The Use of Psychics and Astrologers in Lebanon

[NJCher]

It appears this is a culture where their use is widespread. Some attribute it to the anxiety of living in a war-torn society:

http://www.nytimes/video

"Lebanon's Soothsayers"



Cher

[I Have A Dream]

1. Cher, nothing's being displayed when I click on that link.

Is this it?

http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=a6a2e3ada:11082729d96:-3ed9&fr_story=7ebc43c1a153179c87747c771fd948ea05d235f4&st=1170421042396&mp=WMP&cpf=true&fvn=9&fr=020207_075721_6a2e3adax11082729d96xw3ed8&rdm=781767.1836394318

[NJCher]

2. Try this one

http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=b4928a69e:11082e49486:-561c&st=1170427620796&mp=FLV&cpf=false&fvn=9&fr=020207_074714_4928a69ex110820c4152x76a0&rdm=818521.476188489



Cher


p.s. once you see this, I ask you: isn't the cultural bias against this way of seeing the world ever-so-pervasive? They (media) seem to feel they have to attribute it to the political situation. Why not engage in a little cultural relativism and not assume that everyone has the same obsession with science that we do?

[Cleita]

3. Considering that astrology was quite popular in the Middle

East going back beyond history, it's not surprising it's still popular today. I often wonder if writing wasn't invented for this reason and not for counting grain and sheep as is believed by archaelogical types.