Physiognomy

The term physiognomy relates to the features of the body - especially the face - and the use of these features to infer the characterstics or personality of the person. In this way, it is closely related to phrenology.In China and other Asian cultures, formal systems of face reading techniques developed sometime in the first millenia b.c., integrated with religious beliefs such as Confucianism. In Western cultures, a fascination with face reading can be traced as far back as the ancient Greeks.

British Dental Journal: Physiognomy and Teeth - An ethnographic study among young and middle-aged Hong Kong adults, which aimed to investigate the context of traditional beliefs in Chinese physiognomy in the Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Images Related to Phrenology and Physiognomy - Brief reviews of several sources containing physiognomical and phrenological images pertaining to race and especially Camper's facial angle and extensive extracts from texts.
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The Skeptic's Dictionary: Physiognomy - Skeptical definition of this practice.
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The Dictionary of Sensibility: Physiognomy - Examines 18th century literary references to physiognomy.
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Physiognomy: Personology - Relates the face reading correlations documented by Dr Edward Vincent Jones to modern personology theory.
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Astrology.com.au: Face Reading - Presents an overview of the correlations between face and personality, and includes celebrity face readings.
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In Your Face - Bill Cordingley's book reveals how to know people from their face.
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The Art of Face Reading - Article exploring the process of a traditional Chinese reading.
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People Reading - Bill Whiteside's way of face reading and how to use it in personal and professional relationships.
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Personology Research and Development Center - A school in personology which offers courses by correspondence or in class.
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Secrets of Your Face - Based on the face reading book by Kiana Lee. Resource provides numerous examples of facial structures with the correlating personality traits. Free mini face reading profiles offered.
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