Palmistry is an ancient science and an unsurpassed tool for character and emotion analysis. Everyone has the ability to tap its potential for insight, reflection, and greater understanding—and world acclaimed palmistry expert Vernon Mahabal will show you how.
Talk to the Hand reveals the tricks of the palm reader’s trade and is organized around the most popular questions and inquiries the author has received over the years. It serves as a fascinating field guide for those who want a quick, accurate way to assess their own and other people’s talents, abilities, psychology, and emotional personality. The diagrams and accompanying texts are deliberately simple and straightforward, providing quick access to vital answers and potential solutions to pressing questions. The information found here is based upon extensive background research and years of the author’s experience working with thousands of people.
Palmistry is an ancient science and an unsurpassed tool for character and emotion analysis. Everyone has the ability to tap its potential for insight, reflection, and greater understanding—and world acclaimed palmistry expert Vernon Mahabal will show you how.
Talk to the Hand reveals the tricks of the palm reader’s trade and is organized around the most popular questions and inquiries the author has received over the years. It serves as a fascinating field guide for those who want a quick, accurate way to assess their own and other people’s talents, abilities, psychology, and emotional personality. The diagrams and accompanying texts are deliberately simple and straightforward, providing quick access to vital answers and potential solutions to pressing questions. The information found here is based upon extensive background research and years of the author’s experience working with thousands of people.
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Palmistry is an ancient science and an unsurpassed tool for character and emotion analysis. Everyone has the ability to tap its potential for insight, reflection, and greater understanding—and world acclaimed palmistry expert Vernon Mahabal will show you how.
Talk to the Hand reveals the tricks of the palm reader’s trade and is organized around the most popular questions and inquiries the author has received over the years. It serves as a fascinating field guide for those who want a quick, accurate way to assess their own and other people’s talents, abilities, psychology, and emotional personality. The diagrams and accompanying texts are deliberately simple and straightforward, providing quick access to vital answers and potential solutions to pressing questions. The information found here is based upon extensive background research and years of the author’s experience working with thousands of people.
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| ISBN-13: | 9781633410473 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Red Wheel/Weiser |
| Publication date: | 04/01/2018 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 192 |
| File size: | 7 MB |
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CHAPTER 1
MY PATH OF PALMISTRY
Q What led you to become a palmist? How did you learn?
A When I was twelve, my parents took me on a trip to Mexico. My dad took me to the Maya Pyramids (the Sun and the Moon) just outside Mexico City, and we climbed one of them. Having reached the top, I remember my feeling of amazement as I took in the view. Breathless, I took my time descending while my dad walked away quickly. When I was midway down, and still in awe, a voice, disembodied but very clear, spoke, "Don't think that your modern civilization is so advanced." And in only what I can refer to as a "download," I received, very quickly, an apperception of the exceptionalism of the Ancients. It was from that day that my deep distrust of modern academia began; I then and there was gifted with full apprehension of the scientific and philosophical superiority of our global antecessors — and at the same time made aware of the intentions of our current institutions to suppress this knowledge.
My first introduction to hand analysis began when I found a tome entitled On Reading Palms (by Peggy Thomson) in my high school library. Although I had no reference at the time, it had a very West Coast, New Agey feel to it. This was 1976, and I was surprised that my high school would even stock a book like this. This title and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair were most influential during my high school years. My father was quite intent on my attending college, but I could not be less attracted to their halls of arrogance and atheism. After half a semester at Berklee College of Music (I was a violinist), I met some very dedicated students of Eastern spirituality (specifically Gaudiya Vaisnavism) and went on to live in an ashram. I learned Sanskrit, Eastern spirituality, and Vedic cosmology. I couldn't have been more happy.
After five years of devotional practice at the ashram, I moved to Queens, New York, which led me to meet the person who would become my palmistry preceptor, Patrick Geoffrois. Patrick would give readings on a table he set up on St. Marks and 3rd. Meeting up with my friends in Manhattan's East Village, I would regularly see him give consultations. I began to realize that I was quite drawn and attracted to this theater of soothsaying. With a silver pentacle around his neck, black vest and black trousers, and long blonde hair surrounding an angular aquiline face, Patrick had the look of a sage wizard one might have encountered in medieval Europe. On this busy bohemian street in lower Manhattan, I would continue to be astonished at the extraordinary depth of insight he would provide to those he read for. Being new to the world of clairvoyancy, I was nevertheless aware that this reader of hands was a frequent traveler to the world "beyond the veil." I could tell that he genuinely knew its secrets, and I wanted to know what he knew. Interestingly, the Line of Intuition (see page 56) displayed upon Patrick's palms continues to be the most powerful specimen I've seen to this day! Patrick was a popular underground figure in Lower Manhattan, and everyone seemed to know him. People would come from all over the City to get their palms read. He was especially well known to those within the New Wave/Metal music scene, and of course the Wiccan and Pagan communities.
For five intense years, I spent what seemed like thousands of hours with him — watching and learning as he did his consulting. I would hang around him as much as I could, sometimes sitting late into the night at his St. Marks table. He was my teacher and mentor — one of the most influential people in my life. Whether he was engaged in his work, or just walking the East Side, Patrick answered my endless questions, opening my eyes to deep occult secrets. I remember almost everything Patrick told me. He taught me hand reading from the Western Mysteries tradition. My brand of palmistry is therefore more astrological, less New Agey than that of my peers. Patrick was a disciple of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada — the magnanimous Spiritual Guardian who brought the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita to the West (the Hare Krishna movement). When Srila Prabhupada left this world in 1977, Patrick returned to the Intuitive Arts, incorporating the Eastern teachings into his Western model. The Vedic ashram I previously spoke of was of the same lineage of Patrick's spirituality. Oftentimes when discoursing on palmistry or the mystical arts, he would begin by saying, "You know how Prabhupada would say in the Vedas ... well, in Western Magick ..." Having immersed myself in five years of training in Vedic philosophy, this type of presentation made everything very understandable.
Patrick passed away in 1992, and I continued to assimilate his teachings and build up a clientele. Desiring to also incorporate the Vedic system into my practice, I would later travel to India many times. Many palmists learn their trade in a very casual fashion, irregularly learning from books or taking classes sporadically. According to the eternal system of Jyotish (Eastern Astrology/Palmistry), formal mentorship under the auspices of an expert teacher is a requirement for the formation of a qualified diviner. The Vedic concept upholds that the relationship of student to teacher is based upon two essential foundations: rapt aural reception and dispensation of help and assistance. Practiced in tandem, the results are distinguished intuitive development.
In the West, the relationship with the palmistry instructor is one of formality and professionality. This is certainly healthy, but it does favor a more left-brained prognosticism. When one is listening to a class or receiving instruction, the emphasis within the Orient is to hear with one's heart. This approach becomes natural, as the relationship with one's teacher is more as the apprentice, less as an academic. Consequently, taking handprints, organizing the office, and bringing food and flowers are part of the training process. The teacher's expertise, wisdom, intuition, and of course, his blessings then transfer directly into the heart and mind of the dedicated student. This mystical transmutation is the very secret of the ancient occult orders. Knowledge can be attained by reason, but wisdom is attained by revelation.
Q Does palmistry run in your family? Do you have to be born to it?
A I've been reading hands for over thirty years. When people learn that it's actually my profession, they're intrigued. True, it's not a common or mainstream career (not yet!), but it is exciting and it does pay the bills. I'm frequently asked if my skill runs in the family, as palm reading is most often seen as a psychic art passed down the ancestral line. Having met hundreds of readers on my path of palmistry, I've yet to meet even one who learned from a family member and continued on to become a professional. (This may be the case with a tarot reader, but never a palmist.) I have met people who tell me they've garnered a little from their grandmother or aunt, but they're the types who are forthright about being a novice. Having said that, my experience is that there is certainly something about it that has the feel of destiny: You don't pick it — it picks you. I have always been extremely attracted to it and intent to learn it — but not because I wanted to make it my career. Nevertheless, palmistry became my career. This seems to be the standard scenario for all professional readers. It's not a vocation of bloodline — but of birth.
Q Is this a gift?
A When asked, "Is it a gift?" appreciatively, readers will attest to its holding a natural, almost mystical attraction for them. Further acknowledging that its principles are probably easier for them to assimilate than most, they will not discount the years of study and practice required for its mastery.
Every good reader has two marked passions in common: an ardent interest in human nature and an enchantment with the Stars. In fact, the best readers do not even identify much with being psychic. Actually, it's these "psychic readers" that you have to watch out for — the ones who fully promote themselves as psychic readers. I don't even consider palmistry, at its heart, to be a psychic art but an astrological one. This is not at all to dismiss its extrasensory feature — but to really be able to decode the arcane contents within the hands, one must possess firm grounding in its planetary foundations. The readers' intuitive skills then become icing on the cake, helping to reinforce their findings.
It's a rare thing to find a psychic reader who is not a fraud. Moreover, those few who are genuinely psychic are notoriously on with one client and off with another. Intuitive powers, as a rule, are intermittent — and therefore difficult to harness. The astrological hand reader will always be able to deliver an in-depth and accurate reading, even without the aid of intuition, as what the reader is truly employing is the hard science of the Zodiac. And yet, there is very much a psychic side to hand reading. After years of doing consultations, even the most scientific reader cannot help but become sensitive to the transmundane forces radiating from the hand. This is the beauty of palmistry. It cannot be discounted that those who walk the path of palmistry are far more intuitive than their astrological brethren. Therefore, reading a hand, rather than a chart, attracts them.
Interestingly, there is a third category of readers who fit somewhere between the two in proficiency —"New Age" palmists. No more than rudimentary in astrological expertise, these palmists prefer to tap into the palm's auric field. Auras are subtle frequencies that emit from the palm's chakra grid (the lines). In tandem with their intuition, these readers employ affirmations, crystals, and the occasional spirit guide for entrance into this field. Their readings focus almost entirely on emotional and psychological issues. While positive and well meaning in their approach, they are given to be overly esoteric and somewhat general in their statements. New Agers have the faith but not always the foundations — being composed of much sentiment but not enough science. Therefore, their discourses on the spiritual fail to impact the professional. Nevertheless, although their pronouncements may indeed be on the vague side, there is no question of their superiority over the psychic reader. New Agers also do not pick their path of palmistry — the path finds them. All the New Age hand readers I've ever met were the "lone spiritual wolves" of their families.
Q Did you have to study it?
A True palmists have a quenchless curiosity about everything "hands." Although they posses an easier grasp of the subject matter, they are nevertheless ceaseless in their desire to learn and study it. The best readers are researchers of the hand. They read everybody's books, attend all the lectures, and travel the world to uncover its knowledge. They are fascinated by what the ancients knew, as well as the exciting discoveries of today. To be truly great, readers must be familiar with everything that came before them: the various systems and their colorful proponents. Further, great readers will seek to add something to the craft for future generations. And they are constantly reading hands. Wherever they are, and in whatever situation, they are found learning and observing. The people they are reading will also hear something of themselves, and benefit. Palmistry is a fascinating art, and its knowledge is endless.
Yet, I've seen many readers over the years learn from a good teacher — only to get stuck in that teacher's system. They neglect to further their own research, failing to grow, expand, and contribute. The hand is a living astrological chart, and for both reader and client, its "product" is the advancement of consciousness. Therefore, its own practitioners should be at the highest platform of discernment and vision. Palmistry is a study worthy of the best efforts of the best minds.
Q How old is palmistry? Who invented palmistry?
A The advancement of consciousness, rather than the advancement of materialism, was always central for the Ancients. Consequently, the art of hand reading was societally interwoven and held in high esteem. More than five thousand years ago, teachings were received orally — from mentor to apprentice. Nothing was ever required to be written. The Ancients were shrutidhara (Sanskrit) — able to easily remember all that they had heard.
Aware that the Iron Age (Kali Yuga) in which we now live would require that this knowledge be written down or be lost, the teachings of the most learned palmist, sage Garga Rishi, were gathered and compiled into a single volume, the Hast Sumudrika Shastra. Penned in Sanskrit and dated to 3100 BCE, it literally translates to "the divine scripture of hand analysis." To this day, it remains a treatise of great importance.
Proponents of this lineage hold that Eastern principles were never acquired by the process of trial and error, but taught ages ago to qualified students by visiting celestials. The Occidental (Western) system of palmistry more or less grew through an inductive methodology of research and investigation. Nevertheless, its better practitioners were very sincere and made much effective headway. Having said this, the last fifty years have seen the European and American palmists move to surpass their Vedic counterparts by updating the planetary positions to exacting measurements and modernizing the archaic and outmoded terminology. Further, it is seen that Western palmists are on the cutting edge of many astrological advances, with the best ones working to synthesize the two beautiful systems. Unfortunately, our experience is that our Eastern brethren have not been as excited to move their science forward — even curiously maintaining an elitist attitude.
Q What is the difference between palmistry and astrology?
A A "snapshot" of the exact positions of the heavenly bodies is taken the minute a child leaves her mother's womb. This photograph becomes the map of one's life destiny. With the help of good cosmological software, the modern astrologer need only type in a person's birth time and place of birth in order to pull up that significant snapshot. Studying the various planetary positions in symbolic form, the astrologer is then able to form a picture of that person's character, nature, and future.
Palmistry is also an astrological art. Palmistry and astrology are sister and brother to each other. The palm and fingers contain our entire zodiacal layout. What the astrologer can see in a chart, a palmist can see in a hand. All of the planets, houses, and signs are represented — even asteroids. This is well understood in Asian countries such as China, Japan, and India. In fact, astrologers in these countries will frequently glance at the client's hands to reconfirm what's in the birth chart. In the Western world, one is either a palmist or an astrologer, and when people learn of the connection, it's a revelation.
For the most precise reading, an astrologer requires an exact as possible birth time. An inaccuracy of as little as fifteen or twenty minutes will place the Stars in the wrong signs and houses, leaving even the best astrologer with a dissatisfied client. Hospital personnel and parents alike routinely jot down only approximate times at best. However, an accurate time is essential for an accurate reading.
Alternatively, a hand reader does not at all require a client's place or time of birth, as the entire panorama of stars and signs is precisely engraved, visibly and concretely, into the palm. The veracity of the reading is then only dependent on the skill of the practitioner. So, although they are the same science, this is one of hand reading's great advantages.
As stated previously, palmistry is the "sister" of the two, and the reason is that its very manufacture lends itself to a more intuitive, subconscious approach. It therefore draws a more "psychologically inclined" individual than those who take to chart astrology. (Astrologers tend to be more left-brained.) This could also be a drawback if the hand reader relies too much on intuitive skills (which may be intermittent) and if the astrological data bank is also not up to speed.
Those palmists exclusively employing a purely analytical approach (astrological, sans psychic) can certainly deliver a very thorough and comprehensive consultation. At the same time, after fully assessing the zodiacal coffer, palmists may then engage intuition, reading around the planets, so to speak, powerfully enhancing and deepening the reading. This is the true beauty of hand analysis.
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Table of Contents
Introduction to the Art of Palmistry,
PART ONE: AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO PALMISTRY,
My Path of Palmistry,
About Our Palms,
Life and Longevity,
Fame and Fortune,
Love and Relationships,
Life as a Professional Palmist,
PART TWO: PALMISTRY EXPEDITION JOURNAL,
Impactful or Artistic Palms,
The Line of Intuition,
Gossipy Hands,
Successful Hands,
Lying Hands,
PART THREE: TRACKING AND OBSERVING ON THE PALMISTRY TRAIL,
The Difference Between the Hands,
How to Use "Track and Observe",
Traits Revealed,
Master Key of the Hand,
Adventurous,
Aggressive,
Ambitious,
Analytical,
Communicative,
Cooking Ability,
Creative,
Decision Maker,
Demonstrative,
Dishonest,
Emotionally Reserved,
Faith in a Higher Power,
Family-oriented,
Fun-loving,
Good Friend,
Good Listener,
Hardworking,
Honest,
Humorous,
Imaginative,
Independent,
Intelligent,
Loyal,
Manipulative,
Moneymaking Ability,
Nature Lover,
Open-minded,
Opinionated,
Passionate,
Pessimistic,
Philosophical,
Refined,
Self-centered,
Sexual Drive,
Strong-willed,
Superficial,
Team Player,
Visionary,
Warmhearted,
PART FOUR: FIELD NOTES OFF THE BEATEN PATH,
Mercurial or Volatile,
Sloth,
Lack of Self-confidence,
Anger,
Gluttony,
Egotistical,
Weakness of Mind,
Criminality,
Conclusion,
Acknowledgments,