With this view, the secret prophecies called the Sibylline Books were consulted; sundry predictions found in them were said to refer to the fortunes and events of the time; but none except the Consulter was informed.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
The hardest-headed materialist will become a Consulter of table-rappers and slate-writers if he loses a child or a wife so beloved that the desire to revive and communicate with them becomes irresistible.
"The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors"
George Bernard Shaw
That the experiment shall be tried on the human brain, as more developed and more nearly sympathizing with the wishes of the Consulter.
"Marguerite de Valois"
Alexandre Dumas