Allan Kardec (born Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail) was a 19th-century French educator and author who is best known for codifying the belief system known as Spiritism. His most important work, The Book of Spirits (Le Livre des Esprits), published in 1857, outlines the principles of Spiritism, including the nature and manifestation of spirits, their interaction … Read more
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Aspidomancy (from the Greek aspis, shield, and manteia, divination) is a little-known form of divination that, according to some travelers, was practiced in India. Delancre, in his *Tableau de l’inconstance des mauvais anges* (Table of the Inconstancy of Evil Angels), describes the practice: the diviner or sorcerer draws a circle, sits on a shield inside … Read more