George Mills

November, 1982

Cassadaga was Famous. At least 20 pages of Hartmann's Directory of Psychic Science and Spiritualism were given over to its closely printed ads. It was famous for its occult hardware--tiny heart-shaped planchettes and Ouija boards like odd altars or artists' palettes, pocket breath controllers, aura charts, the rich colors painted on linen and attached to rollers like window shades. Aurospecs, seance trumpets, gazing crystals, spirit restraints, prisms, joss sticks, tarot cards, exorcism salts, s...