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    Encyclopedia Of Occult Scienses Vol. II Physiognomony
    Encyclopedia Of Occult Scienses Vol. II Physiognomony
    Encyclopedia Of Occult Scienses Vol. II Physiognomony
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    Encyclopedia Of Occult Scienses Vol. II Physiognomony

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    Physiognomony is not only the study of a being through its physiognomy, as the layman believes, although the etymology is clear (physis—nature ; gnomon—who knows), but really the study of a being through the whole of its outward appearance ; from which it would seem to follow that Chiromancy is included in it in principle, although it has been detached from it owing to its importance. Is it necessary for me now to justify Physiognomony? It does not in fact enjoy the bad reputation of its mother Astrology. It may be currently observed. Who amongst us is not a physiognomonist when he says of some one that he has “a fine” or “a nasty” head in the ethical sense of the word ? And do we not in the same way practise instinctive astrology when we speak of people “ who are born under a lucky star” or “who always seem to be in the moon”? Who in short has not amused himself in the same way by studying passers-by in order to try and guess from their appearance their soul, their social position? According to evidence there are aristocratic faces (apart from any title of nobility) and plebeian faces, the mug of the drunkard and the pretty face of the born amoureuse, the healthy face of the active man, the mask of the brigand, the majestic type, the face of the judge, the domestic, the soldier, the priest, the scholar. It is true that the dress helps a little ; but most certainly the character leaves its mark on the features. It was only necessary to study, to classify these outward marks in order to constitute a science. The idea was old, but the system had to be organised, and this is what the famous Lavater attempted. But where Lavater, Delestre and other physio-psychologists stop, the Occultist does not stop, and saturated with Astrology, he in his turn says :—“ These signs-manual of the stars, you notice them without using the word; you say that a man is choleric after you have examined his face; I say that he is so because he was born under the maleficent influence of Mars. In short we are agreed, but you are satisfied with the observa¬tion, whereas I go back to the causes. And is it not much more interest¬ing to try and guess that the subject will be of a choleric disposition if he is born under such or other particular magnetic aspect of the Sky ? Not only is this more interesting, but this alone will be useful, for if to the birth certificate there were added a horoscopic certificate, the educational task of the parents would be rendered considerably easier.
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    PublisherAegitas
    Release dateDec 18, 2017
    ISBN9781772464597
    Encyclopedia Of Occult Scienses Vol. II Physiognomony

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      Encyclopedia Of Occult Scienses Vol. II Physiognomony - Poinsot, Maffeo

      Maffeo Poinsot

      Encyclopedia of Occult Scienses

      vol. II

      PHYSIOGNOMONY

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      ООО Osteon-Press

      Noginsk — 2014

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      Physiognomony is not only the study of a being through its physiognomy, as the layman believes, although the etymology is clear (physis—nature ; gnomon—who knows), but really the study of a being through the whole of its outward appearance ; from which it would seem to follow that Chiromancy is included in it in principle, although it has been detached from it owing to its importance. 

      Is it necessary for me now to justify Physiognomony? It does not in fact enjoy the bad reputation of its mother Astrology. It may be currently observed. Who amongst us is not a physiognomonist when he says of some one that he has a fine or a nasty head in the ethical sense of the word ? And do we not in the same way practise instinctive astrology when we speak of people who are born under a lucky star or who always seem to be in the moon? Who in short has not amused himself in the same way by studying passers-by in order to try and guess from their appearance their soul, their social position?

      According to evidence there are aristocratic faces (apart from any title of nobility) and plebeian faces, the mug of the drunkard and the pretty face of the born amoureuse, the healthy face of the active man, the mask of the brigand, the majestic type, the face of the judge, the domestic, the soldier, the priest, the scholar. It is true that the dress helps a little ; but most certainly the character leaves its mark on the features. It was only necessary to study, to classify these outward marks in order to constitute a science. The idea was old, but the system had to be organised, and this is what the famous Lavater attempted.

      But where Lavater, Delestre and other physio-psychologists stop, the Occultist does not stop, and saturated with Astrology, he in his turn says :—" These signs-manual of the stars, you notice them without using the word; you say that a man is choleric after you have examined his face; I say that he is so because he was born under the maleficent influence of Mars. In short we are agreed, but you are satisfied with the observa¬tion, whereas I go back to the causes. And is it not much more interest¬ing to try and guess that the subject will be of a choleric disposition if he is born under such or other particular magnetic aspect of the Sky ? Not only is this more interesting, but this alone will be useful, for if to the birth certificate there were added a horoscopic certificate, the educational task of the parents would be rendered considerably easier.

      Thus, since, I repeat, everything takes place in accordance with astrological data, even if they are not demonstrable, may we not also accept the theory, intelligent, practical, of the planetary typology ? It may be admitted without mysticism, as was done by Paul Jagot who drew up the series of these planetary types in accordance with modernised tradition, and pointed out the correspondence of the morphological signs with the physiological, pathological, psychological, chirological and graphological characteristics, adding prophecies deduced therefrom as to the normal destiny of these types.

      Originally published: New York : R. McBride, 1939

      ISBN 1-55888-833-0

      © Osteon-Press, 2014

      ISBN 978-1-77246-459-7

      Physiognomony

      Chapter I.

      Divisions and Short History

      Anyone who has cared to read the introduction to our book will have guessed for himself the division which is obvious in this chapter:—

      1.    Physiognomony purely morphological.

      2.    Phrenology (Physiognomony applied to the skull).

      3.    Chirology (Physiognomony applied to the hand).

      4.    Typology (Planetary Physiognomony).

      On account of its importance, however, we shall study separately ;Chirology, which again is divided into two sections, one morphological, the other astrological.

      It has also been seen that Physiognomony is the study of the whole of the outer being, and not only of his physiognomy, although the latter is after all the most important section of this art, which has been invented for the purpose of codifying the undoubted relations between the physical and the ethic.

      Long before the time of Lavater these relations were observed and practical or divinatory deductions were made from them. The Greeks had already so fully sensed them that in their language they combined into a single word — kalosagathos — (which means honest man, good man) the two words kalos (beautiful) and agathos (good). With them beauty and goodness had to be combined in one single being before he was worthy to be called a human being. Amongst the Latins the word persona (from which comes the English word personality) meant at first the mask with which the actor played his part. Personality, therefore, is actually and figuratively the mask from which it is possible to diagnose both your tendencies and your future.

      And this mask of the ancient actor was rigid; it represented his souI, his whole psychology.[1] Long before Lavater, therefore, before Lombroso, Penschel, Pernetti, Harder, Kubisse or Delestre,

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