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fortune telling | fortune telling

patricia-thomas's picture
Nov.12.2012
When I was in New Orleans, I bought a voodoo doll for a friend.  Voodoo is popular in New Orleans, along with fortune telling.  West African captives brought the practice to Louisiana when it was a French colony.  Their culture was based on spirits and revering their ancestors....
suellen-ocean's picture
Nov.04.2011
Just open up one of these books and the first text you read is your prophecy. Sounds like Tarot cards (playing cards bearing allegorical figures used in fortune-telling) but this form of divination is ancient. For those seeking God’s will, it was called “drawing lots” or “casting". (Think of...
erin-keane's picture
Nov.05.2010
My poem "Zorada Reads the Clown" showed up on Verse Daily this year. In case you missed it ...