Practical Cheirosophy a Synoptical Study of the Science of the Hand
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CHEIROMANCY OR PALMISTRY.
THERE have not been wanting authorities who have claimed for cheiromancy, or, as it used to be called, " cheiroscopy, " the support of Scripture, basing their arguments upon that oft-cited passage of the Book of Job, which I nave dissected and discussed at such length in " A Manual of Cheirosophy, " 4I and " The Sci- ence of the Hand. " The passage to which I refer is cited in error, and there is no doubt now that the science of cheirosophy is not even remotely alluded... to. But there is equally no doubt that this science is of incomparable antiquity ; and Juvenal tells us, that in his time, " The middle sort, who have not much to spare, To cheiromancer's cheaper art repair, Who clap the pretty palm to make the lines more fair. " 42 The works of Aristotle, as I said some time ago, are full of references to the science ; and 41 PP' 55-5 s - 42 Satyra vi. , 1. 581. (Dryden's translation. ) CHEIROMANCY OR PALMISTRY. 8/ it is interesting to know that one of the first block books ever produced by the printing-press (before the introduction of movable types) was "Die Kunst Ciromantia, " written by Johann Hartlieb in 1448, and published at Augsburg in 1495.
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CHEIROMANCY OR PALMISTRY.
THERE have not been wanting authorities who have claimed for cheiromancy, or, as it used to be called, " cheiroscopy, " the support of Scripture, basing their arguments upon that oft-cited passage of the Book of Job, which I nave dissected and discussed at such length in " A Manual of Cheirosophy, " 4I and " The Sci- ence of the Hand. " The passage to which I refer is cited in error, and there is no doubt now that the science of cheirosophy is not even remotely alluded... to. But there is equally no doubt that this science is of incomparable antiquity ; and Juvenal tells us, that in his time, " The middle sort, who have not much to spare, To cheiromancer's cheaper art repair, Who clap the pretty palm to make the lines more fair. " 42 The works of Aristotle, as I said some time ago, are full of references to the science ; and 41 PP' 55-5 s - 42 Satyra vi. , 1. 581. (Dryden's translation. ) CHEIROMANCY OR PALMISTRY. 8/ it is interesting to know that one of the first block books ever produced by the printing-press (before the introduction of movable types) was "Die Kunst Ciromantia, " written by Johann Hartlieb in 1448, and published at Augsburg in 1495.
What to read after Practical Cheirosophy a Synoptical Study of the Science of the Hand?
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