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A '''lot book''' is a [[divination|divinatory]] tool which uses various kinds of [[Cleromancy]] in order to find the answer to questions which are frequently given at the beginning of the book. During the resurgence of [[Geomancy]] in the Victorian era, it was extremely common to find lot books which used it as part of the process of obtaining an answer. | A '''lot book''' is a [[divination|divinatory]] tool which uses various kinds of [[Cleromancy]] in order to find the answer to questions which are frequently given at the beginning of the book. During the resurgence of [[Geomancy]] in the Victorian era, it was extremely common to find lot books which used it as part of the process of obtaining an answer. | ||
Lot books are sometimes printed with a [[dream interpretation book]] at the end. | |||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
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* The answers, often broken into sections represented by letters or symbols and listed by the aforementioned symbol, number, or name. | * The answers, often broken into sections represented by letters or symbols and listed by the aforementioned symbol, number, or name. | ||
Notable works which deviate from this pattern include the 1824 manuscript version of '' | Notable works which deviate from this pattern include the 1824 manuscript version of ''[[The Royal Book of Fate]]'' which instead categorizes the answers by question and doesn't include a chart, and the French book ''Le Palais des Curieux'', which instead uses a chart and certain mathematical processes to arrive at the page number the answer is on, and the number representing the answer on that page. | ||
[[Category:Methods of Divination]] | [[Category:Methods of Divination]] | ||
[[Category:Cleromancy]] | [[Category:Cleromancy]] | ||