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In Search of the Occult in New York City
A report on trials with palmistry and tarot as students explore occult arts in Morningside Heights and Riverside. It recalls Mrs Welch’s Amsterdam Avenue parlor sessions, a Columbia student tarot reader, and references to astrology, I Ching, The Bhagavad Gita, and yoga as seekers pursue guidance through divination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
Mrs. Welch
Sin
Columbia
Riverside
Eric Fromm