From Chiromancy to Psychochirology: The Modern Transformation of a Mantic Art

Abstract The works of Julius Spier, a pupil of C.G. Jung, provide a perfect case study illustrating the psychologization of chiromancy during the Interbellum. His case also highlights a lack of insight in the way in which hand-reading has evolved in Europe since the nineteenth century. After its app...

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Main Author: Nagel, Alexandra H. M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Aries
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 246-270
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Spier, Julius 1887-1942 / Palmistry / Divination / Psychodiagnostics
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Chiromancy
B psychochirology
B Julius Spier
B captain C.S. d’ Arpentigny
B chirognomy
B Adolphe Desbarrolles
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