Dr. Shanker Adawal
Palmistry-An
Introduction
The human hand has been
described as the Creator’s masterpiece of mechanism, in its wonderful
adaptation to the requirements of life; yet, strange to say, whilst almost
every section of the human body has its medical specialists, there are none
such for the hands as a whole. Hand is the terminal part of the human arm
containing the palm and fingers from below the wrist. It contains 27 bones: 8
carpals, or wrist-bones proper, 5 metacarpals and 14 phalangers-3 to each of
the 4 fingers and 2 to the thumb.
It is perfectly adapted by
the mobility of all the digits as well as by their respective difference in
total length, and in the length of their joints and especially by the great
freedom of the thumb. By its development, extreme mobility and sensibility, the
human hand is considered the most marvelous instrument designated for
prehension and touch. No animal is gifted with such an implement of a high
degree of perfection. Properly speaking, the hand belongs to man alone. It is
essentially the organ of touch and prehension. It moulds itself to a body to
ascertain its form; it comes to the eye in completing or rectifying its
impression, and in some cases even supplies its place as in ease of blind
reading.
As stated earlied it is
believed that Palmistry originated in India with its roots in Hindu Astrology
(known in Sanskrit as Jyotish), Chinese Yijing (I Ching), and Roma (Gypsy)
fortune tellers. The Hindu sage Valmiki is thought to have written a book
several thousand years ago whose title translates in English as “The Teachings
of Valmiki Maharshi on Male Palmistry” comprising 567 stanzas. Renowned palmist
Cheiro (whose actual name was William John Warner and later christened as
Cherio due to his knowledge in palmistry) learn palmistry in India where he is
believed to have read ancient scriptures on palmistry. From India, the art of
palmistry spread to China, Tibet, Egypt, Persia and to other countries in
Europe. From China, palmistry progressed to Greece where Anaxagoras practiced
it. Aristotle (384-322 B. C. E.) discovered a treatise on the subject of
palmistry on an alter of Hermes, which he then presented to Alexander the Great
(356-323 B. C. E.), who took great interest in examining the character of his
officers by analyzing the lines on their hands. Aristotle stated that “Lines
are not written into the human hand without reason. They emanate from heavenly
influences and man’s own individuality.” Accordingly, besides Varahamir and
other sages some of he western thinkers like Aristotle, Hippocrates and
Alexander the Great, popularized the laws and practice of palmistry.
Hippocrates sought to use palmistry to aid his clinical procedures. Modern
palmists often combine traditional predictive techniques with psychology,
holistic healing, as well as alternative methods of divination.
In the same row Medical
men occasionally use the nails and fingers to confirm a diagnosis; but few of
them realize that the hand-as the direct servant of the brain-in its markings,
not only reveals the workings of the brain and the general characteristics, but
also the physical ailments; further, any latent heart weakness is plainly and
certainly dissemble in the hand.
It cannot be denied that
there is much opposition to the practice of Palmistry, based upon ignorance and
bigotry. On the other hand, we dare venture to affirm that he who veined the
leaves of trees and plants so that the skilled botanist could read their story
from the lines in the leaves, has so lined the human palm that the scientist
can with equal facility read therein the story of the human life.
No two hands are alike,
and they are so marked that they constitute a veritable chart of the life; all
that a man needs to know of himself, his capabilities, his faults and feelings,
and the probable outcome of his life, is therein set forth in a manner at once
plain, simple and easy to understand. To the trained reader, the hand reveals
the character, talents and proclivities, as well as indicating the most suitable
career to be followed, the health, sickness, and important incidents of life,
as they affect the position and welfare.
It has, we am aware, been
recklessly asserted by some so-called scientists that the lines are merely
creases formed by the folding of the hands; but this contention is easily
refuted, by an inspection of the hands-your own, for instance-which will
disclose lines in positions utterly at variance with so puerile a contention.
Notwithstanding the
marvelous construction of the hand, it cannot, of itself, perform one single
act-all that it does is by order of the brain, the seat of every mental
operation, and it is entirely dependent on the brain for its intelligence, and
therefore, being its servant, it reflects the kind of brain behind it.
It must be understood that
Palmistry, is in no way connected with occultism-it is usually divided into two
sections, viz.-
(a)
The
science of reading character from the shape
of the hand and fingers; and
(b)
the science of reading the actions and habits, the past, present and future
events from the formation of the palm and the lines marked thereon.
This division of the
science, however, is by no means arbitrary; on the contrary they are but parts
of one whole and it is only adopted for the convenience of readers.
In Palmistry the hands are
recognized as belonging to or coming under one or more of seven classes or
types, a matter which will be fully explained later. At the outset, however, we
shall follow the course generally adopted, and deal with the general features
of the hand which carry with them their own significance to whatever type or
combination of types the hand may belong.
Continue…
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