PROFITING OFF THE NEW AGE FROM CRYSTALS TO CHANNELING, AN EXPLOSION OF NEW BUSINESSES

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: July 5, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

Meet Eileen Casey, owner of a New Age "beauty wellness center" in West Roxbury, where clients can get haircuts, listen to tranquil music, select crystal jewelry and stock up on freeze-dried algae tablets.

Casey sells scented candles, holds workshops in such subjects as "grief," and practices Reiki (pronounced "ray-key"), a natural "energy-balancing" technique that consists of the laying-on-of-hands while shampooing clients' heads.

"I've been a hairdresser for 22 years," she said, "and I never liked it where you went to egotistical blow-dryers who thought they were doing you a favor. ...

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