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
Gottfr. Christ. Rothii de imagvncvlis germanorvm magicis, qvas alrvnas vocant, commentatio ...
Gottfried Christian Roth
1737Latin
Gōtō Ekigaku shōsen
Hakuga Arai
1882Japanese
H. Cardani medici Mediolanensis Metoposcopia libris tredecim
Girolamo Cardano
1658French
Hand-Bibliotheck für Freünde
Johann Caspar Lavater
1791German
Handboek waarzeggerij
Lilian Verner-Bonds
2022Dutch
Handbuch der Runenkunde
Helmut Arntz
1935German
Handwörterbuch der Seelenmahlerey
Charles Le Brun
1804German
Henrici Cornelii Agrippae ab Nettesheym a consiliis et archiuis Inditiaris sacrae Caesarae maiestatis de occulta philosophia libri tres
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
1533Latin
Hermanni Venema Exercitationes de vera Christi divinitate
Hermann Venema
1755Latin
Hermanni Venema Opuscula inedita
Hermann Venema
1778Latin
Herodes ende Pilatus vereenight
David Owen, Johannes Wtenbogaert
1660Dutch
Hieronymi Zanchii Bergomatis theologi celeberrimi De diuinatione tam artificiosa, quam artis experte, et vtriusque variis speciebus tractatus, olim studiosae iuuentuti in Schola Argentinensi publicè praelectus; nunc verò in gratiam eiusdem ab haeredibus primùm in lucem editus. Accessit tractatus Thomae Erasti medici clarissimi De astrologia diuinatrice
Girolamo Zanchi
1610Latin
Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieueses
Pierre Lebrun
1750French
Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses
Pierre Lebrun
1702French
Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses qui ont seduit les peuples & embarassé les sçavans, avec la methode et les principes pour discerner les effets naturels d'avec ceux qui ne le sont pas, par un prêtre de l'oratoire
Pierre Lebrun
1702French
Histoire de Samuël, inventeur du Sacre des Rois
Constantin-François Volney
1819French
Histoire de la divination dans l
Auguste Bouché-Leclercq
1978French
Histoire du dogme de la divinité de Jesus Christ
Albert Réville
1869French
Historia deorum fatidicorum, vatum sybillarum, phoebadum
Pierre Mussard
1680Latin
Hizuk ha- 'emuna
Isaac ben Abraham Troki
1873Hebrew
Hoe occult is occult?
Henk Veldhuizen
1994Dutch
Holfati schediasma de libris Latinorvm ecclesiasticis
Nikolaus Peter Sibbern
1706Latin
Honchō ninsō kō
Kakuseiō
1891Japanese
Hōgaku sokkō
Seishū Matsuura
1807Japanese