THE UNIVERSAL GUIDE
Second Edition
This is an enlarged and updated second edition of acclaimed palmist Nathaniel Altman's largest, latest and most comprehensive book on hand analysis, first published by Sterling Publishing in 2009 and long out of print. Based on his previous palmistry titles including The Palmistry Workbook, Palmistry for Lovers, Medical Palmistry (co-authored with the late Eugene Scheimann, M.D.) and Palmistry: Your Career in Your Hands (co-authored with Andrew Fitzherbert), the text has been expanded and revised, and new graphics have been added. The format for this second edition has also been redesigned for better understanding. Unlike the original edition, the book is printed in a larger 8-1/2" x 11" (21.5 X 27.5 cm) format in order to make for easier reading of the drawings and hand prints. The typeface for this edition (12-point Georgia) is larger than in the Sterling edition as well.
This new edition of Palmistry: The Universal Guide contains over 400 pages of text and illustrations. It has been organized into six sections and thirty-four chapters, and includes notes, an annotated bibliography and a comprehensive index:
Part I. Palmistry Essentials
Chapter 1. The Hand as Hologram
2. Orientation
3. Hand Types
4. Consistency, Size, and Skin Texture
5. Mounts and Valleys
6. The Fingers
7. The Lines
8. Skin Ridge PatternsPart II. The Hand and Your Inner World
9. Intellect, Imagination, Ideation
10. Will: From Inertia to Action
11. Hand Gestures, Postures, and MovementsPart III. Love, Relationships, and Sexuality
12. The Seven Types of Lover
13. Personality and Sexual Expression
14. Sexual Varieties, Sexual Choices
15. Compatibility in RelationshipsPart IV. Your Hand and Health
16. Elements of Medical Palmistry
17. The Basics of Medical Palmistry
18. The Nails in Medical Diagnosis
19. Dermatoglyphics: Their Medical Significance
20. Palm Lines and Markings
21. Alterations in the Hand
22. Diseases of Anxiety Traced Through PalmistryPart V. Life Task and Spirituality
23. Your Career at Your Fingertips
24. Lines, Mounts, and Career Choice
25. Able Hands
26. Creative Hands
27. Communicating Hands
28. Entertaining Hands
29. Business Hands
30. Healing Hands
31. Other Hands
32. Your Hand and the Spiritual LifePart VI. Practical Hand Analysis
33. How to Read Hands
34. How to Take Handprints
Although written primarily for those who already have some knowledge of hand analysis, the simple writing style and step-by-step instructions- along with clear drawings and handprints- will also appeal to beginners.
Palmistry: The Universal Guide. Gaupo Publishing: November, 2017. 407 pages. ISBN 978-0-9979720-4-7. This book is available as both a trade paperback and as an Kindle e-book. The Kindle edition can be utilized on a wide variety of e-readers.
