The Little Giant Encyclopedia Of Palmistry

This encyclopedic introduction to palmistry offers insights into your personality and life, and even methods for changing the lines on your hands. Five major topics are covered: hand analysis in the West, psychological aspects, Indian palmistry, Chinese hand reading, and practical guidance on taking hand prints, organizing data, and doing your own readings.

The key to your future—and your present and past—is in the palm of your hand! Nathaniel Altman, best-selling author of The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Palmistry, gathers the wisdom he has obtained from decades of practice to produce this comprehensive volume. He answers such questions as: How can the features of the hand tell palm readers as much as the lines on its surface? In what ways can you use a palm reading to change the course of your own future? There’s information on using palmistry to explore relationships and sexuality, spiritual fulfillment, and even health. Plus, there are solid technical details on the art and practice of reading palms for others. For experienced and beginning palm readers alike, this is an authoritative collection of thoughts from a master.

Many methods exist for getting a “jump” on time—dowsing, different forms of astrology, Tarot, and more. Which will be your crystal ball: aeromancy, Oriental astrology, palmistry, phrenology, or various forms of casting? There’s a dictionary of omens and superstitions, one on dreams, and over 500 pages of explanations, directions, charts and illustrations.

Open yourself up to a higher power and find peace, solace, and healing. If you're looking for more to life than the material world offers, these hundreds of meditations, prayers, and blessings from a wide variety of the world's traditions will bring comfort and well-being. Meditation cuts through and calms the tangled mass of feelings that rage through our minds. Nurture the positive spark that lies within by practicing daily meditations to expand the mind, contact energy, and manage pain. Some of them employ candles, sacred symbols, mantras, music, and nature. For each, there are instructions on breathing, posture, and visualization. If meditation encourages listening to a greater spirit, prayers address God--and here are ones for adoration, petition, and silent communion that come from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jain, Native America, and more. Some are nondenominational. Finish with blessings, a powerful way to praise the Divine and share loving energy with others. The author lives in Brooklyn, NY. 512 pages, 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

For your amusement, for your edification and inspiration, for livening up that speech you have to give: proverbs have an irresistible power. These little pockets of wisdom say volumes about a culture--so take a tour around the world in words. You'll encounter the lively and colorful sayings from all around the world: Africa and its diaspora (Haiti, Jamaica, and African-American); Central and South America; Mexico; Native American; China, Japan; Italy; Ireland; Scotland; Israel; and the Arab nations.

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Broken up into categories such as Animals, Astrology, Dreams, and Flowers, this fascinating dictionary will alert you to thousands of beliefs, omens, and proverbs that you may never have known. Many other subjects range from Clothing to Food to Marriage numbers.

Think you re smart? Prove it! Twenty-five brain-stumping IQ quizzes, featuring wordplay, diagrams, numerical challenges, and more, will really put solvers to the test. Over 1,000 questions really reveal whether or not you can think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, figure out the progression of a sequence, simplify fractions, create new words out of old, and decode anagrams. But above all, they re designed to entertain, so quiz-takers can decide if they want to check out their own abilities, play against friends, or follow their fancy by just dipping into the book at random. For those who really want to assess their performance, a time limit of 90 minutes is allowed for each test. "