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    Indian Palmistry
    Indian Palmistry
    Indian Palmistry
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    Indian Palmistry

    By Helena Fenwick Dale

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    This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to Indian palm reading. It describes in detail how a palm should be interpreted based on the location and configuration of lines, giving the name and meaning of the various line formations. "Indian Palmistry" offers the reader an authentic course in the ancient Indian art and is highly recommended for those with an interest in fortune telling. Contents include: "Palmistry", "Preface", "References to Hand", "No. 1 - Mount of Jupiter", "No. 2 - Mount of Saturn" "No. 3 - Mount to the Sun", "No. 4 - Mount to Mercury", "No. 5 - Girdle of Venus", "No. 6 - Via Combusta", "No. 7 - Via Solis", "No. 8 - Line of Fortune", "No. 9 - Liver Line", "No. 10 - Line of Life", "No. 11 - Line of Saturn", "No. 12 - Line of Head and Brain", "No. 13 - Line of Moon", "No. 14 - Mount of Moon", "No. 15 - Mount of Mars", "No. 16 - Mount of Venus", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on fortune telling.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWhite Press
    Release dateDec 9, 2016
    ISBN9781473346888
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      Indian Palmistry - Helena Fenwick Dale

      INDIAN

      PALMISTRY.

      BY

      MRS. J. B. DALE.

      Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Contents

      Palmistry

      PREFACE.

      REFERENCES TO HAND.

      Palmistry

      Palmistry, or 'chiromancy' (from the Greek kheir meaning 'hand' and manteia meaning 'divination'), is the claim of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm. The practice is found all over the world, with numerous cultural variations, and those who practice chiromancy are generally called palmists, palm readers, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists.

      Palmistry generally consists of the practice of evaluating a person's character or future life by 'reading' the palm of that person's hand. Various 'lines' (heart line, life line, etc.) and 'mounts' (or bumps), purportedly suggest interpretations by their relative sizes, qualities, and intersections. In some traditions, readers also examine characteristics of the fingers, fingernails, fingerprints, and palmar skin patterns (dermatoglyphics), skin texture and colour, shape of the palm, and flexibility of the hand. A reader usually begins by looking at the person's 'dominant hand' (the hand he or she writes with or uses the most, which is sometimes considered to represent the conscious mind, whereas the other hand is subconscious). In some traditions of palmistry, the other hand is believed to carry hereditary or family traits, or, depending on the palmist's cosmological beliefs, to convey information about past-life or karmic conditions.

      Though there are debates on which hand is better to read from, both have their own significance. It is customary to assume that the left hand shows potential in an individual, and the right shows realized personality. The basic framework for 'Classical' palmistry (the most widely taught and practiced tradition) is rooted in Greek mythology. Each area of the palm and fingers is related to a god or goddess, and the features of that area indicate the nature of the corresponding aspect of the subject. For example, the ring finger is associated with the Greek god Apollo; characteristics of the ring finger are tied to the subject's dealings with art, music, aesthetics, fame, wealth, and harmony.

      There are three main lines on almost all hands, generally given the most weight by palmists: 'the heart line' (representing love and attraction), 'the head line' (representing the person's mind and the way it works, i.e. learning, intellectualism and communication), and 'the life line' – perhaps the most controversial line on the hand, believed to represent the person's vitality and vigour, physical health and general well being. The life line is also believed to reflect major life changes, including cataclysmic events, physical injuries, and relocations. Contrary to popular belief, modern palmists generally do not believe that the length of a person's life line is tied to the length of a person's existence.

      Palmistry has a long history, and is a practice common to many different places on the Eurasian landmass; it has been practised in the cultures of India, Tibet, China, Persia, Sumeria, Ancient Israel and Babylonia. According to some, it had its roots in Hindu Astrology (known in Sanskrit as 'Jyotish'), Chinese Yijing ('I Ching'), and Roma

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