10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIROMANTIC»
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chiromantic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe
Figures. 1.1 Feminine reproductive organs according to the Galenic “one-sex”
genital homology 16 1.2 Sodomitical faces 22 1.3 The hands of sodomites 23 1.4
The hands of cinaedi 24 1.5 The hands of cinaedi 24 1.6. Chiromantic sign no.
Kenneth Borris, George S. Rousseau,
2013
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Encyclopaedia Judaica: Blu-Cof
Apart from the chapter mentioned above, there circulated for a long period of time
translations of an as yet unidentified Arabic chiromantic source, Re'iyyat ha-
Yadayim le-Ehad me-Hakhmei Hodu (“Reading the Hands by an Indian Sage”).
Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum,
2007
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Mysticism in the Gospel of John: An Inquiry into its Background
... one's palm (chiromancy) and forehead (metoposcopy) were in existence
among the Merkabah mystics.69 Gruenwald maintains that the esoteric traditions
embodied in the Jewish physiognomic and chiromantic fragments are concerned
with ...
4
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
In addition, however, we find physical criteria which have nothing to do with the
moral or social status of the acolyte; in particular the novice is judged in
accordance with physiognomic and chiromantic criteria—a novel procedure
which ...
5
The Study of Palmistry for Professional Purposes
PART. FOURTH. Chiromantic. Observations. Based npon the system of the
ancient Chiromants, as explained, developed and vastly improved upon by
ADRIEN ADOLPHK DBSBARROLLES, a famous French painter and scientist,
born in Paris ...
Comte C. De Saint-Germain,
1973
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Fingers and Fortune: A Guide-book to Palmistry
EXPLANATION OF CHIROMANTIC TERMS. Mount of Jupiter. Lump at base of
the first finger. Mount of Saturn. Lump at base of the second finger. Mount of
Apollo, or the Sun. Mount at base of the third finger. Mount of Mercury. Lump at
base of ...
Eveline Michell Farwell,
1886
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The psychonomy of the hand; or, The hand an index of mental ...
These lines then, viz., of the affections, of the intellect, and of the vital and
recuperative power, form the most important chiromantic indices, and are found
on all hands of normal development. There are, however, other lines which may
be ...
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The Jesuits II: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773
If chiromantic predictions have been right in these cases, it was by mere chance
and because God allowed it, and not by any inference drawn from the physical
examination of a person.' Chiromancy is therefore presented as having a strictly ...
9
Judaism in Late Antiquity
However, " We did so ourselves, when different chiromantic texts were compared.
It was argued, and also accepted in the scholarly world, that since a certain
chiromantic terminology and practice is shared by the Qumran sectarians, the ...
Jacob Neusner, Alan Jeffery Avery-Peck, Bruce D. Chilton,
2001
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Apocalyptic and Merkavah mysticism
We shall refer here only to those problems not discussed in the studies which
Professor Scholem published on these texts.16 The first problem concerns the
historical continuity of the physiognomic and chiromantic tradition in Judaism.
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIROMANTIC»
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The History of Palmistry
Furthermore, there was already a written chiromantic tradition 200 years before the gypsies arrived. Eventually, the British began to rescue the ... «The Santa Barbara Independent, Jul 07»