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Storefront Psychics
A
portent of impending apocalypse? A sign of spiritual yearning?
A supernatural renaissance? Maybe it's Trump's fault.
Whatever. But it's impossible to ignore the almost freakish pro-
liferation of retail storefronts advertising the otherworld services
of psychics, palm-readers, mediums and other spiritual soothsayers
In Connecticut. From gritty city sidewalks and seedy strip malls to
leafy 'burbs like Cheshire, the superhighway to the supernatural is
open for business. And initial consultations cost just $10.
A new generation of psychics is even taking fortune-telling online,
via apps like Purple Ocean.
ough not explicitly illegal (as
they are in New York City), for-
tune-tellers straddle a grey area of
the law in Connecticut. In 2013 Mys-
tic medium Sylvia Mitchell was con-
victed of grand larceny aer convinc-
ing a client (an investment banker, no
less) to fork over $120,000 to cleanse
her aura of "negative energy."
e conventional wisdom holds
that when times are tough, people in
distress become more creative (some
might say desperate) in their search
for understanding and solutions. But
don't tell that to a new generation
of Connecticut crystal ball gazers,
who are ready to transport you from
the temporary world to the spiritual
beyond.
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