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
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Bṛhajjātaka. Adhyāya 1-2, circa 1700-1850
Varāhamihira
1700Sanskrit
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The tenure of kings and magistrates
John Milton, Roger H. West
1649
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Ciekawość Większa Nad Kolędę Warszawską W Roku 1794. Czyli dawne Apostrofe Do uciśnioney Oyczyzny Polskiey, i iey Synow, stosowne do okoliczności teraraźnieyszych [!], z Xięgi pod Tytułem, Job cierpiący, w Roku 1705. drukowaney wyięte, a
Aleksy Koralewicz
1794Polish
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The self-instructor in phrenology and physiology
Orson Squire Fowler
1890
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The twelve qualities of mind, or, Outlines of a new system of physiognomy, no. II
James W Redfield
1850
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What The Cards Tell
Minetta
1896
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An Essay On The Physiognomy of Disease With some Prefatory Remarks in review of Physiognomy as a Science
James Holmes
1825
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Li Weigong wang jiang nan
Feng'A Ha, Jing Li, Xun Liu
0917Chinese
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Le bréviaire du devin et du sorcier
1895French
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La geomance abregee de Iean de La Taille de Bondaroy
Jean de La Taille
1574French
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Muhūrtamārtaṇḍa, 1719-1903
Nārāyaṇadaivajña
1719Sanskrit
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Die biblisch-prophetische Theologie
Franz Delitzsch
1845German
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Comforts Palmistry Guide (1894)
Cheiro
1894
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No. 11. A son ami et élève Etteilla, Mme le Blanc, maîtresse de clavecin, élève de Rameau
Etteilla
1791French
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A modern oracle and its prototypes
Henry Carrington Bolton
1893
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Are composite photographs typical pictures?
Henry Pickering Bowditch
1894
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Ars Geomantica ... [etc.]
Robert Fludd
1650German
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Kitab Al Bulhan
Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani
1390Arabic
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Marston MS 181, De divinatione
Marcus Tullius Cicero
1456Latin
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Physiognomoniae coelestis libri sex, in quibus non solum, quomodo quis facile ex humani vultus extima inspectione ex conjectura praesagire futura possit, docetur: sed etiam astrologia refellitur, et inanis atque imaginaria demonstratur
Giambattista della Porta
1606Latin
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Ramalanavaratna
Paramasukhopādhyāya, active 19th century
1811Sanskrit
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Śīghrabodha, circa 1700-1850
Kāśīnātha Bhaṭṭācārya, Rājarāma Madhumatya
1700Sanskrit
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The complete master-piece of Aristotle the famous philosopher, displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man
pseud Aristotle, Nicholas Culpeper
1814
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Lagnacandrikā, 1776
Kāśīnātha Bhaṭṭācārya
1776Sanskrit