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"The only true equalisers in the world are books; the only treasure-house open to all comers is a library; the only wealth which will not decay is knowledge; the only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom."
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Glossary of Divination Techniques

Terms and Definitions

Favorite Books

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Bibliography

  1. Ali, Mohammed, (edited by Case, Carleton B.). Telling Fortunes By Cards. Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing Co., 1931

  2. All The World Fortune Teller. New York: Great Aim Society, 1920

  3. Auerbach, Loyd. ESP, Hauntings, and Poltergeists: A Parapsychologist's Handbook. New York: Warner Books, 1986

  4. Barrett, Sir William, F.R.S. (with introduction by Hyslop, James H., PH.D, LL.D). On the Threshold of the Unseen. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1918

  5. Cameron, Margaret. The Seven Purposes. New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1918

  6. Cooper, J.C. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols. New York: Thames and Hudson Inc., 1979

  7. Dervenis, Kostas. Oracle Bones Divanation: The Greek I Ching. Vermont: Destiny Books, 2014

  8. Finkel, I.L. (editor). Ancient Board Games in Perspective. London: The British Museum Company Ltd., 2007

  9. Fontaine, Felix. The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune Teller. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1862

  10. Haldeman, I.M. Can the Dead Communicate With the Living?. New York, Chicago, London, and Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1920

  11. Le Marchand, Madame. Le Marchand's Fortune Teller and Dreamer's Dictionary. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1863

  12. Le Normand, Madame. Madame Normand's Unerring Fortune Teller and Oracle of Human Destiny. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1866

  13. Nostradamus, Gabriel. Consult the Oracle: A Victorian Guide to Folklore and Fortune Telling. London: C.A. Pearson Ltd, 1899

  14. Pennick, Nigel. Games of the Gods: The Origin of Board Games and Divination. Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1989

  15. Pennick, Nigel. Secret Games of the Gods: Ancient Ritual Systems in Board Games. Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1989

  16. Poinsot, M.C. The Complete Book of the Occult and Fortune Telling. New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1945

  17. "Queen of the Romanies", (edited by Case, Carleton B.). Gypsy Witch Fortune Teller. Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing Co., 1930

  18. Raupert, J. Godfrey. The New Black Magic and the Truth About the Ouija-Board. New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1920

  19. Wegner, Daniel N. The Illusion of Conscious Will. Massachusetts: Bradford Books, 1948

 

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