Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-01
CHARACTER In HANDS.
THE OCCULT ART OF PALMtSTRY
NOW A SERIOUS STUDY.

Scientific Basis on which It Rests-Physi-
cal and Mental Peculiarities Are Read
as Easily as an Open Book.
Extraordinarily is the technical name
for palmistry, OF the reading of ones indi-
vidual characteristics from an examination
and an interpretation of the hands PALMS
| try is older than sculpture, painting or medi-
| cine. 1t is older than history itself, for in
the dinmest traditions Of the reruotest past
there are distinct illusions to the bravest
warriors and the grandsst kings consulting
the priestly palmistsr, as an oracle whose
mystic messages were Of the most sacred
/ cbaracter-aud, hence, OF the greatest i'm
portance. Palmistry is an art with a philo-
| sophical basis, scientific Justification and
| practically useful application It is as philo-
4 sophie in its principles as is any theory Of
| the union and relationship Of the human soul
| and body. 1t is as scientific in its founda-
tons, methods and results as painting, music
or medicine, for the technique in these de-
/ partments is scientific, while the practical
/ application is always an art. In common
I with medicine palmistry has human anatomy
/ for scientific basis, and in COMMON with
/ painting, colors and shades are ali important
/ factors; while form is much an essential a.
/ i is in sculpture PalInistry, therefore, to.
be at al. successful must, like sculpture,
painting, medicine or music, have an artistic
application of its philosophical theories and
scientific foundations and methods.
WHAT PALsIsTRY IS
Anv one of ordinary mental capacity can
| learn the science and understand he philos-
! ophy OF palmistry. In its practical use,
| however, the artistic ability Of the palsnister
/ is that which gives charm, en- tertainment
and usefulness. The philosophical basis of
palnistry is-the doctrine that the soul creates
the body for itself, and that the body is
naturally good, exact, easy and well fitting
suit of material clothing for the spiritual
/ soul. The body is, therefore, in the likeness
Of the soul within it, because the only pecu
iarities of the body are those impaired to it
or impressed upon it by the indweliing soul,
which has developed the body for its habita-
ton, convenience and use.
Then it Is an old and sacred occult maxim
that all the powers of the man are conferred
in the hand-or represented by the hand.
The conclusion is, ther 4fore, that the hand
! is TO him who can translate its divine hero
glyphics, tie likeness and the representative
of the soul. The scientific foundations Of
palmistry, like all other scientific bases, con-
sist in the agreed upon results of many care
full examinations aud tho more or less exact
4 verifications Of the theories above stated
when put TO the test Of practical application
PalrnBtry, then, practically, is the transla-
ton of manual pecuiiarities into mental
characteristics, and SO far as the pal1nist is
accomplished III bis art, can read from the
hands of his client his Tor herr physical
: peculiaritfes, temperament, appetites, pas
sions, impulses, aspirations, mental endow-
ments, character and tendencies.
The palmister does not Oppose or teach
that the character is dependent upon the pc
culiarities Of the hand, any more than that
the time of day depends upon the position OF
the hands of the clock, but that just as the
hands Of a good clock indicate the time of
/ day, SO does the popularity OF the hands in
dictate the character OF the individual.
man is not a mechanic OR musician on &C
count of any peculiar shepe CT size of his
hands, but being OF any definite character
mentally man is provided with hands which
are the best adapted to fully and promptly
give expression to his special abilities.
The term palmistry is somewhat misleas
ing, for it gives rise to the common mistake
that the art is confined to an examination q
the palm and the lnA therein found, where
as the fact is that every popularity of the
| entire hand is considered by the intelligent
I hand reader.
GYPSY FORTUNE TELLERS.
PalmiStrv, as practiced principally by the
gypses and even less perfectly by few I'M
principled or misguided pretenders, as q
d
og.ized by intelligent artists as other than a
pastime or a harmless delusion and at the
present day the art is used almost entirely in
delinestion of character, while the fortune
telling feature is left to the ignorant, the
curious and the superstitious 1t must not
be inferred from this that the fortune telling
palmists, and especially the gypsies, read the
hand at hazard. This would be very far from
the truth, for nearly every one who pays any
attention to this line of the art works in ac-
cordance with more OF less definite rules, so
that any fairly experienced paimist-even
though mistaken-wOuld read substantially
the same fortune from the same pair of hands
at different times-not from memory of the
hands, but from the application of whatever
rules he might be ID the habit of using More
thsn this, any number of well instructed
fortune from any pair of hands, within few
days Of each other, without any consultation
or collision with each other.
No one has two hands alike. The left hand
that is, the less active hsnd-shows more
nearly than the right hand ones natural or
inherited pecuhafities, while the right hand,
or the one more active, always exhibits more
fully the acquired characteristics. This diff
ference in hands, which u universal, informs
the palnist as to which way the man or
woman is growing, and Is therefore one Of
the KEYS by whicn TO unlock many Of the less
easily solved mysteries Of the SOU. Honds
differ indefinitely in size, ranging from tho
extremes of large and snail, and this differ
ence extends to the three dimensions 50 that
hands may De anywhere from long - shorA
from broad TO narrow, aud from thick 10
thin and usually each pair OF hands differ
one from the otaer III these three PSI acuiars
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