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fortunetelling see divination .
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Unemployed and bewildered, some Hong Kongers turn to ancient art of Chinese...
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream MARGARET WONG, Associated Press Writer April 21, 2004 700+ words ...the ancient practice of Chinese fortunetelling, guided by the placement art of feng...Pang hasn't looked back. He says fortunetelling offers him an unbeatable combination...shui masters fret that the rush into fortunetelling as a business will degrade the ancient... |
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FORTUNETELLING FINDS ITS PLACE IN THE SUBURBS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Amy Callahan, Contributing Reporter November 5, 1989 700+ words ...what has got to be among the biggest fortunetelling operations in the state. Each week...may be the biggest, but many other fortunetelling businesses are sprinkled throughout...Ten dollars for a 15-minute fortunetelling. Fifteen dollars for a combination... |
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GYPSY CLANS GO PUBLIC WITH FEUD OVER FORTUNETELLING.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) December 6, 2007 700+ words ...two Gypsy clans over control of the fortunetelling trade in this Southern California...Gypsy families, have run numerous fortunetelling businesses in Southern California...Merino and his wife, Sonia, opened fortunetelling parlors in two trendy resort sections... |
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Lauderhill may ban fortunetelling.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) August 28, 2006 700+ words ...and the others would have to stop fortunetelling after September 2009. Other cities...businesses with occupational permits for "fortunetelling, astrology, clairvoyance and similar...later gets complaints about stores fortunetelling, the ban would let the city shut... |
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Man Challenges Ban On Fortunetelling; Self-Described Gypsy Who Wants To Open...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Rick Rojas August 17, 2009 700+ words ...livelihood fraudulent. He argues that fortunetelling is part of his heritage and that prohibiting...criminals," he said, adding that fortunetelling is "something we've been doing...owned and operated a half-dozen fortunetelling businesses in the Los Angeles area... |
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Gypsy Clans Feud Over Fortunetelling Biz
News Wire article from: AP Online GILLIAN FLACCUS December 5, 2007 700+ words ...two Gypsy clans over control of the fortunetelling trade in this Southern California...Gypsy families, have run numerous fortunetelling businesses in Southern California...Merino and his wife, Sonia, opened fortunetelling parlors in two trendy resort sections... |
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2 Gypsy clans' feud over fortunetelling offers rare glimpse into insular culture
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Gillian Flaccus Associated Press December 7, 2007 700+ words ...two Gypsy clans over control of the fortunetelling trade in this Southern California...Gypsy families, have run numerous fortunetelling businesses in Southern California...Merino and his wife, Sonia, opened fortunetelling parlors in two trendy resort sections... |
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Two Gypsy clans in California feud over the fortunetelling business
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream GILLIAN FLACCUS December 5, 2007 700+ words ...two Gypsy clans over control of the fortunetelling trade in this Southern California...Gypsy families, have run numerous fortunetelling businesses in Southern California...Merino and his wife, Sonia, opened fortunetelling parlors in two trendy resort sections... |
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When is fortunetelling a bad thing?
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA) January 1, 1999 700+ words ...criminal psychics do most of their fortunetelling for small fees, telling mostly flattering...problems. The danger of this kind of fortunetelling is that you may get some very bad...the psychic is doing this kind of fortunetelling they are busy looking for people who... |
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Future bright for fortunetelling in Vt. town
News Wire article from: AP Online LISA RATHKE September 1, 2008 700+ words ...has prompted many communities to ban fortunetelling but critics say it's not government...decades-old state law that still bans fortunetelling for profit. Also last year, Louisiana...Livingston Parish made soothsaying, fortunetelling, palm reading and crystal-ball... |
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Nikkyo Niwano
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...discharge he returned to the charcoal shop, got married, and began a family. His interest in the owner's practice of fortunetelling led him into esoteric and traditional folk religion. Serious illness of his first children, both daughters, led him to... |
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Buckland, Raymond (Brian) (1934-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...his latest books include Practical Color Magick (1983), Complete Book of Witchcraft (1986), and the Secrets of Gypsy Fortunetelling (1988), which is of a series of books on gypsy occult practices. As of the mid-1990s, Buckland has written more than... |
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Doane, Doris Chase (1913-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...amount of time to changing laws that prevented astrologers from operating in some states and cites by equating astrology with fortunetelling. In that endeavor she became a strong advocate for training, professionalism, and certification of astrologers. In her... |
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commedia dell'arte
Book article from: The Renaissance ...a servant or innkeeper, is free with advice to the lovers of the play, and is also skilled at the arts of magic and fortunetelling. Il Capitano represents authority, a man with an impressive and courageous front who is in fact a cowardly incompetent... |
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