Oriental Fortune Telling

By J. Shimano

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804804486
• ISBN13: 9780804804486
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.5" x 4.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

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Oriental Fortune Telling

Oriental Fortune Telling brings to the Western reader a novel way of using cards, dice, coins, and "subconscious" numbers to arrive at modern interpretations of a fortune telling school that has existed in the Orient for more than three thousnd years. The school - Yi augury - grew out of the teachings of the book Yi King, an ancient classic of China that, according to the author, was worked on by none other than Confucious himself. Oriental Fortune Telling is an English translation of Eki Saho, a popular seller in Japan for the past two years. It is a "complete" book in that it gives the reader a brief hstory of Yi, describes several methods of arriving at the right "key," and finally, uses the "key" to unlock Yi's answers to questions involving the future. The instructions are clearly written, easy to understand, and the methods of finding answers are both novel and entertaining. The Yi fortunes answer both specific and general questions, always giving a clue as to when one's pattern of luck will chnge. The "key" that provides the answers is the listing on the front and back inside covers When the reader has reached the correct combination, he need only check this listing to find the appropriate page number of his fortune. Whether the reader is a dyed-in-the-wool mystic, or sceptic, this book is sure to provide endless hours of entertainment and amusement. --- from book's dustjacket