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
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Trailokyaprakāśa. Arghakāṇḍa
Hemaprabhasūri, active 13th century
1847Sanskrit
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Declaratio de Nomine Iesu Secundum Kabbalam
Author: Johann Kemper Translator: Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin
1704
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Phrenology, in connexion with the study of physiognomy. Part I. Characters. With thirty-four plates
Johann Gaspar Spurzheim
1826
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An essay on the truth of physiognomy
Richard Brown, George Cheyne Shattuck, Thomas T. Stiles, University of Pennsylvania 1807
1807
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Divination on stage : prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe
Folke Gernert
2021
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Fasciculus geomanticus, in quo varia variorum opera geomantica continentur. Opus maxime curiosum, et a multis hactenus desideratum
1704Latin
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Perpetual card
1688
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Qiyāfah-nāmah
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 132
1806Persian
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The three witches; or, The combination dream dictionary
Isaac Wright, Madame La Vanie
1887
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The works of Aristotle the famous philosopher
1830
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Bāb al-z̤amīr
Mu'īn al-Dīn 'Abd al-Majīd Jāmi'ī, author
1806Persian
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Lampāka
Padmanābhācāryya
1840Sanskrit
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Lavater's looking-glass, or, Essays on the face of animated nature, from man to plants
Charles Grignion, Allen and Co Lackington, Johann Caspar Lavater, Millar Ritchie, Charles Reuben Ryley, Jean Joseph Sue, W. J. and J. Richardson
1800
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De quatuor signis quae apparent in vnguibus manuum
Filippo Finella, Giacomo Gaffari
1649Latin
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The whole of Aristotle's compleat master-piece
1780
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"Magic," black and white; charms and counter charms. Divination and demonology among the Hindus, Hebrews, Arabs and Egyptians ... An epitome of "supernaturalism" magic, black, white and natural; conjuring and its relation to prophecy, including Biblical and Old Testament terms and words for magic ...
T. Witton Davies, Lauron William De Laurence
1910
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Thomas James Mathias Runic Odes From The Norse Tongue
Thomas James Mathias
1790
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Das Delphische Orakel in seinem politischen, religiösen und sittlichen Einfluß auf die alte Welt
Wilhelm Götte
1839German
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[Collection of cabalistic texts]
1700
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Coombs' popular phrenology
Frederick Coombs, Frederick. Coombs's standard phrenology Coombs
1865
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The Christmas rose
H. J. Wood, David Henry Friston
1845
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Essays on physiognomy
William Blake, Henry Bromley, John Hall, Thomas Holloway, Henry Hunter, Johann Caspar Lavater, James Neagle, Anker Smith, J Thornthwaite, Thomas Trotter
1792
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Le palais du prince du sommeil, où est enseignée l'oniromancie autrement l'art de deviner par les songes. Par Monsieur de Mirbel advocat en parlement
Célestin de Mirbel
1670French
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Svapnādhyāya
Br̥haspati
1735Sanskrit