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As I wait, shuffling nervously between the cramped shelves of Spiritualism for my psychic, Paula, to materialize from her sanctuary (the basement), I half-read the almost comically specific inscriptions of the “supernatural stones” the shop sells. “Bloodstone – A stone to overcome influences such as electromagnetic stress”. “Bronzite – known to protect against curses”. “Amethyst – guards against psychic attack”. If things go wrong downstairs, I may need this one. Evidence of the popularity of soothsayers dates back many thousands of years to ancient Egypt, China, Chaldea, and Assyria. Today many of us deride these shamans as charlatans and their...
