10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DACTYLIOMANCY»
Discover the use of
dactyliomancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dactyliomancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and ...
DACTYLIOMANCY. This is a form of divination performed by means of rings.
There are a number of variations of it; one is with the rings placed on the
fingernails. These were rings of gold, sil- ver, copper, iron and lead; one on each
fingernail ...
2
Antique Gems: Their Origin, Uses, and Value as Interpreters ...
439 Sigils of Ragiel 442 Sigils of Chael 444 The worm Samir 448 Observations
upon these sigils 449 Ovum Angninum 454 Magic rings 457 Prophylactic rings
459 Planetary rings 459 G immcls 460 Dactyliomancy 461 Toad-stone 463 ...
Charles William King, 1866
3
Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of ...
... making the pendulum swing towards his representative leaf.1 These mystic
arts (not to go into the question how these tribes came to use them) are rude
forms of the classical dactyliomancy, of which so curious an account is given in
the trial ...
Edward Burnett Tylor, 1871
4
Primitive Culture Resaerches Into the Developement of ...
... a ring was held suspended over it by a thread, and by swinging or stopping
towards certain letters gave the responsive words of the oracle.” Dactyliomancy
has dwindled in Europe to the art of finding out what o'clock it is by holding a ...
5
The Arts and Artists: Or Anecdotes & Relics, of the Schools ...
Ammianus Mar- cellinus describes another sort of dactyliomancy, which
consisted of suspending a ring by a thread over a round table, on which were
various characters and all the letters of the alphabet. The ring was put in motion,
and the ...
6
Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
Some groups use other objects; for example, the Malaysians use lemons; the
Cherokees used stones or ancient arrowheads, and a modern version of the
method is the Ouija board. dactylomancy, see dactyliomancy. daphnomancy,
divination ...
7
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, ...
Dactyliomancy consisted principally in holding a ring, suspended by a fine thread
, over a round table, on the edge of which were made various marks with the
twenty- four letters of the alphabet. The ring, in shaking or vibrating over the table,
...
8
A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts
[from AaicmXbc, and Aoyoc a discourse.] In the history of the arts. The science
which describes or treat* upon the history, nature, and qualities of engraved
gems for finger rings. Dactyliomancy. [from AaicrnXoc, and Mavrtn; the art of
divination.] ...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
DACTYLIOMANCY, (Dactyliomantia), a sort of divination performed by means of
a ring. The word is composed ol the Greek ЗяхтиА|»с, " ring," of Dionvsius or
Bacchus, who delivered oracles in this measure at Delphos, before Apollo.
10
Dreaming the future: the fantastic story of prediction
DACTYLOMANCY (or DACTYOMANCY, DACTYLIOMANCY) is an early form of
radiesthesia using a dangling ring that points to letters that spell out answers to
questions. Dactylomancers have also used a tripodlike tool that moves on a
board ...
Clifford A. Pickover, 2001
