature117
- Dowsing116
- Sermons116
- Magic110
- occultism97
- Art93
- Unitarianism92
Top languages
- English2,354 · 51%
- French523 · 11%
- Latin311 · 7%
- German292 · 6%
- Sanskrit159 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Johann Caspar Lavater47 in this tradition52 books
- Giambattista della Porta44 in this tradition90 books
- Marcus Tullius Cicero24 in this tradition37 books
- Catholic Church20 in this tradition50 books
- Johannes ab Indagine18 in this tradition19 books
- Aristotle17 in this tradition63 books
- Brother Elias15 books
- Nigel Pennick13 in this tradition18 books
- Kaspar Peucer13 books
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh11 in this tradition71 books
- Cicero10 in this tradition19 books
- Michael Scot10 in this tradition13 books
4,589 books
- Read free
The long lost friend
Johann Georg Hohman
1820
- Read free
Psychology as a natural science applied to the solution of occult psychic phenomena
Charles Godlove Raue, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Harry Houdini Collection, Andrew Lang
1889
- Read free
The prophecies of the Brahan seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche)
Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Kenneth Mackenzie, Coinneach Odhar
1882
- Read free
The secret teachings of all ages
Manly Palmer Hall, J. Augustus Knapp
1928
- Read free
The Illustrated Key To The Tarot
Lauron William de Laurence, Pamela Colman Smith
1916
- Read free
Ancient Divination and Experience
Lindsay Driediger-Murphy, Esther Eidinow, Lindsay Gayle Driediger-Murphy
2019
- Read free
Ancient Prophecy
Martti Nissinen
2017
- Read free
Thaumaturgia, or elucidations of the marvellous
Oxonian, Oxonian. n 88620357, An Oxonian
1835
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Early Christianity and Ancient Astrology
Timothy Hegedus
2007
- Read free
Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling
Charles Godfrey Leland, University of Leeds. Library
1891
- Read free
The influence of the stars
Rosa Baughan
1891
- Read free
De Occulta Philosophia
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Donald Tyson, Willis F Whitehead, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Henry Morley, Harry Houdini Collection
1531Latin
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Dogme et rituel de la haute magie
Eliphas Lévi, Arthur Edward Levi Eliphas; Waite, Arthur Edward Waite
1856French
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Magic, divination, and demonology among the Hebrews and their neighbours
Thomas Witton Davies
1898
- Read free
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing
William Walker Atkinson
1907
- Read free
Etruscan Roman remains in popular tradition
Charles Godfrey Leland
1892
- Read free
The history of spiritualism
Arthur Conan Doyle
1926
- Read free
Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-room
Caroline Howard Gilman
1844
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The witches' dream book and fortune teller
A. H.] [from old catalog Noe, A. H Noe
1885
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The tarot of the Bohemians
Papus
1889
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The witches of New York
Q. K. Philander Doesticks
1858
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The Pictorial Key to the Tarot
Arthur Edward Waite
1910
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The religious system of the Amazulu
Henry Callaway
1868
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Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atqve technica historia
Robert Fludd
1617Latin