Posted AT 12:00 AM EDT on 27/10/06
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REBECCA ECKLER
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
Are you unlucky at love? Desperate to get your man back? Or do you just want to see the jerk squirm? For some broken-hearted women, the dark arts promise more consolation than a trip to the spa. And there are plenty of practitioners out there offering vengeance — for a price.
Just Google “spell casters” and more than four million sites pop up. It seems the best revenge is not living well, but a well-cast spell.
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