BUY Moles and their Meaning today.
This little book is something of a classic of its kind. It first came to my notice through Ash and Lake's Bizarre Books (1985, 1998), an admirable publication which I strongly recommend, though its authors take a fairly light-hearted approach to their material, eschewing any more profound analysis such as that universally applied here.
Harry De Windt had previously written a number of works of travel and adventure, including Finland as it is, From Pekin to Calais by Land and Through Savage Europe. This, though, seems to be his only venture into the field of divination and he brings to it an unusual sensibility. Although this is a cheap little volume (original price 1/6), uniform with such dispensable items as Pearson's Dream Book and Hands and How to Read Them, De Windt strikes a scholarly pose, invoking the ancient physiognomists Richard Sanders (1613-1687?) and Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) in support of the seriousness of his work.
Silly ideas are made no less silly because some gentlemen long deceased once wrote books about them. Be that as it may, the essential concept presented here is that:
... every mole upon the face of man or woman has upon some other portion of the body a corresponding birthmark, the position of which can generally be located with startling accuracy.
Sanders, whom De Windt quotes in a prefatory note, put the same idea more quaintly - if not convincingly:
Nature doth represent the merchant, who having stored his shoppe with all sorts of ware, finds it inconvenient to bring it all to the open window to be seen, (it being indeed impossible) but exposeth to the open view, some small quantity of everything by which may be judged what is within. Thus from the moles in the face, (as in a compendium or index to the whole volume of the body,) we find the other moles of the body, and derive a certain judgment therefrom.
(Weird punctuation uncorrected). So in fact it is not the moles on the face that have a meaning, it is those other moles somewhere else, usually covered by one's clothing and hence not available for inspection, that are significant. The facial ones simply tell the informed “moleosopher” where the meaningful ones are lurking, so they can be interpreted. If this were not enough, then any doubts as to the worth of De Windt's thesis are dispelled by the prognostications he gives for each possible position for a mole, using the numbering system presented on his “face chart”, as in this very typical example:
NO. XXI
Facial position: Bridge of nose
Presumptive sister-mark: Right thigh, just below the groin.MALE
Honey-coloured: “A man of singular good wit, happy in getting goods. It promiseth inheritance, the favour of superiors and the like.”
Black: Peril of a fatal but lingering malady connected with the stomach and liver, which will only be averted by great care in diet.FEMALE
A frail, delicate constitution. Some peril connected with childbirth. “Take notice in this type of one secret I glean from Baptista Portae's 'Natural Magick.' If she be corrupt, the grissel at the end of the nose is cut, as it were, or separated from the bone.” Let such an one wear light blue gems and take heed of the fourth day of the month of her birth.
Astral domination: Saturn and Mars.
You will notice that, as De Windt explains, “in women the colour of a mole has no significance, but in the opposite sex it must be closely studied in diagnosing the character and future” - which is rightly in keeping with the arbitrariness and irrationality of the work as a whole.
To avoid any suspicion of prejudice, though, let us put De Windt to the test. Until it was removed by surgery the singer Enrique Iglesias had a mole on his right cheek, near to his nose. What did it say about him? The mole was “honey-coloured” rather than black, and it appeared at position 54 in the face chart. Here's what De Windt says about such a case:
Denotes misfortune, but only at an advanced age. Youth and middle age shall be peaceful and prosperous. This sign is specially favourable to the knowledge of secret and occult things - a marvellous and intuitive reader of human character.
Its “presumptive sister-mark” is this time “under the left armpit”. I can't find a picture that shows that area of Signor Iglesias and anyway he might have had that mole removed, too. (Damn these modern advances, that make divinatory work so tricky!) Still, I think you'll agree that De Windt's assertion that Enrique is “prosperous” is accurate, even, one might say, “spot on”!
Finally. whether you believe in De Windt's method or not, I think we should all make a point in future - just in case - to inform every woman we meet who has a mole at the corner of her left eye, that, while we are aware that she is “incapable of fidelity”, she should still take care to “beware of the lightning”, as the book says. (Good advice is always welcomed, isn't it?)
i have a mole in my third
i have a mole in my third phalanx of my right index finger. what does it tell?
Funniest link i've ever
Funniest link i've ever tumbled across....keep going Alfred n Francois. ...;)
I have nothing to do with
I have nothing to do with this. I'm just moral support against the hordes of crackpots who invade every thread on this site. :)
where this book is available
where this book is available . send the address and ISBN number of this book
Long out of print, I'm afraid
Long out of print, I'm afraid. Given some money, I might make copies available.
how much money and where to
how much money and where to send?
It's available now from Lulu
It's available now from Lulu.com. £9.99 plus shipping.
Don't send any money yet. I
Don't send any money yet. I'll probably make it available through Lulu.com and then Amazon. But I'll need to scan it first.
According to this comments
According to this comments section, the book would be in high demand. Force-fed certainty never goes out of style.
I have three moles forming a
I have three moles forming a triangle around my right eye, does it mean anything?
It means you should beware of
It means you should beware of complete strangers offering advice.
I have developed a small mole
I have developed a small mole in the middle of left index finger, and also a mole on the outside between little finger on my left hand, which becomes hidden when i close my fingers and only visible from the out side from the wrist side, what does that mean???
i ve mole on back side of
i ve mole on back side of middle finger (joint opposit side of palm ) and i ve mole on my testacle
i have a mole on my left ring
i have a mole on my left ring finger..what does it indicate???
I have mole on left cheek of
I have mole on left cheek of my face n my one friend on left nose what does this mean?????
I have a mole/beatymark next
I have a mole/beatymark next to my mouth left side what does these mean & can i remove it please reply thank you
Thanks for your question.The
Thanks for your question.The mole indicates that you are looking for answers - sometimes at the right, sometimes at the wrong places, with a slight tendency to look at the wrong places.
I have moles on right side of
I have moles on right side of right hand, right side of left hands, bottom left side of left leg middle finger and inside of left hand little finger left side.
what does it means???
Please reply.
You've got a lot of
You've got a lot of indicators here. I've consulted the book for each of these moles and I think I am getting a good picture of who you are. Right now, you face the challenge of discovering yourself within the context of many life experiences. You're not sure where to turn because you are not sufficiently self-confident, but in the end you can only rely on yourself. You like to think of yourself as rational but feelings also have a big part in your life. The world does not always conform to your standards of justice or fairness. You must learn to shine like the Sun and make your presence known. Your lucky numbers are 8, 27 and 13013.