Occult Literature
Chance Lines across the Palm
A plain outline of an open hand contains a dense network of straight and curved marks. Small letters connect individual intersections with the accompanying explanations. The plate illustrates occasional lines that the author treats separately from the main named lines of the palm.
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Illustrator not identified. "Chance Lines across the Palm" [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 300. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0292-0300
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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. Chance Lines across the Palm. A Manual of Cheirosophy. Scan leaf 300. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0292-0300