Introduction [xi] ...... [61] Acknowledgments [xv] B Babylonian Zodiac • Bagoe • Batra- chomancy; Batraquomancy • Belomancy; A ...... [1] Bolomancy • Bender, Hans Georg (1907–1991) • Bible • Bibliomancy • Bio- Abacomancy • Aberfan • Abrams, rhythms • Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Albert (1863–1924) • Acultomancy • (1831–1891) • Bletonism • Botanoman- Adams, Evangeline (1865–1932) • cy; Botomancy • Bouly, Abbé Alex Aeromancy • Æsculapius • African Div- (1865–1958) • Brahan Seer (d. 1660) • ination • Ailuromancy • Akashic British Premonitions Bureau • British Records • Alectromancy; Alectormancy; Society Of Dowsers • Brontomancy • Alectryomancy • Aleuromancy • Alphit- Brown, Rosemary (b. 1917) • Buchanan, omancy • Alveromancy • Ambulomancy Joseph Rhodes (1814–1899) • Buckland, • American Society for Psychical Raymond (b. 1934) • Bumpology Research • American Society of Dowsers • Amniomancy • Amon; Amun; Ammon • Anthomancy • Anthraco- mancy • Anthropomancy • Apantoman- ...... cy • Apollo • Apollonius of Tyana • C [83] d’Arc, Jeanne (1412–1431) • Arithman- Candle • Capnomancy; Captromancy • cy; Arithmomancy • Armomancy • Carrington, Hereward (1881–1959) • Aspidomancy • Astragalomancy; Cartomancy • Catoptromancy; Enoptro- Astragyromancy • Astral Projection • mancy • Causimancy; Causimomancy • Astrology • Augurs • Augury • Aura • Cayce, Edgar (1877–1945) • Celtic Aurispicy • Austromancy • Automanzia Astrology • Celts • Ceneromancy • Cen- • Automatic Writing/Drawing/Painting • tral Premonitions Registry • Cephaloman- Axinomancy; Axiomancy cy; Cephalonomancy; Kephalonomancy •

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Ceraunomancy; Ceraunoscopy • Ceremo- nial Magic • Ceromancy; Ceroscopy • F...... [205] Chair Test • Channeling; Mediumship • Fate; Destiny • Fatidicency • Floromancy Chaomancy • Cheiromancy; Chiroman- • Fodor, Nandor (1895–1964) • Forman, cy; Cheirosophy; Chirognomy • Chien Simon (1552–1611) • Fortuna • Fortune Tung • China • Chinese Astrology • Chi- Cookies • Fortune-Telling in Popular nese Buddhist Divination • Chinese Culture • Fox, Oliver (1885–1949) Palmistry • Christian Qabbalah • Chrono- mancy • Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106–43 BCE) • Clairaudience • Clairgustance • Clairsentience • Clairvoyance • Claman- ...... [215] cy • Cledonomancy; Cledonismancy • G Cleidomancy; Clidomancy • Cleromancy Galgal • Gall, Franz Joseph (1758–1828) • Coffee Grounds • Coins • Colorology • • Garrett, Eileen Jeanette (1893–1970) • Combe, George (1788–1858) • Con- Gastromancy • Geloscopy; Gelotoscopy chomancy • Copernican System • Cosci- • Gematria • Gemology • Genethlialogy nomancy; Cosquinomancy • Cratippus • Geomancy • Graphology; Graptoman- (First Century BCE) • Crithomancy; Crito- cy • Gray, Eden (1902–1999) • Greece • mancy • Croesus (Sixth Century BCE) • Groundhog • Gypsies • Gyromancy Croiset, GéRard (1909–1980) • Cromny- omancy • Crookes, Sir William (1832–1919) • Crowley, Aleister (1875–1947) • Crystallomancy • Cubo- H ...... [237] mancy • Cyclomancy • Cylicomancy Hæmatomancy • Halomancy • Hamon, Count Louis—“Cheiro” (1866–1936) • Harris, Frieda (1877–1962) • Hartlieb, D ...... [173] Johann (c. 1400–1468) • Haruspication; Haruspicy; Haruspex • Hebrew • Dactyliomancy • Dactyls • Daphnoman- Hepatoscopy • Hieromancy • Hieroscopy cy • Dee, Dr. John (1527–1608) • Delphi • Hippomancy • Horoscope; Horoscopy • • Dement, William Charles (b. 1928) • Hurkos, Peter (b. 1911) • Hydatoscopy • Demonomancy • Dendromancy • Hydromancy • Hypnomancy Deunov, Peter (1864–1944) • Dice • Divination • Dixon, Jeane (1918–1997) • Dodona • Dog • Dominoes • Dowsing • Dririmancy; Drymimancy • Dunne, John William (1875–1949) I...... [249] I Ching • Ichnomancy • Ichthyomancy • Iconomancy • Idolomancy • Incubation • India • Internet Fortune-Telling E ...... [193] Egyptians, Ancient • Empyromancy • Encausse, Gérard Anaclet Vincent— “Papus” (1865–1916) • Endor, Woman ...... of • Etruscans • Extispicy; Extispex • J [277] Extrasensory Perception Japan • Jung, Carl Gustav (1875–1961)

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omancy • Nostradamus (Michel de Nos- K ...... [281] tredame) (1503–1566) • Numerology Kaplan, Stuart R. • Karma • Kelley, Edward (1555–1593) • King, Bruce— “Zolar” (1897–1976) • Kle¯do¯n • Knisso- mancy; Libanomancy; Livanomancy • Kumulak O ...... [339] Oculomancy • Odontomancy • Œnoman- cy; Oinomancy; Olinomancy • Old Testa- ment • Old, Walter Richard “Gorn”— L ...... [289] “ Sepharial” (1864–1929) • Ololygmancy • • Labiomancy Lake, Lissanne (b. 1956) • Omen • Omoplatoscopy • O’Morgair, • Lampadomancy Lavater, Johann Kas- Malachy (Eleventh Century) • Omphalo- • par (1741–1801) Leadbeater, Charles mancy • Oneiromancy • Onimancy • • • Webster (1847–1934) Lecanomancy Onomancy • Onymancy; Onychomancy • • Leconomancy Leek, Sybil (1923–1983) Oomancy; Oomantia; Ooscopy • Ophid- • • Leftwich, Robert Lenormand, Marie- iomancy; Ophiomancy • Oracles • • Anne Adélaide (1768–1843) Leo, Orniscopy; Ornithomancy • Oryctoman- • Alan (1860–1917) LeShan, Lawrence cy • Ossomancy; Osteomancy • Ouija® • • (b. 1920) Lilly, William (1602–1681) and Other Talking Boards • Ouranoman- • Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865) cy; Uranomancy • Ovomancy Lithomancy • Logomancy • Lots of Præneste, The • Lottery • Lunomancy

...... [359] M ...... [305] P Palmistry • Papon, Robert Donald (b. Macromancy • Maculomancy • Mah- 1940) • Pedomancy • Pegomancy • Pesso- Jongg • Margaritomancy • Mathemancy • mancy • Phallomancy • Phrenology • Meconomancy • Medical Radiesthesia • Phyllomancy • Phyllorhodomancy • Mermet, Abbé Alexis (1866–1937) • Physiognomancy; Physiognomy; Anthro- Mesopotamia • Metagnome; Metagnomy poscopy • Piper, Leonore E. (1857–1950) • Metagraphology • Meteoromancy • • Planchette • Podomancy • Power Spots • Metopomancy; Metoposcopy • Mexico Powers, Serena (b. 1966) • Precognition • and Central America • Micromancy • Prediction • Premonition; Presentiment • Mikhailova, Nelya (b. 1927) • Mirror- Prophecy; Prophet • Psephomancy • Psy- Gazing • Moleosophy • Molybdomancy • chics • Psychography • Psychomancy • Monroe, Robert Allan (1915–1995) • Psychometry; Psychoscopy • Pyramid, Montgomery, Ruth (1912–2001) • Moon Great • Pyromancy • Pyromantia • Phases • Myers, Frederick William Henry Pyroscopy • Pythia (1843–1901) • Myomancy

N ...... [327] ...... Nabhi • Narcomancy • Native American Q [393] • Necromancy; Nigromantia • Necy- Qabbalah

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mancy; Tephromancy • Teraphim • R ...... [397] Thailand • Theomancy • Thomas the Radiesthesia • Radionics • Ravens and Rhymer (c. 1220–1297) • Thoth • Thri- Crows • Redcap, Old Mother • Reincar- oboly • Tibet • Tiromancy; Tyromancy • nation • Retrocognition; Retrodiction • Topomancy • Trees • Tripod • Tripudiary; Retromancy • Rhabdomancy • Rhap- Tripudium • Trochomancy • Tympana • sodomancy • Rhine, Dr. Joseph Banks Typtology (1895–1980) • Robertson, Morgan Andrew (1861–1915) • Rome • Roses • Runemal • Runes U ...... [493] Urimancy; Uromancy; Urinomancy; Oromancy S...... [419] Saxon Wands • Scandinavia • Scapuli- mancy; Scapulomancy • Scatomancy; V ...... [495] Scatoscopy • Schematomancy • Sciomancy • Scotland • Scrying; Skrying Vasiliev, Leonid (1891–1966) • Vatici- • Séances • Second Sight • Seer/Seeress • nation • Vedic Astrology • Virgilian Lots Selenomancy • Shaman • Shell Hearing • Voudon; Voodoo • “Shipton, Mother” (1488–1561) • Siberian and Lapp • Sibyl • Sibylline Books • Sibylline Oracles • Sideromancy ...... • Sidgwick, Henry (1838–1900) • Smith, W [503] Pamela Colman (1878–1951) • Smith, Waite, Arthur Edward—“Grand Ori- Robert Cross—“Raphael” (1795–1832) ent” (1857–1942) • Watkins, Alfred • Sneeze • Soal, Samuel George (1855–1935) • Witness • De Wohl, (1889–19??) • Society for Psychical Louis (1903–1961) • Wood, Robin (b. Research • Soothsayer • Sorcery • Sortes 1953) • Sortilege • Spasmatomancy • Spatilo- mancy • Spheromancy • Spider • Spiritu- alism • Spodanomancy; Spodomancy • Stercomancy • Stichomancy • Stoicheo- XYZ.....[509] mancy • Stolisomancy • Sun Signs • Xenomancy • Xylomancy • Yggdrasil • Svantovit; Svetovit • Swedenborg, Yin and Yang • Zener Cards • Zodiac • Emanuel (1688–1722) • Sycomancy Zoomancy

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