The Fortune Telling Book: Reading Crystal Balls, Tea Leaves, Playing Cards, and Everyday Omens of Love and Luck

by Gillian Kemp

Filled with practical advice, gypsy folklore, and both ancient and modern divinations, this lavishly illustrated primer reveals the future to all those who believe and shows how to employ crystal balls, tea leaves, and playing cards to predict the future. Full color.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Witchcraft, Magick, New Age, Reference

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Jas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cool book covering a few different forms of fortune telling. It was much more detailed than I expected it to be. It should be noted that these are primarily European forms of fortune telling. Some of these methods might be used in other cultures as well, but the information/history provided definitely feels Euro centric.

[Jodi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a small book, yet it is heavy with knowledge. Enjoyed every page. Love love the cover. Good read and an excellent addition to my circus carnival bookshelf.

[Katy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely a good primer on several different methods of fortune telling. Great for a beginner, but left me wanting a lot more info than Kemp supplies the reader with.

[Josie Yerk · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a beautiful and helpful book to have in the collection. The information is concise and yet pretty. The cover is a true keeper. It has basic important information.

[Kristine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Fortune-Telling Book by Gillian Kemp is first and foremost, beautiful. The deep purple cover and new topic pages are bold. The overall feel of the book is one of an old-world charm that looks like its been around for ages, and the random hand-written notes just add to the general appeal.

The contents are varied, covering everything from cartomancy (playing cards)to bay leaf magic; from crystal ball readings to dice; candle magic to hydromancy. I mainly got this book for the section on tasseography (tea leaf reading) however, I found the additional topics interesting.

[Bess Ritenour Acey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this little book it was very interesting. It tells you how to read cards what each card means,readind a crystal ball it talks about tea leaves and so on it is very interesting.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good! I reccomend it to anyone!

[Samra · Rating 4 out of 5]

very informative and beautifully laid out to follow instructions. lovely felt covering.

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

my second gillian kemp

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick fun read.

[Jovy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was intrigued by the idea of fortune telling using tea leaves and this book can give you the information you need (it's like an introduction)