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You might not believe it but crystal balls are becoming digital. And if it´s about good omens for the future, ask the big companies who dedicate themselves to cultivate esotericism as a market good how well it´s gone for them.
The King Midas of esotericism isn´t in the witches and wizards who deal the cards in their individual consultations, but in the large spanish chains, like La Sexta, Antena 3, Cuatro, Nova, FDF, Veo and others. Every year, this business totals, only in Spain, 2,800 million euros, of which 2,000 million are from telephone tarot. To size it: that sum is very similar to the sale of 200 combat vehicles that Spain negotiated with Saudi Arabia last year, which cost 3,000 million euros: one of the biggest business deals of the Spanish army industry. CEPSA, the second biggest Spanish oil company, was valued in 7,500 million euros by the emirate of Abu Dhabi last February. I don´t believe in wizards but I do believe in the euros in this business.
The Catholic Church is associated for its TV broadcasts with a esoteric programme producing company for different televisions: Canal Català. The thin line between religion and esotericism fades in the world of superstition and popular belief.
The director of the fair and one of the makers and pioneers of esotericism since 1966 in Spanish media is the journalist Sebastián d´Arbó, who has dabbled in TVE, Cadena Ser, Antena 3 TV and many more. He founded and directed magazines such as ´La Magia´ and ´Karma7´ among others, and his active participation in the legendary encyclopedias of hidden sciences and parapsychology by the Planeta and Salvat editorials. The Magic International Fair is considered one of the biggest which take place about esotericism in Europe.
And so, in this fair there´ll be the 21st century novelties: specialised softwares, digital wizards and, of course, the real witches and wizards who will have their digital auxiliaries to listen to the destiny of thousands of people who, every year, gather amongst the locals and stands with astrologists, tarot readers, psychics, workshops, courses and the whole crafts of products on the subject: candles, crystals, quartzes, cards, etc. A native card can be confectioned in seconds with adequate software.
If you don´t want to be left aside, visit the 27th edition of the Magic International Fair which will soon gather spirituality, parascience and alternative therapies at the Palacio de Congresos of the Fira de Barcelona during the 4th until the 6th of November 2011. But don´t get up too early: it opens at 10.30am and closes at 9pm. And the price is affordable: 11 euros per day without early bird.
There you´ll be able to find out how the new trend is to replace crystal balls with screens of mobile devices: the online video consultation is on the rise. For more information visit this following website: http://www.feriasinfo.es/Magic-Internacional-M2368/Barcelona.html
Book apartments in Barcelona in advance so that you don´t miss out on this fair. Don´t forget that staring in the eyes of this economic recession which threatens Europe, it can´t hurt to learn how to deal some cards or look at the future in the stars, as therefore have a few euros up your sleeve! Good luck!
Translated by: aleixgwilliam
