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Overview""" This goddess Fortune frustrates, single-handed, the plans of a hundred learned men."" In this saying the Latin author has given us the key to all the restless striving to search out the Unknown and the Unknowable which marks our own age, just as it has marked previous periods in history which we are apt to look back upon as being but little removed from the dark ages. Of all the methods by which men and women seek to penetrate into the mysteries of Fate and Futurity, Cartomancy is one that can claim the distinction of having swayed the human mind from prehistoric times right down to this twentieth century of ours. It may be that this book will fall into the hands of those who agree with the words of L'Estrange: ""there needs no more than impudence on the one side and a superstitious credulity on the other to the setting up of a Fortune-teller."" This attitude of cynical superiority is sometimes genuine, but in many cases if we could read what lies beneath the surface we should find that it is but a cloak worn to conceal a lurking fear, an almost irritated condition of mind, born of a half-confessed faith in the power at which it is so easy to scoff....""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: P R S FoliPublisher: Culturea Imprint: Culturea Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.191kg ISBN: 9791041942602Pages: 138 Publication Date: 30 January 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |