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
That Jesus Christ, our eternal high-priest, could not possibly have entred otherwise but by his own blood, into the holy place, to make intercession for us, or, (Which is entirely the same) that there was (contrary to a newly-risen opinion) an absolute indispensible necessity for all his holy sufferings and death on the cross
Dionysius Andreas Freher, British Library
1700
The Apostles' doctrine concerning Jesus Christ, our Lord and saviour
Author of The language of Scripture
1818
The Assembly's Catechism explained
David Some
1727
The Babylonian "šumma immeru" omens
Yoram Cohen
2020
The Bible code
Michael Drosnin, Yoav Rosenberg, Doron Ṿitsṭum
1997
The Case Of Allegiance To A King In Possession
Thomas fellow Browne
1690
The Catholick doctrine concerning the union of the two natures in the one person of Christ stated and vindicated
William Stephens
1722
The Catholick question at Boston, or, An attempt to prove that a Calvinist is a Christian, according to the proper signification of those names
George Savage, James Hervey, John Lowell
1815
The Chinese sensitive leaf
Zaphrintia
1820
The Coelbren alphabet
John Michael Greer
2017
The Divine right of Kings asserted in general
W. P. Esq
1680
The Divinity School and the university
Charles F. Dole
1896
The Divinity School of Trinity College, Dublin, and its proposed improvement
Charles H. H. Wright
1884
The Dutch fortune-teller
John Booker
1600
The Dutch fortune-teller: discovering xxxvi several questions
John Booker
1690
The Earle of Lindsey his declaration and iustification
Montague Bertie Earl of Lindsey
1642
The English works
Thomas Hobbes
1839
The Godhead of Christ
Thomas Salmon
1843
The Grand problem briefly discussed, or, Considerations on the true mature and limits of obedience and submission to governours
Divine of the Church of England
1690
The Harvard Divinity School
John White Chadwick
1895
The Holy Scriptural doctrine of the divine Trinity in essential unity
John Scott
1754
The King on his throne: or A discourse maintaining the dignity of a king, the duty of a subject, and the unlawfulnesse of rebellion
Robert Mossom
1642
The Kings cavse
John Doughty
1644
The Kings cavse rationally, briefly, and plainly debated, as it stands de facto
John Doughty
1644