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
Mother Bunch's closet newly broke open
Poor Tom
1800
Mother Shipton's fortune teller, or, Future fate foretold by the planets
Shipton Mother
1893
Mother Shipton's fortune telling book
Shipton Mother
1861
Mr. Anthony Wotton's defence against Mr. George Walker's charge, accusing him of Socinian heresie and blasphemie
Anthony Wotton
1641
Mr. Bidle's Confession of faith
Nicolas Estwick
1656
Mr. Coulthurst's blunders exposed
William Frend
1789
Mr. Whiston's letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Nottingham, concerning the eternity of the son of God, and of the Holy Spirit
William Whiston
1721
Mysteries in religion vindicated, or, The filiation, deity and satisfaction of our Saviour asserted against Socinians and others
Luke Milbourne
1692
Mystery of godliness
Thomas Bradbury
1795
Napoleon Buonaparte's celebrate book of fate, translated from the German ...
Napoléon Bonaparte
1845
Napoleon's argument for the divinity of Christ, and the scriptures, in a conversation with general Bertrand, at St. Helena
Napoléon Bonaparte
1832
Napoleon's oraculum, or, Book of fate
H. Kirchenhoffer
1830
New Haven theology, alias Taylorism, alias neology
Daniel Dow
1834
New Testament times and New Testament introduction
Raymond Calkins
1894
New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology
O. S. Fowler, L. N. Fowler
1869
New physiognomy, or, Signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms
Samuel R. Wells
1883
Nine letters concerning the Person and Sonship of Messiah
Robert Wilson
1813
Nocturnal revels, or, A universal dream-book
John Booker
1767
Note for the second Baltimore edition of the Rev. Mr. Channing's sermon delivered at the ordination of the Rev. Jared Sparks
William Ellery Channing
1819
Notes in New Testament 12, 4, and 3
Raymond Calkins
1895
Notes taken in short-hand of a speech in the House of Lords on the debates of appointing a day for hearing Dr. Shirley's cause, Octob. 20, 1675
Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury
1675
Numerology
Anne-Sophie Casper, Chloe Zarka Grinsnir
2024
Numismata, a discourse of medals, ancient and modern
John Evelyn
1697
Obedience active and passive due to the supream power by the word of God, reason, and the consent of divers moderne and orthodox divines
W. J. welwiller to peace and truth
1643