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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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Liu ren tu xiang]
1621Chinese
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[Purchas his pilgrimage, or, Relations of the vvorld and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation into this present In foure parts. This first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the Floud, the heathenish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions, idols, oracles, temples, priests, fasts, feasts, sacrifices, and rites religious
Samuel Purchas
1617
The Mythic Tarot Workbook
Juliet Sharman-Burke
1988
Forgotten experts
A. Tunç Şen
2025
Illusion in Cultural Practice
Katharina Rein
2021
Divination
Ze Hong
2025
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Animals and Divination
Peter Struck, Peter T. Struck
2014
The tarot handbook
Angeles Arrien
1987
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Alexander Achillinus, Bononiensis, de Chyromantiae principiis et physionomiae... - Bartholomei Coclitis Chyromantie ac physionomie anastasis ; cum approbatione magistri Alexandri de Achillinis
Alessandro Achillini, Bartolomeo Della Rocca
1503Latin
Runelore
Edred Thorsson
1987
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Brief discours contre la vanité et abus d'aucuns trop fondez & abusez en l'astrologie iudiciaire & devineresse & de ceulx qui s'y amusent & croyent trop de legier
Léger F Bontemps
1559French
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Texts in German on geomancy and prognostication
Nicolaus Breys, Albert Ehrman, Johan Fucht, Karl von Kesaer, Johannes Paulinus
1469German