Tradition 06 of 33
Divination and oracles
Tarot, cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, scrying, geomancy, runes, and other divinatory systems.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 4,542
- Earliest
- 100 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 37%
- 1,690 with public full text
- With covers
- 52%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,082
- Metadata match175
- Query match1,278
- Source classification (retained through merging)7
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
- Divination768
- Divinity645
- Early works to 1800584
- Physiognomy574
- fortune-telling303
- Divine right of kings300
- History293
- Palmistry245
- Astrology183
- Tarot174
- India155
- Geomancy154
- Hindu astrology152
- Runes147
- Trinity127
- Numerology124
- Hindu astronomy120
- Controversial literature116
- Dowsing116
- Sermons116
- Magic110
- occultism94
- Art93
- Unitarianism92
Top languages
- English2,351 · 52%
- French523 · 12%
- Latin311 · 7%
- German290 · 6%
- Sanskrit159 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- Johann Caspar Lavater47 in this tradition51 books
- Giambattista della Porta44 in this tradition89 books
- Marcus Tullius Cicero23 in this tradition30 books
- Catholic Church20 in this tradition28 books
- Johannes ab Indagine18 in this tradition19 books
- Aristotle17 in this tradition55 books
- Nigel Pennick13 in this tradition17 books
- Kaspar Peucer13 books
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh11 in this tradition71 books
- Cicero10 in this tradition13 books
- Michael Scot10 in this tradition12 books
- Alliette10 in this tradition11 books
4,542 books
A Correspondence between Bishops Chase and M'Ilvain
Philander Chase
1834
A Form of morning and evening prayer
Andrew Fowler
1802
A Review of Elias Hicks' letter to Thomas Willis, on the miraculous conception of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Elias Hicks
1824
A Scriptural view of the rise of the heathen, Jewish, and Christian monarchies in the world
John C. Robson
1797
A Treatise on the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ
Jacques Abbadie
1817
A brief and most pleasau[n]t epitomye of the whole art of phisiognomie, gathered out of Aristotle, Rasis, Formica, Loxius, Phylemo[n], Palemo[n], Consiliator, Morbeth the Cardinal and others many moe, by that learned chyrurgian Cocles: and englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner
Bartolommeo della Rocca Cocles
1556
A brief and most pleasa⁻t epitomye of the whole art of phisiognomie, gathered out of Aristotle, Rasis, Formica, Loxius, Phylem⁻, Palem⁻, Consiliator, Morbeth the cardinal and others many moe
Bartolommeo della Rocca called Cocles, Thomas Hill
1556
A brief defence of Christianity, against Deism and infidelity
Friend to true religion
1810
A brief enquiry whether they who assert, and they who deny, the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, may have communion together at the Lords table
Joseph Taylor
1698
A brief review of all the texts in the New Testament usually alleged in support of the personal deity of our Lord Jesus Christ
Layman
1838
A call for scripture evidence that Christ is the "self existent eternal God."
Thomas Worcester, Samuel Spring, George Thacher
1811
A collection of tracts, relating to the deity, worship, and satisfaction of the Lord Jesvs Christ, &c. ...
Thomas Emlyn, Richard Willis
1719
A commentary on Cicero, De divinatione II
Andrew R. Dyck, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cicéron
2020
A continuation of The dialogue between a Christian and a Quaker
Thomas Hicks
1673
A course of six lectures upon phrenology and phisiognomy, will commence on Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, at twelve o'clock, and continue each alternate day. By Mr. Bunney, at his rooms, 95, High Street, Cheltenham ...
Bunney Mr
1851
A critical examination of our saviour's discourses with regard to the evidence they afford of his divine nature
W. M. Mayers
1827
A decree of the Court of Parliament at Paris, the second day of Ianuarie, 1615
France. Parlement
1615
A defence of the divinity and merrits of Jesus Christ
Zephaniah Ross
1795
A defence of the doctrine and practice of the Church of England
John Turner
1712
A description of the designs presented in the first competition for the Cathedral of S. John the Divine, New York
William Halsey Wood
1890
A dialogue of witches, in foretime named lot-tellers, and novv commonly called sorcerers
Lambert Daneau
1575
A discourse concerning supreme power and common right
John Sir Monson
1680
A discourse had in the College-Hall at Cambridge, March 27. 1722. Before the baptism of R. Judah Monis
Benjamin Colman
1722
A discourse of ecclesiastical lawes and supremacy of the kings of England, in dispensing with the penalties thereof
Philip Nye
1687