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First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxii, 218; fine in original pictorial boards. Issue as no. 2 in the publisher's Prognostication in History series. "The first book of its kind . Over the centuries, Tibetans developed many practices of prognostication and adapted many others from neighboring cultures and religions. In this way, Tibetan divination evolved into a vast field of ritual expertise that has been largely neglected in Tibetan Studies. The Tibetan repertoire of divinatory techniques is rich and immensely varied. Accordingly, the specimen of practices discussed in this volume - many of which remain in use today - merely serve as examples that offer glimpses of divination in Tibet" (publisher's blurb).