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
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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 office for the Lord's day
Orthodox Eastern Church
1880
The old-northern runic monuments of Scandinavia and England
George Stephens
1866
The omniscience of the Son of God, an undoubted argument of His divinity
William Wotton
1720
The only refuge of a troubled soul in times of affliction; or, the mystery of the apple tree
James Barry, William Huntington
1814
The original of kingly and ecclesiastical government
Thomas Barlow
1681
The parallel
William Assheton
1684
The politics of divination
Eugene L Mendonsa
1982
The power communicated by God to the prince, and the obedience required of the subject
James Ussher, James Tyrrell, Robert Sanderson
1661
The power of kings
William A.M Clifford
1682
The power of kings from God
Paul Lathom
1683
The preeminence of the election of kings, or, A plea for the peoples rights
Samuel Rutherford
1648
The prerogative of the monarchs of Great Brittain
Bartholomew Lane
1684
The proposition "That Christ is God"
James Martineau
1839
The question of miracles
Philip Harwood
1841
The question of questions
Samuel Wainwright
1892
The remonstrance of a Unitarian
James Captain Gifford
1818
The resolving of conscience upon this question
H. Ferne
1642
The revealer of God
Thomas Roberts Slicer
1893
The right of Kings
Thomas Procter
1621
The right of kings and the duty of subjects
Pierre Charron
1684
The right of kings by Scripture, or, A collection of some Scriptures shewing kings to be of God
Joseph Bentham
1661
The right, and prerogatiue of kings
Jean Bédé de la Gormandière
1612
The romance of M. Renan, and the Christ of the Gospels
Philip Schaff
1868
The royal apology, or, An answer to the rebels plea
William Assheton
1684