Word: tarot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Herbs and magic oils, crystal balls, animal skulls, magical jewelry, tarot cards, books on the occult and antique clothing suitable for mourning are all included in the inventory. People are greeted at the door by George, a skeleton in a coffin who holds a collage of costume ideas. The stuffed raven on the counter wears a Hallowe'en mask...
Through the New Age cults, which include devotees of Indian gurus, flying saucers, holistic medicine, tarot cards and you name it, the word spread: the sky is falling. Alternate version: let's have a party, potluck, and bring your own drums. A Palo Alto, Calif., outfit called Global Family set up a telephone network. And since this is August and there isn't much news, the press got out its own drums...
...cottage in upstate New York and subjected him to painful prods and probes. Through hypnosis, Strieber later recalled more than a dozen similar occurrences. Credibility is dissipated when he remembers "being terrified as a little boy by an appearance of Mr. Peanut" and evaporates when he speaks of tarot cards and the riddle of the sphinx. Strieber lobbies for understanding between humans and aliens: "two universes spinning each other together . . . the old weaver of reality rethreading creation's loom." The last time anyone dispensed such advice was on The Twilight Zone, where it belonged...
Since I'd opted to have a general reading done rather than asking for Tarot cards or other devices, we began by sitting down facing each other. For what seemed like a very long moment, his deep blue eyes scanned my face, as he breathed deeply...
Readings are $12 for a 15 to 20 minute session. The readers work out of a small room in the apartment, where packs of Tarot cards, colorful crystals, and an occasional bag of runes can be seen on set out on small tables. But the readers say that these objects are mere tools, and that the actual reading of a person is done through psychic abilities...