Practical Psychomancy: Now Available!

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This little guide to the psychometric world comes courtesy of William Walker Atkinson- a prolific author under both this name and several pseudonyms, also known as Yogi Ramacharaka when writing about Hinduism, Eastern mysticism, and related topics.

The work details the basic methodology of crystal gazing, astral projection, and speaks at length of the authors own concept of the "astral tube" and "space psychomancy." Some of these concepts seem unique to his own beliefs. A number of intriguing examples of prognostication by mystics are given, including those of Cazotte.

70 pages.

Mother Bunch's Closet: Now Available!

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This little booklet is one of a number of "chap-books" reworked in the late 19th century from an earlier volume, with a very interesting origin; namely, a far older work dating back far further than the "Book of Knowledge" which I once personally believed was the origin of the Norwood Gypsy tale. It is mostly a series of fictional tales of "Mother Bunch" interacting with various youngsters, advising them on matters of courtship and marriage, being oddly foreword about the concept of premarital relations and adultery.

33 pages.

The Original Norwood Gipsy: Now Available!

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This little text is one of a number of divination titles ascribed to the infamous Norwood Gypsy, briefly mentioned in the Salem Witch Trials. It is a standard fortune teller, with tea leaf reading, physiognomy, lucky and unlucky days, and fortune telling using a deck of cards, all mentioned. It is brief but complete and may have been the basis for plagiarism from later works repeating it near-verbatim.

33 pages.

A Method of Chierognomy: Now Available!

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This heavily illustrated little work is a good fortune telling system mostly overlapping the practice of palmistry. It does not really mention the lines of the hand (except in terms of degrees of smooth or rough) but focuses mainly on finger and hand shape and size, and the various "mounds" of the hand used to determine various types and degrees of character.

40 pages.

Fortune Telling and Divination: Now Available!

 

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This collection of fortune telling lore is parsed into several sections and spans a couple of centuries. It is a compilation of materials from my own edited works on subjects such as dream interpretation, astrology, oracles, and other practices used to discern ones' fate. I wanted to provide as broad and lengthy an overview of these systems as possible in this excellent work, which is a companion to my collections on demonology and alchemy.

With a short suggested reading list and expansive preface, this work can be used by a modern audience just as it could in times past.

388 pages.

Telling Fortunes by Tea Leaves: Now Available!

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This excellent little fortune telling work is illustrated with examples involving the telling of fortunes by tea, using a Nelros cup (still available for sale, it was quite popular then as it is now.) About seventy pages of the content is encyclopedic and solely involves listing the meanings of different figures in tea cups, left over from loose tea brewing; one of the most common and popular fortune telling methods.

I highly recommend it for those intrigued by divination. While I gravitate towards dream interpretation more than tea leaves and tarot, it is at least very well written and fairly exhaustive.

139 pages.

Abraham Lincoln the Practical Mystic: Now Available!

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"Abraham Lincoln, the Practical Mystic", is one of the most odd works I have come across. A fusion of anecdotes and folklore with Lincoln worship, WWI era Germanophobia, and some really great actual story-telling, it is very much worth a read for historical and occult reasons.

Lincolns' dream interpretation has been the subject in and of itself of multiple books; this work manages to take that concept and condense it along with his religiosity, while relegating Abe Lincoln to a sort of American demi-god, literally proclaiming him to be a Moses-like visionary.

52 pages.

Stars of Destiny: Now Available!

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This is quite a good work, relatively lengthy and somewhat dense. It is purely astrological and includes the basic meaning of the twelve signs, the meaning of each celestial bodies' movements in each of the twelve houses, and the categorization of the twenty four hours of the day and what to do (or not do) in basic terms for business, travel, etc, based on the reigning planet. It gives some explanation using astrology with a few charts as well.

82 pages.

The Mystic Dream Book: Now Available!

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This book is the most in depth pre-modern work I have encountered on the topic of dream interpretation. Sharing overlap with the entries found in older works on the subject (or including the subject), it is properly a fortune telling work in the same rough tradition as the Universal Fortune Teller, Philosophical Merlin, and various others.

It is detailed and fairly lengthy; those intrigued by the idea of dreams in the occult (from the more literal perspective, as in, direct prognostication) will probably find this book fascinating.

138 pages.

The Secret of the Success of the Ouija Board: Now Available!

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This short booklet is an exceptionally bizarre one in which a pair of women living in early 20th century Alaska utilized the then-modern Ouija Board and attempted to communicate with spirits, deriving two basic meanings: First, that the board works in part because of its occupation by what we would now call hidden folk (dwarves, elves,) and secondly that the Ouija Board is a "telegraph to God." This reference shows its age- a decade later it might have been called a telephone. In any case, it's definitely worth a read, and the rest of its technically folkloric content is, divorced of a Ouija Board, perhaps more authentic in manner.

27 pages.

Mystic Test Book of the Hindu Occult Chambers: Now Available!

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This is one of the stranger works of the early 20th century. Written by the famous DeLaurence, it seeks to teach the reader how to use crystal gazing to contact spirits and help people with various issues, and to impart the secret of telepathy. It also covers the use of the seance to contact spirits, among other tricks within the spirit realm (while considering these spirits to be very much hermetic in form; that is, the sylphs, undines, etc.)

While some of the practices here are related predominantly to DeLaurence advertizing his own goods and services, it is true that some of them remain in use, and are of occult interest to this day.

126 pages.

Ars Goetia Update (And Other Stuff)

Alright literary world!

I'm happy to announce that the first slew of illustrations for the Ars Goetia have been completed as of yesterday; the illustrator sent them along. That's good, because there aren't a huge number more then to be processed- so the Goetia might be ready before the end of January and barring calamity will certainly be out by February sometime.

Meanwhile, my editing of the New Fortune Teller has been speeding along and it's almost done; I haven't yet decided on which work to do subsequent to it, but it will probably be alchemical in nature. Onward!

The Language of the Stars: Now Available!

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This particular booklet is both well made enough for a total novice of astrology to understand its content and in depth enough to cover things other than the standard "twelve signs and their overlap with other categories" material which shorter astrological works tend to cover.

Written by Burgoyne and explicitly recommended as a good astrological primer by Magnus Jensen (which, honestly, is how I found out that it existed!) it goes fairly deep into drawing up nativity charts, the meaning of and calculations of the planets, their influence into the twelve houses (and the meaning of the same) and far more.

67 pages.

The Omnium Gatherum: Now Available!

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The Omnium Gatherum is a bizarre but interesting fortune teller. Written in the 1870s and pairing a social oracle with temperance propaganda, it is the offspring of JT Yarrington, who was an activist for this latter cause.

The social purpose is clear; get a group of people together to tell their fortunes with one another and subsequently ponder the evils of alcohol (the "grog sellers" and so forth!) It also contains a dozen testimonials from the press of its age. Indeed, the oracle can be used solo by making slips of paper for each possible answer to the questions but getting a group together really helps when your purpose is to get them talking about the evils of beer and liquor.

44 pages.

Your Future Revealed: Now Available!

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This interesting work is one among many in the oracle tradition but with two neat twists; first, the oracle is set up to answer via some of the Greek deities, and second the oracle is in Shakespearean quotation.

This likely marketing strategy takes a straightforward, relatively simple oracle and transforms it into something a bit more snazzy. Thirteen questions may be answered by merely using slips of paper upon which the numbers of the gods (or their names) are placed. This system can be adapted for essentially any multiple choice query.

32 pages.

Divination, Fortune Telling, and Astrology Books for Sale

The following is a continuously edited list of texts related to fortune telling, prophecy, astrology, and prognostication, which I have edited and released. This list will be updated over time as new titles become available.

THE PHILOSOPHICAL MERLIN
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A British work from 1822 dealing with astrology and divination.

HIEROGLYPHICAL FORTUNE TELLER
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A lengthy oracle with no additional content. Circa the 1870s.

THE UNIVERSAL FORTUNE TELLER OF MRS BRIDGET (1790)
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A longer, earlier fortune teller including palmistry, astrology, card tricks, dream interpretation, and more.

THE UNIVERSAL FORTUNE TELLER (1860)
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A series of charms and astrological divination. Also Americana.

NAPOLEON'S ORACULUM
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An elaborate system of fortune telling, which also contains charms and divination-related practices which use nothing more than playing cards, dominoes, and other simple things. Pure Americana.

THE SEASIDE SYBIL
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A short oracle using slips of paper. Contains many vintage quack medicine and joke ads.

THE HINDU BOOK OF ASTROLOGY
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The twelve signs, the cusps, and various Western occult lore masquerading as Hindu.

YOUR FUTURE REVEALED BY THE GODS OF GREECE
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A simplified oracle in Shakespearean verse.

THE OMNIUM GATHERUM
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A social oracle paired with temperance era propaganda. Mostly relationship related.

EVERYBODYS ASTROLOGY
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A short astrological work mainly speaking of the signs and their meaning.

THE LANGUAGE OF THE STARS
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An excellent primer on beginner-to-intermediate astrology.

THE NEW DREAM BOOK
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An excellent, mid-length work of dream interpretation including moles and cards as used to prognosticate. Contains an early proto-oraculum.

THE TRUE FORTUNE TELLER
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A short work half plagiarized from the 1790 version. Includes prognostication by nails and a unique tree-oracle.

MYSTIC DREAM BOOK
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A lengthy list of dreams and their meanings, from a late 19th century perspective.

PLANTING, HARVESTING, ETC BY THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
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A short work that subjugates crops and surgery to the movements of celestial bodies.

STARS OF DESTINY
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A work on astrology with the signs, houses, and hours as well as their various natures.

DREAMS AND PREMONITIONS
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A Theosophical work detailing how to remember dreams, some material about their meaning, and a large number of anecdotes about premonitions in dreams.

MEHMET ALIS ORIENTAL INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS
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A long, obtusely titled work of dream interpretation, phrenology, general divination, also with a full sized oracle system.

TELLING FORTUNES BY TEA LEAVES
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A comprehensive encyclopedic system of interpreting tea leaves, with a fairly large and illustrated section giving examples.

FORTUNE TELLING AND DIVINATION
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A collection of divination and fortune telling lore. Oracles, dream interpretation, tea leaf reading, and much more.

A METHOD OF CHIEROGNOMY
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A palmistry work focusing on the hands' shape and size, its mounds, and on finger and thumb types.

THE ORIGINAL NORWOOD GIPSY
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A short fortune teller with palmistry, tea leaf reading, divination by cards, lucky and unlucky days, etc.

MOTHER BUNCH'S CLOSET
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A short combination fiction story and fortune telling work re-edited from an even older work which might even predate mention of the Norwood Gypsy.

THE NATURE OF DREAMS
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A short work by Carrington categorizing dreams and speaking about how to remember them, some prognostication by dreams, and more.

PRACTICAL PSYCHOMANCY
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A short Atkinson work on crystal gazing, astral projection, and other associated topics, with anecdotes, and more.

HINTS FROM THE HORNOGRAPH
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A quasi-theosophical prophetic work using allegory and symbolism and linguistics to (correctly) predict the fall of the British Empire and rise of the United States.