hindu temple of georgia: Atharva Veda “Kaiyelthu Sastra” also Known as “ Graphology”

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Graphology is a science of determining the personality, character traits and destiny of a person from his or her own handwriting. Over 2000 years ago, Aristotle noticed the correlation between handwriting and personality while the Chinese independently also made the observation that there was a connection between character and writing. In the 2nd Century, C. Suetonius Tranquillus noted peculiarities in the handwriting of Caesar. In 1622, Camillo Baldi an Italian doctor and professor at the University of Bologna wrote the first book on Graphology entitled ‘The means of knowing the habits and qualities of a writer from his letters’.

In 17th century, Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami from India who is a Guru of Chatrapathi Shivaji wrote in detail about how the traits of a person can be read from the handwriting and how in turn the bad handwriting affects the mindset of the person. He also prepared sample scripts of ideal handwriting. He made many references to Graphology in his work ‘Dasabodha’.

Even though there were several works on Graphology, the word “Graphology” was coined only in 1875 by Abbe Jean Hippolyte Michon who also published two very important books: ‘The Mysteries of Handwriting’ and ‘A System of Graphology’. Later, his successor, Crepieux Jamin, classified the handwriting into 7 different types with 175 specimens which are still in use by Graphologists today.

To understand the basis of Graphology, we should know about human brain which has centers connected to our feelings and fingers. For example, ‘amygdala’ which is located in temporal lobe of brain, controls social and sexual behavior and other emotions. The ‘basal ganglia’ within the cerebellum coordinates the movements of the finger tips. So, the brain responds to the feelings like anxiety or happiness which in turn affects the movements of fingers and hence our handwriting reflects our feelings. Hence the handwriting of a person who is under heavy stress will be different from the handwriting of a peaceful person. Similarly, the handwriting of healthy person will vary from the handwriting of a person who is suffering from ill health.

by dr commander selvam

     sri selvam siddhar