Magic Money

June 19, 2001

Words of thanks or a warm embrace are no longer desired by traditional medicine practitioners for a job well done. Nowadays, it’s all about the cash in your pocket. Healers are honing their skills in new ways—to exact cash via cell phones and the Internet—and they’re making a packet.

The following profile of psychics from Central Java’s Pati shows how the supernatural world is fast changing into a super-rich one.

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