Palmistry, tarot cards, and psychotherapy
Pejic, N.G.
Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society Official Organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 160(2): 107; 109-110
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-6921 PMID: 18681355 Document Number: 622058
The author summarizes his experience with palm and Tarot card readers in New Orleans. The history, practice, and psychodynamics of palmistry and Tarot are explored. It's postulated that these practices are forms of archaic psychotherapy, which employ supportive treatment and placebo. These tactics are used to elicit hope for its clients.