Whats the scientific rationale behind palmistry?
Scientists believe that our hands are like a hologram revealing the genetic makeup we inherited from our parents as part of the ancestral gene pool. These traits are not only seen in the size and shape of the hand, but by shape of the the fingers, types of fingerprints, and other skin ridge patterns (such as loops and whorls which appear on the palm) that are formed while we are in the womb. A growing number of biologists, geneticists and physicians look to the hand to understand human health and disease. One of my most gratifying collaborations was in co-authoring a book with the late Eugene Scheimann, M.D., whose pioneering work in medical palmistry set the standard for evaluating physical and emotional health through hand analysis. Medical Palmistry (presently out of print) was published by Aquarian Press in 1989.
