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THE TEXTS

In no particular order I present some of the books in my possession which I have accumulated with no rhyme or reason that will be used for readings:

Fortune Telling For Fun and Popularity by Paul Showers dates to 1942 and is a hodgepodge of cartomancy, palmistry, astrology and other modes of fortune telling.

The next book is Wenzell Brown's How to Tell Fortunes With Cards from 1963. The dates of my collected books are randomly convenient in that they are dated 1942, 1963 and 1996. Roughly 20-30 years apart to account for each generation living, Another from 1916 and present day would bolster this random collection.

Fortune Telling With Playing Cards by Sophia is a Barnes & Noble book so I'm not sure what to expect. Since they also publish classics it might not be a stretch to suggest that this tome could also become a classic. Honestly, I've yet to read a single page of it. That shall change soonly.

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