Tradition 06 of 33
Divination and oracles
Tarot, cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, scrying, geomancy, runes, and other divinatory systems.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,796
- Earliest
- 100 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 36%
- 652 with public full text
- With covers
- 65%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,572
- Metadata match155
- Query match64
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
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
- Divination501
- Hindu astrology146
- India146
- Tarot139
- Palmistry126
- Hindu astronomy120
- History114
- Numerology111
- Geomancy106
- Astrology95
- Social Sciences90
- Runes87
- Magic81
- Art80
- Arts and Humanities78
- fortune-telling77
- Literature73
- Philosophy70
- Wahrsagen60
- Archeology56
- Miscellanea52
- Early works to 180051
- Occultism50
- Physiognomy50
Top languages
- English787 · 44%
- German188 · 10%
- Sanskrit147 · 8%
- French136 · 8%
- Latin99 · 6%
Notable authors
All authors- Marcus Tullius Cicero21 in this tradition23 books
- Nigel Pennick13 in this tradition17 books
- Giambattista della Porta11 in this tradition41 books
- Ralph Blum10 in this tradition11 books
- Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 13110 books
- Edred Thorsson10 books
- Nīlakaṇṭha8 books
- Rachel Pollack8 books
- Cassandra Eason7 in this tradition13 books
- 鏡, リュウジ7 in this tradition13 books
- Gaṇeśadaivajña7 in this tradition11 books
- Bento Serrano7 books
1,796 books
Ancient magic and divination 1
Tzvi Abusch, Karel van der Toorn
1999
Bókin um rúnir
Ralph H. Blum, Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir
1988
Chinese body divination
William Armand Lessa
1968
Divination in the ancient world : religious options and the individual
Veit Rosenberger
2013
Early Mesopotamian Divination Literature
Abraham Winitzer
2017
Fate and fortune
1999
Fate and fortune
1997
Fortune's malice
Marlene Dobkin
1969
Ghost and horror stories
1990
Greek Divination A Study of its Methods and Principles
W. R. Halliday
2003
I ching
Shantena Sabbadini
1998
Magic and Divination in the Old Testament
S. A. Nigosian
2008
Magic, divination, and witchcraft among the Barotse of Northern Rhodesia
Barrie Reynolds
1963
Manual of Mongolian astrology and divination
Francis Woodman Cleaves
1969
Medical divination
Henry Tomlinson
1966
Ndembu divination
Victor Witter Turner
1961
On Divination and Synchronicity: The Psychology of Meaningful Chance
Marie-Louise von Franz
1980
Oracles and Divination
Carmen Blacker, Michael Loewe
1981
Oracles and Divination
Sarah Iles Johnston
2015
Prophecy and Divination among the Hebrews and other Semites
Alfred Guillaume
1938
Prophets and Profits : Ancient Divination and Its Reception
E Hanson Richard
2017
Queries to the Sungod : divination and politics in Sargonid Assyria
Ivan Starr, Jussi Aro, Simo Parpola
1990
Seeing with Different Eyes: Essays in Astrology and Divination
Angela Voss, Patrick Curry
2007
Spider divination in the Cameroons
Paul Gebauer
1964