Occult Literature
The Pointed or Psychic Hand
Two views compare the back and palm of a slender hand with long, pointed fingers. Fine outlines and sparse shading emphasise the taper of each digit. The plate records the manual’s historical psychic-hand category and its associated character theory.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Pointed or Psychic Hand" [editorial title]. In A Manual of Cheirosophy, Edward Heron-Allen. 1885 Ward, Lock first edition; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh copy, Internet Archive b21931938, 1885, Ward, Lock and Co.. Source scan leaf 173. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0292-0173
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A diagram from the author’s historical symbolic system, reproduced as a source document rather than a scientifically validated account.
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Illustrator not identified. The Pointed or Psychic Hand. A Manual of Cheirosophy. Scan leaf 173. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0292-0173