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Palmistry2palmistry to aid his clinical proceduresDuring the Middle Ages the art of palmistry was actively suppressed by the Catholic Church as pagan superstitionIn Renaissance magic,palmistry (known as "chiromancy")was classified as one of the seven "forbidden arts,"alongwith necromancy,geomancy,aeromancy,pyromancy,hydromancy,and spatulamancy (scapulimancy)(6]However itexperienced a revival in the modem era starting with Captain Casimir Stanislas D'Arpentigny publication LaChirognomie in 1839.Modern PalmistryThe Chirological Society of Great Britain was founded in London byKatherine St Hill in 1889 with the stated aim to advance andsystematise the art of palmistry and to prevent charlatans from abusingthe art.Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont (Comte de St Germain)foundedthe American Chirological Society in 1897.A pivotal figure in the modem palmistry movement was the IrishWilliam John Warer,known by his sobriquet,Cheiro.After studyingunder gurus in India he set up a palmistry practice in London andenjoyed a wide following of famous clients from around the world,including famous celebrities like Mark Twain,W.T.Stead,SarahBemhardt,Mata Hari,Oscar Wilde,Grover Cleveland,ThomasEdison,the Prince of Wales.General Kitchener.William EwartGladstone,and Joseph Chamberlain.So popular was Cheiro as a"Society Palmist"that even those who were not believers in the occulthad their hands read by him.The skeptical Mark Twain wrote inCheiro,an influential exponent of palmistry in thelate 19th century.Cheiro's visitor's book that he had "...exposed my character to me withhumiliating accuracy."Edward Heron-Allen,an English polymath,published various works including the 1883 book,Palmistry.A Manualof Cheirosophy which is still in print.7There were attempts at formulating some sort of scientific basis for the art,most notably in the 1900 publication "The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading"by William G.Benham.TechniquesChiromancy consists of the practice of evaluating a person's character or future life by "reading"the palm of thatperson's hand.Various "lines"("heart line","life line",etc.)and "mounts"(or bumps)(chirognomy),purportedlysuggest interpretations by their relative sizes,qualities,and intersections.In some traditions,readers also examinecharacteristics of the fingers,fingerails,fingerprints and palmar skin patters (dermatoglyphics),skin texture andcolor,shape of the palm,and flexibility of the hand.A reader usually begins by reading the person's 'dominant hand'(the hand he or she writes with or uses themost)(sometimes considered to represent the conscious mind,whereas the other hand is subconscious).In sometraditions of palmistry,the other hand is believed to carry hereditary or family traits,or,depending on the palmist'scosmological beliefs,to convey information about past-life or karmic conditions.The basic framework for "Classical"palmistry (the most widely taught and practiced tradition)is rooted in Greekmythology.Each area of the palm and fingers is related to a g