Tradition 06 of 33
Divination and oracles
Tarot, cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, scrying, geomancy, runes, and other divinatory systems.
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- 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
An appeal to the conscience of a fanatick
Bartholomew Lane
1684
An appeal to the serious and candid professors of Christianity on the following subjects, viz. ...
Joseph Priestley
1775
An attempt to refute a sermon by H. D. Inglis
Thomas Fyshe Palmer
1792
An elucidation of the unity of God
James Gifford
1784
An essay on the divinity of Jesus Christ
G. F. H. Crockett
1818
An essay on the divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ as distinguished from his deity
Richard Wright
1814
An essay on the doctrine of the eternal sonship of Christ
Thomas Black
1800
An essay on the doctrine of the two natures of Christ
Richard Wright
1813
An essay on the doctrine of the two natures of Jesus Christ
Richard Wright
1815
An essay on the real deity of Jesus Christ
Caleb Alexander
1791
An essay on the the truth of physiognomy and its application to medicine
Richard Brown
1807
An essay on the truth of physiognomy, and its application to medicine
Richard Brown
1807
An essay towards some farther evidence of our Saviour's divinity
John dissenting minister at Ware Hughes
1712
An eulogy on the Saviour
C. T Bill
1814
An examination of Dr. Sherlock's book entituled The case of the allegiance due to sovereign powers stated and resolved, &c
James Parkinson
1691
An examination of Mr. Robinson of Cambridge's plea
Theọp̣hilus Lindsey
1789
An examination of passages of Scripture, supposed to prove the deity of Jesus Christ
William Ellery Channing
1819
An examination of some of the more important texts in the New Testament that relate to the deity of our lord Jesus Christ, with special reference to the treatment they have severally received in the revised version
F. Tilney Bassett
1883
An examination of the divine testimony concerning the character of the Son of God
Henry Grew
1824
An exposition of some late reveries concerning the sonship of Christ
Adam Gib
1780
An expostulatory address to the Reverend Doctor Priestley
John Hawkins
1788
An extract from a celebrated modern English publication entitled A plea for the deity of Jesus and the doctrine of the Trinity
David Simpson
1819
An historical preface to Primitive Christianity reviv'd
William Whiston
1711
An humble desired union betweene prerogative and priviledge
John Taylor "The Water-Poet"
1642