Annie Besant: Her Passions and Her Relationships - Part 2
Fohat Magazine (Spring 2001) - by Ernest Pelletier
As the hand is an extension of the mind, it is only logical that whatever motivated Annie Besant would be impressed in her hands. Accordingly, one who is proficient in palm reading can, with a sufficient print of the hand if not the actual hand itself, determine with remarkable accuracy one’s tendencies and even the motivational forces at that time. The hand changes as the mind changes but one’s natural tendencies are generally imprinted on the hand at birth to the degree that reflects one’s character carried over from prior incarnations.
From the shape of the hand, the fingers, the mounts, the lines in the palm and the intersecting lines, one properly trained can determine to a greater or lesser degree one’s characteristics. Short of having the actual hands at the precise moment for a concise analytical view of the unfoldment of events, a hand frozen in time, that is, a good quality hand print taken at the time of critical issues in the life of that individual, is used for readings. A well-trained palmist can determine events happening or about to happen in one’s life, even secrets being kept from loved ones.
Both Madame Blavatsky and William Q. Judge have been known to utilize the services of palmists. As recounted in his book, Mysteries and Romances of the World’s Greatest Occultists, Cheiro wrote that it was near the end of March 1889 when Madame Blavatsky invited him to visit her on two occasions. She apparently requested Cheiro to read her palm and advise her “how much longer I must wait for my release”, adding “I want to have some of my own theories confirmed”. Following the reading Madame Blavatsky was quoted as saying “Thank you, Cheiro, you have told me exactly what I want to know. . . . Your warning will do me good, for I will now put my papers in order and prepare in earnest for the short time that lies before me.”
