October 11, 2005
By Tshepiso Seopa
NEW Age therapies and alternative healing are becoming more mainstream and are growing in popularity. And esoteric fairs are a good place to learn about the various disciplines.
Newtown is the place to be this month if you have an interest in palmistry, astrology, numerology, Egyptian sand reading or other forms of divination.
As part of the Diwali Festival of Light celebrations, an esoteric fair will be held in the cultural precinct, on Saturday, 22 October.
It will explore the ways in which various cultures try to decipher the future, including fortune tellers, prophets, energy healers and numerologists, among others.
Fair organiser Jusmer Singh says, "Stallholders will offer a wide variety of cross-cultural goods and services that fall under the banner of 'esoteric science'.
"The fair is planned to offer a marketplace for alternative healing therapies and techniques."
There will also be demonstrations, including martial arts exhibitions. Singh claims martial arts are a form of exercise that have a spiritual bias.
"The highlight of the fair will be the crossing over session with the well-known Leigh Slazus.
"Crossing over sessions, [or] communication with the spirits of people who have passed on, have generated massive public interest, as is demonstrated by the popularity of the television series Crossing Over with John Edwards on SABC3."
Singh has been interested in the esoteric since she was 14, and she has set up the Holistic Healers Association, with people from different cultures offering a wide range of traditional and alternative healing methods.
There will be a number of traders' stalls at the fair, where people can buy crystals, jewellery, books and feng shui products, incense, oils and colours, among other items.
Readers will be present from noon. Among them will be numerologists, who use a person's birth date to work out his or her life chart; astrologers and palm readers, as well as practitioners of cheiropsychology, a psychological analysis of a person based on his or her fingerprints.
Diwali, the Hindu new year, is also known as the Festival of Lights. It is celebrated worldwide by millions of devotees and spreads messages of joy, peace, happiness, splendor, and brightness. It is recognised as a new beginning for all.
The Diwali festival at Newtown starts at 11am and ends at midnight. The programme begins with performances by community and cultural groups.
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