Fortuna
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Fortuna
The Sacred and Profane Faces of Luck
Pennick, Nigel
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
02/2024
144
Mole
Inglês
9781644116470
15 a 20 dias
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Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The Myths of Time
The Impossibility of Originality in the Universal Laws
CHAPTER 2
Lady Luck and the Goddess Fortuna
Oracle of Numbers
CHAPTER 3
Divinatory Geomancy
Creating Figures for Readings
CHAPTER 4
The Sanctorum Sortes
Dice Divination
CHAPTER 5
Roll Them Laughing Bones
The Dicer's Grip, Controlled Shots, and Crooked Dice
CHAPTER 6
The Wager
One Hundred Guineas to One Penny
CHAPTER 7
Gambling and Gaming
The Prohibition of Practices Pre-1880
CHAPTER 8
Illegal Gambling's Intersection with Divination and Magic
1880s to the Present
CHAPTER 9
Superstition in the Gambling Life
The Black Cat Plays an Ace of Spades
CHAPTER 10
Divination and the Discovery of Randomness Conclusion
APPENDIX 1
James Balmford's A Short and Plaine Dialogue
Concerning the Unlawfulnes of Playing at Cards, or Tables, or Any Other Game Consisting in Chance, Cambridge, 1593
APPENDIX 2
The Officials of Gambling Houses, London, 1731
Bibliography
Index
CHAPTER 1
The Myths of Time
The Impossibility of Originality in the Universal Laws
CHAPTER 2
Lady Luck and the Goddess Fortuna
Oracle of Numbers
CHAPTER 3
Divinatory Geomancy
Creating Figures for Readings
CHAPTER 4
The Sanctorum Sortes
Dice Divination
CHAPTER 5
Roll Them Laughing Bones
The Dicer's Grip, Controlled Shots, and Crooked Dice
CHAPTER 6
The Wager
One Hundred Guineas to One Penny
CHAPTER 7
Gambling and Gaming
The Prohibition of Practices Pre-1880
CHAPTER 8
Illegal Gambling's Intersection with Divination and Magic
1880s to the Present
CHAPTER 9
Superstition in the Gambling Life
The Black Cat Plays an Ace of Spades
CHAPTER 10
Divination and the Discovery of Randomness Conclusion
APPENDIX 1
James Balmford's A Short and Plaine Dialogue
Concerning the Unlawfulnes of Playing at Cards, or Tables, or Any Other Game Consisting in Chance, Cambridge, 1593
APPENDIX 2
The Officials of Gambling Houses, London, 1731
Bibliography
Index
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WHEEL OF FORTUNE MYTHOLOGY;FORTUNE TELLING WHEEL;ORIGIN OF DICE;DIVINATION PRACTICE;THE HISTORY OF DICE;JAPANESE SHAMANS;WHEEL OF FUTURE HISTORY;GOOD FORTUNE;SACRED DIVINATION;MODERN GAMBLING HISTORY;WHAT ARE SOME SACRED DIVINATION OBJECTS;MEDIEVAL GRIMOIRES;FORTUNE-TELLING;DIVINATION TRADITIONS;COWRIE SHELLS;BONES;COINS;CARDS;STICKS;STONES
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The Myths of Time
The Impossibility of Originality in the Universal Laws
CHAPTER 2
Lady Luck and the Goddess Fortuna
Oracle of Numbers
CHAPTER 3
Divinatory Geomancy
Creating Figures for Readings
CHAPTER 4
The Sanctorum Sortes
Dice Divination
CHAPTER 5
Roll Them Laughing Bones
The Dicer's Grip, Controlled Shots, and Crooked Dice
CHAPTER 6
The Wager
One Hundred Guineas to One Penny
CHAPTER 7
Gambling and Gaming
The Prohibition of Practices Pre-1880
CHAPTER 8
Illegal Gambling's Intersection with Divination and Magic
1880s to the Present
CHAPTER 9
Superstition in the Gambling Life
The Black Cat Plays an Ace of Spades
CHAPTER 10
Divination and the Discovery of Randomness Conclusion
APPENDIX 1
James Balmford's A Short and Plaine Dialogue
Concerning the Unlawfulnes of Playing at Cards, or Tables, or Any Other Game Consisting in Chance, Cambridge, 1593
APPENDIX 2
The Officials of Gambling Houses, London, 1731
Bibliography
Index
CHAPTER 1
The Myths of Time
The Impossibility of Originality in the Universal Laws
CHAPTER 2
Lady Luck and the Goddess Fortuna
Oracle of Numbers
CHAPTER 3
Divinatory Geomancy
Creating Figures for Readings
CHAPTER 4
The Sanctorum Sortes
Dice Divination
CHAPTER 5
Roll Them Laughing Bones
The Dicer's Grip, Controlled Shots, and Crooked Dice
CHAPTER 6
The Wager
One Hundred Guineas to One Penny
CHAPTER 7
Gambling and Gaming
The Prohibition of Practices Pre-1880
CHAPTER 8
Illegal Gambling's Intersection with Divination and Magic
1880s to the Present
CHAPTER 9
Superstition in the Gambling Life
The Black Cat Plays an Ace of Spades
CHAPTER 10
Divination and the Discovery of Randomness Conclusion
APPENDIX 1
James Balmford's A Short and Plaine Dialogue
Concerning the Unlawfulnes of Playing at Cards, or Tables, or Any Other Game Consisting in Chance, Cambridge, 1593
APPENDIX 2
The Officials of Gambling Houses, London, 1731
Bibliography
Index
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
WHEEL OF FORTUNE MYTHOLOGY;FORTUNE TELLING WHEEL;ORIGIN OF DICE;DIVINATION PRACTICE;THE HISTORY OF DICE;JAPANESE SHAMANS;WHEEL OF FUTURE HISTORY;GOOD FORTUNE;SACRED DIVINATION;MODERN GAMBLING HISTORY;WHAT ARE SOME SACRED DIVINATION OBJECTS;MEDIEVAL GRIMOIRES;FORTUNE-TELLING;DIVINATION TRADITIONS;COWRIE SHELLS;BONES;COINS;CARDS;STICKS;STONES
