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
The kings right
William Dickinson
1619
The landscape geometry of southern Britain
Michael Behrend
1976
The letter which was sent to the author of the doctrine of passive obedience and jure divino disproved &c. answered and refuted
True son of the Church of England
1689
The life of a showman
David Prince Miller
1849
The logical consequences of the acquittal of Jesus; or, His divinity deduced from his character and claims
James Bennet
1867
The loyall convert
Francis Quarles
1644
The loyall convert (according to the Oxford copy)
William Bridge
1644
The man in the moone, telling strange fortunes, or, The English fortune-teller
W. M
1609
The modern dowser
Henry de vicomte France
1930
The most excellent profitable and pleasaunt booke of the famous doctor and expert astrologian Arcandam, or Aleandrin
Richard Roussat
1578
The most excellent, profitable and pleasant book, of the famous doctor and expert astrologian Arcandam, or Aleandrin
Richard Roussat
1592
The music and odours of saints
William Huntington
1788
The mystery of God incarnate
Samuel Eaton
1650
The mystery of godliness
Thomas Bradbury
1726
The mystery of godliness
William Huntington
1794
The mystery of magistracy unvailed
Unworthy servant and subject of Jesus Christ
1795
The mystery of the Christian faith and of the Blessed Trinity vindicated and the divinity of Christ proved
William Payne
1697
The mystery of the Gospel unvail'd
Samuel Pack
1691
The mystery of the divining rod solved
Ernest Christie
1929
The nature of Jesus Christ a mystery
George Edward Ellis
1855
The necessity of Christian subjection
Thomas Morton
1643
The necessity of the absolute power of all kings
Robert Sir Filmer
1648
The obligation resulting from the Oath of Supremacy
Peter Sir Pett
1687
The office for laying of the corner-stone of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the city and diocese of New-York
Episcopal Church
1892