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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 ''~~the~~ 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.		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]]

Occultwiki at 03:25, 16 October 2024

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	A '''lot book''' is a 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.

	==Structure==		==Structure==
	Most commonly, lot books are organized in the following order:		Most commonly, lot books are organized in the following order:
	*An Introduction/Preface, oftentimes discussing the supposed manuscript from which the lot book is said to be copied or translated from in addition to giving basic instructions.		* An Introduction/Preface, oftentimes discussing the supposed manuscript from which the lot book is said to be copied or translated from in addition to giving basic instructions.
	*The questions, most of the time numbered, which may be answered through the use of the book.		* The questions, most of the time numbered, which may be answered through the use of the book.
	*A chart to be consulted, using the number of the question asked and the symbol, number, or name deduced through the processes described in the Introduction/Preface, in order to find the answer.		* A chart to be consulted, using the number of the question asked and the symbol, number, or name deduced through the processes described in the Introduction/Preface, in order to find the answer.
	*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 ''the 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.		Notable works which deviate from this pattern include the 1824 manuscript version of ''the 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.

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A '''lot book''' is a 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.

==Structure==
Most commonly, lot books are organized in the following order:
*An Introduction/Preface, oftentimes discussing the supposed manuscript from which the lot book is said to be copied or translated from in addition to giving basic instructions.
*The questions, most of the time numbered, which may be answered through the use of the book.
*A chart to be consulted, using the number of the question asked and the symbol, number, or name deduced through the processes described in the Introduction/Preface, in order to find the answer.
*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 ''the 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:Cleromancy]]