Contents
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Rebbie Straubing, D.C.
- Preface
- Introduction. Foundation in the Basics
- The Art of Face Morphology
- What’s in a Face?
- The Practice of Face Morphology
- About This Book
- Chapter 1. Reading the Profile
- The Bilious Profile
- The Nervous Profile
- The Sanguine Profile
- The Lymphatic Profile
- A Short Summation
- A Return to the Number Four
- Balance and the Law of Reciprocity: How the Masters Read the Face
- The Profile Angles That Determine Temperaments
- Reading the Nose and Temperament
- Reading the Foursquare
- Quiz: Identifying the Four Temperaments
- Chapter 2. Reading the Front-Face
- Big Face and Little Face
- Balance
- Measurements of the Face
- Dividing the Face into Three Zones
- Front-Face Shape: The Greek Tradition and the Four Temperaments
- A Collection of Real-Life Front-Faces
- All about the Forehead
- Seeing Colors Clearly
- Planets, Colors, Numbers, and Their Meanings
- Traditional Chinese Medicine: Another Tradition That Reads the Front-Face
- A Quick Recap for Assessing the Face
- Chapter 3. Reading the Facial Features
- The Meaning and Shape of the Eyes
- The Color of the Eyes
- Reading the Eyebrows
- The Cheeks: Reservoir of Energy
- The Nose: Spine of the Face
- The Philtrum
- The Mouth and the Lips
- What Teeth Can Tell Us
- Reading the Chin
- What We Hear from the Ear
- The Hair
- Chapter 4. Reading the Muscles of the Face
- Facial Muscles and Mental Significance
- Practical Application of Reading the Facial Muscles
- Muscles That Indicate Particular States of Mind
- Chapter 5. Applying the Knowledge of Temperament beyond the Face
- Temperament Indications of the Body
- Evaluation and Supplementation by Temperament
- Temperament Type: Pure or Mixed?
- Relationships
- Conclusion
- Appendix. Face Morphology Reference Tables
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
- Books of Related Interest
- Copyright & Permissions
- Index