LONDON NOV 26: Palmists participate in Welcome Collection ‘Hands’ event!
November 26, 2010
Hands event at 'Welcome Collection' (Nov 26, London)
Later today (November 26) the ‘Welcome Collection’ in London presents a ‘Hands’ event where you can get a palm reading! Imagine… how would your life look like without your hands? We sense, create and communicate with our hands. A social event for the incurably curious and celebrate these vital parts of our bodies across four floors of Wellcome Collection!!
From medicine to mesmerism, magic to mannerisms, visitors will find out about the curious history of digits, palms, fingers and thumbs, and put their own to use, as we celebrate the organs that shape the world around us. We will have scientists, artists, palmists and magicians at hand for discussions, performances and, of course, hands-on activities, all designed to make us look afresh at our body. ‘Manipulate’, ‘manoeuvre’ and ‘manufacture’ are all words deriving from the Latin word ‘manus’, meaning hand. These creative appendages allow us to make, touch and feel, but they also hold mystical and cultural significance. For one night only, visitors can explore a digital age that goes back millennia.
INCLUDING:
• Revel in the mystery of hands with palmistry and neuroscience illusions.
• Try out some nail art.
• Get dexterous with games and computers from different ages – and paper, scissors, stone.
• Enjoy an installation produced by young people from HCA, Coram’s Fields, KCBNA and artist Elaine Duigenan.
• Try out some surgeon’s tools, and see how steady your hands are.
• Explore the wonders of handwriting in the Wellcome Library, and meet a palaeographer and a graphologist.
• Play a piano and see your digits up close.
• Enjoy the physical theatre performance of The Articulate Hand with Andrew Dawson. Performances start at 20.00 and 21.45. Tickets are available on the night of the event only.
• Hear from evolution expert Christophe Soligo on the difference between the hands of apes and humans. Tickets are available on the night of the event only.
• Chris McManus will uncover the science of left and right handedness. Tickets are available on the night of the event only.
LOCATION: 183 Euston Road, London (nov 26, 19:00 – 23:00)
It’s a FREE event, so anyone can drop in anytime!!
A discussion about more details of this ‘hands’ event is available at the Modern Hand Reading Forum.
 [tweetmeme source=”handresearch” only_single=false] Are you interested to learn more about your hands? Or would you like to see and hear what kind of feedback other receive about their hands? You can now start enjoying the discussions – and after joining you can even ask questions & participate in the early developments of this brand new forum focussed on Modern Palmistry & Palm Reading! You can ask your question at:
Modern Palmistry – the new forum at forumotion.com!
The Modern Palmistry forum offers: – Free assistance provided by some of the very experienced Palmistry, Hand Analysis & Cheirology experts in the world! For example, you can also take a look at some ‘famous hands’: • Hand casts of the ‘Spice Girls’ PS. NOTICE: You can also decide take a look into the forum without joining; but you would like to start participating… please feel free to join!!! |
THE FULL STORY: [tweetmeme source=”handresearch” only_single=false] Last month VoiceAmerica’s radioshow “Your Life is in Your Hands” presented an episode devoted to the palmar creases of the hand. UK hand analyst Lynn Seal was invited to talk with host Kenneth Lagerström about the mysterious ‘lines of the hands’. During the hour various aspects of the hand lines were discussed, including: the mystery of the ‘palmar flexion creases’, the prenatal development of the (major) hand lines in the early life of the embryo, line variations among ethnic populations, the differences between hand lines in the left and right hand, and how the hand lines can be used for different purposes in palmistry. Lynn explained very well that in time the hand lines can show significant changes; this simple fact might explain why the validity of ‘future predictions based on the hand lines’ are even disputed from within the palmistry community! Unfortunately the podcast of the show is nog longer available, but Kenneth has pointed out that the recording will become available at HumandHand.com in the near future. How to understand the major characteristics of the lines in the palm of your hands properly? In modern palm reading (cheirology) the hand lines are not used for predicting the future; contrary the hand lines are recognized as ‘energy flows’ reflecting process in the body and the brain which related the various aspects of an indvidual, including temperament, personality & and interpersonal functioning. – HAND LINES IN THE HAND OF AN EMBRYO – Contrary to what many believe, the development of the hand lines does not directly relate to the movements of the hands. For example, the three major hand lines (life line, heart line and head line), start developing in the hand of the little embryo in the 2nd month of gestation – while the first hand movements do not occure before the 2nd half of the third month. Another indication is provided by the fact that usually the ‘passive’ hand (= left hand for righthanded people) shows more hand lines then the ‘active hand’ (= right hand for righthanded people). And often the hands of people who are active in jobs that require a lot of manual work, show less palmar lines than those who are active in jobs that are not featured with the use of the hands (such as social work). After about 7 weeks the life line starts developing in the hand of the embryo. – WHAT DO THE HAND LINES REVEAL? – Despite the fact that many palmists around the world – especially in Asia – still claim that the lines in the palm or our hands reveal information about our future, the truth is that within the global palm reading community there appears to be a growing number of debaters who actually question the validity of this claim. While traditional palmistry has merely been a matter of using the hand as an occult ‘tool’ – focussed on making (future) ‘prediction’; in the 20th century modern palm reading became more focussed on the issue of understanding human nature, by studying the psychological- & spiritual life of individuals. The most frequently asked question is probably: “what do my hand lines reveal?” Interestinly, the answer might actually depend on the person who is faced with this question! For example, a traditional palmist might point to your future, a modern palm reader might point of your brain, and a scientific hand analyst … might point to your genes! 14 Palmar creases: an overview of the most common hand lines. |
VoiceAmerica presents: first weekly radio show about palmistry – “Your Life is in Your Hands!”
March 26, 2010
VoiceAmerica & palmistry expert Kenneth Lagerström (Canada) present the very first weekly radio show about modern palm reading & hands: Earlier this week Kenneth Lagerström wrote on his blog: “I will be hosting a new show on VoiceAmerica.com, the worlds largest internet talk radio. The show is titled “Your Life is in Your Hands”, with topics each week relating to the hands (of course). Starting March 30 it airs live each Tuesday at 11:00am Pacific time on Voice America’s “7th Wave” channel. The first episode is an introduction to palmistry and hand analysis, with guest Jennifer Hirsch.” SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER READING: Modern palmistry (hand analysis or chirology) is not about predicting the future of individuals, it’s about the life of indvidual (specified to issues related to: psychology, personality & temperament). |
WHAT IS PALMISTRY? – Palmistry 2010: a redefinition!
February 8, 2010
PALMISTRY 2010: What is Palmistry today? In the early days palmistry was merely used as a ‘divination’ tool. But times have changed and so did the applications of palmistry! Especially in Western countries the activities of the modern palmist should no longer associated with the early applications of future predictions & fortune readings. But nevertheless, today on the internet definitions of palmistry (palm reading) often merely relate to the aspect of ‘divination’. Time to present a redefinition of palmistry! What is Palmistry in 2010? “Palmistry is the practice (or art) of studying the hands, usually with the intent focussed on one (or more) of the following four aspects of life: 1 – health consultation, 2 – character interpretation, 3 – life purpose orientation, 4 – divination” More details concerning each of the four types of palmistry is available here: |
HANDS & CANCER – Part 1: Nail clubbing, a famous indicator for various types of cancer!
November 30, 2009
 Clubbing in the fingers of a 33-year old female with pulmonary hypertension. Nail clubbing is found in 29% of lung cancer patients! ‘Fingernail clubbing’ is one of most well-know indicators for recognizing cancer in the hand. A.k.a. ‘Hippocratic nail’ this nail characteristic been known since the early days of the Greek philosopher Hippocrates, who recognized nail clubbing as a classic sign of disease. Today ‘nail clubbing’ is associated various lung diseases, especially lung cancer with non–small cell lung carcinoma. Nail clubbing is also linked with heart problems and gastrointestinal problems – but these are less common than lung problems. Statistics on nail clubbing & lung cancer:
How to recognize ‘clubbing fingernails’? Clubbing is usually a painless but complex fingernail disorder which often goes unnoticed of it’s presence in the hands of patients! In individuals without clubbing, if two opposing fingers are placed together, a diamond-shaped window will appear. In clubbing, this window is obliterated and the distal angle formed by the two nails becomes wider. This is known as Schamroth sign window test.
NOTICE: Cases of ‘brachydactyly’ should NOT be associated with the medical problems related to ‘nail clubbing’; the ‘clubbed thumb’ is likely the most well-known variant of ‘brachydactyly’ – which is e.g. seen in the hands of the american actress Megan Fox Actress Megan Fox has a ‘clubbed thumb’ – which should not be confused with ‘nail clubbing’. SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER READING: • Nail clubbing: developments, treatment & prevention! |
“Nail clubbing has been reported in 29% of patients with lung cancer and is observed more commonly in patients with non–small cell lung carcinoma (35%) than in patients with small cell lung carcinoma (4%).”
THE ‘MOON WHORL’ – A common characteristic in schizophrenia, Down’s syndrome… and autism?
November 24, 2009
The ‘Moon whorl’ a common characteristic in Down syndrome & schizophrenia The ‘whorl on the mount of Moon’ (a.k.a. the ‘hypothenar whorl’) is known as one of the mysterious characteristics that can only sometimes be found in the human hand. In 1943 Cummins & Midlo reported in their famous ‘Finger Prints, Palms & Soles’ statistics for a sample of 1281 German males. They found the ‘true whorl’ on the hypothenar in only 0.7% of right hands and 0.5% of left hands! What do we know about the ‘Moon whorl’? A few quote from the original article:
NEW RESEARCH FINDING ON AUTISM! Another quote from the article:
Some examples of the ‘hypothenar composite whorl’ are presented below. In the perspective of the fact that in the science of fingerprints the ‘composite whorl’ is related to the ‘double loop’, it is interesting to notice here that the new finding appears to confirm an earlier reported finding which pointed out that the hands of people with autism are often featured with a ‘double loop’ in the fingerprint of the pinky finger and the presence of 2 palmar loops below that 5th finger. In cases you’re interested to learn more about the basics of fingerprint classification – the illustration below describes the 8 most common types of fingerprints (including: 2 ‘arch’ variants, 2 ‘loop’ variants, and 4 ‘whorl’ variants). SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING: • How fingerprinting works! PICTURE: In the science of fingerprints ‘whorls’ is known a one of the 3 basic patterns (next to ‘loops’ and ‘arches’) – about 75% of people have at least 1 fingerprint whorl! |
The hands of Michael Jackson – hand cast + a few palm readings!
September 7, 2009
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Michael Jackson’s hand cast at Madame Tussauds in Berlin – ‘click’ for the full covered story! The hands of Michael Jackson – the FULL PALM READING STORY!! During the past weeks various palmistry experts around the world have presented their hand analysis of Michael Jackson’s hands. The extended article above includes all updates, but you can also find a few of them directly below: • Magda van Dijk (The Netherlands) – ‘Michael Jackson in memorium’; In february 2009 various media published ‘shocking’ photos reports about the state of Michael Jackson’s hands. Only 4 months later – june 25, 2009 – Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and suddenly died. The first part of this article is a tribute to the hands of the ‘King of Pop’ & his famous hand glove icon! Additional research indicates that the ‘health’ of Michael’s hands deteriorated rapidly during the last year of his life. Could one have foreseen his death by the state of his hands? This question will be answered in the final part of this article. FULL REPORT: THE HANDS OF MICHAEL JACKSON
MORE REPORTS ON MICHAEL JACKSON’S HANDS: |
Indian Palmist P.M.S. Sethi reads hands in Chittorgarh, India!
September 5, 2009
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Palmist Parender Mohan Singh Sethi reads hands in Chittorgarh – Rajasthan, India Expertises: FULL PROFILE: |
Palmist Parender Mohan Singh Sethi says about palmistry:
“Palmistry helps us to know and understand the meanings of these signs or seals on the hands caused by God to know ourselves our work, our strength, weakness and our present past and future. I can read for you accurately so you can use this knowledge to better shape your future.”
More palmistry & palm reading from India:
• The palm reader network in India
• Indian doctors seek for link between HIV & palmistry
• 24% Of Indians consult a palmist!
• Palm reading: how long is your life line?
• Palmistry for you – blogspot by Parender Sethi
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Swine flu prevention means: proper hand hygiene! A new survey in the US has indicates that many people haven’t changed their hand washing habits – despite the swine flu outbreak. The survey revealed that 54 percent of the respondents said they “wash their hands no more or less frequently” in public restrooms as a result of the virus. A major concern in the perspective of the swine flu pandemic – especially since governments has stated worldwide that hand hygiene is one of the few effective tools to prevent infection with the H1N1 influenza A virus! While the Medline hand hygiene compliance program was initially developed as a combat against healthcare acquired conditions, now it the program can serve as an additional tool for to stop the swine flu pandemic (a.k.a. the Mexican flu). Earlier this week the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released a report describing a plausible scenario saying:
• produce infection of 30-50% of the U.S. population this fall and winter; • cause between 30,000 and 90,000 deaths in the United States concentrated among children and young adults.” While the annual deaths associated with seasonal flu in the United States is only 30,000-40,000 mainly among people over 65! Remember, on wednesday july 29 (2009), Barack Obama told the Americans that swine flu prevention is not only an issue of the governement, individuals must also do their part. Obama said: “Keep your hands washed, cover your mouth when you cough, stay home from work if you are sick, keep your children home from school if they are sick.” SO, IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR PREVENTION AGAINST THE H1N1 INFLUENZA A VIRUS … THINK ABOUT YOUR HAND HYGIENE!!! SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING: • Hands on ‘hand hygiene’!
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