This work is a comprehensive A-Z encyclopaedia of the techniques, methods and people involved in predicting the future from Roman augurs to Druid dendromancy, from the ancient I Ching to Nostradamus. Prediction techniques such as rhapsodomancy (sacred books), Ming sticks used in ancient China and still in use today, tasseography (reading of tea leaves) and belomancy (arrows), are fully explained as are their historical backgrounds. The book is illustrated throughout with line drawings and is indexed for ease of use.