Lorelei Stathopoulos, the owner of the Crow Haven Corner shop in Salem, Mass., is a psychic reader, as well as a “love witch.” She offers phone consultations but prefers to cast her spells in her kitchen, just above the store. In early October, when I arrived for my “Apple Love Spell”—a 60-minute, $225 session that also includes Champagne and a cheese board—Ms. Stathopoulos greeted me wearing a gold dress with a white-chiffon cape, trailed by her two chihuahuas. By the time I left, a line of a dozen or so people had formed outside Crow Haven Corner, which sits on Essex Street next to a museum dedicated to Ouija boards.

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