Telling Fortunes by Cards: A Symposium of the Several Ancient and Modern Methods as Practiced by Arab Seers and Sibyls and the Romany Gypsies, with Plain Examples and Simple Instructions to Enable Anyone to Acquire the Art with Ease (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Telling Fortunes by Cards: A Symposium of the Several Ancient and Modern Methods as Practiced by Arab Seers and Sibyls and the Romany Gypsies, With Plain Examples and Simple Instructions to Enable Anyone to Acquire the Art With Ease All the Old and many of the recent authors that have been consulted in the preparation Of this book have been found to insist that divination through playing-cards is to be relied upon as a truthful exposition Of the past and future and a veritable portent of the future. They ...
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Excerpt from Telling Fortunes by Cards: A Symposium of the Several Ancient and Modern Methods as Practiced by Arab Seers and Sibyls and the Romany Gypsies, With Plain Examples and Simple Instructions to Enable Anyone to Acquire the Art With Ease All the Old and many of the recent authors that have been consulted in the preparation Of this book have been found to insist that divination through playing-cards is to be relied upon as a truthful exposition Of the past and future and a veritable portent of the future. They desire to be taken seriously. The present editor has no desire to de tract from this position if it be a fact, nor does he know that it is not a fact. His part in this work is that Of editor, and there ends. Here he pre sents you with the results of centuries of effort on the part Of those who profess to believe sincerely in what they practice and teach, and leaves the reader to place as much or as little credence in the truthfulness Of their divinations as he chooses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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