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druid, a gypsy and a shaman warrior are more readily identified in
fantasy fiction stories -- but at the weekend they were found holding
court with regular folk in Gisborne.
Alan Venamore, organiser of the Wychways Faire -- an expo for local,
national and internationally-acclaimed psychics and spiritual healers
-- said there was no better time than now to offer enlightenment and
understanding through knowledge.A Briton, Mr Venamore said he had a "merry band" of psychics and healers who enjoyed touring the North Island's many towns and cities. Although New Zealand had a much smaller population than Britain, he had found more people here per capita who were interested in psychic phenomenon. Fellow psychic Gavin Knight from Tauranga is committed to teaching Druid wisdom. Standing in ceremonial white robes before a group of about 20 curious people, Mr Knight explained during his lecture how he grew up in the Druidic Order of the RuRu, as did his Scottish father and grandparents. "We are committed to the wisdom-teaching of the Celts and strive to uphold the knowledge of our Celtic people. Our most basic law is that all nature is divine," he said. His father did not want him teaching Druid knowledge to outsiders, because a clan member had been hung for witchcraft during his grandfather's lifetime and he feared for his son's safety. "We were forced into the shadows and have lived there for centuries," he said. Frans Bakker, a descendant of Vikings from the Netherlands, moved to New Zealand when he was 25. He was born with the gift to see "beyond" and remembers being only four when his first psychic incident took place. "It involved informing people looking for a young girl who had gone missing that she had died and where her body would be located." Mr Bakker is a certified Swedish masseur and clairvoyant, who reads aura, the Viking runes and the Tarot. He says he also removes unwanted energies or entities from dwellings and people. Madame Kadean is a gypsy who descends from a long line of Spanish and Moroccan psychics. As she holds the upright hand of a young woman wishing to know what her future holds, reflections flicker through the crystal ball at her side. She tells her there will be four children, three girls and a boy, and that travel and a change of residency is in her near future. The young woman said it was her first time having her fortune told and she would have liked to have had more specific details of what the future entailed. She was interested in the expo because her great-grandmother was a psychic who also read Tarot cards and tea leaves. The expo had an all-weekend entry fee and free lectures, including spirit guides and the aura. Palm, fortune telling and Tarot reading cost extra. A number of Gisborne psychics and healers exhibited their skills throughout the weekend. Copyright: Gisborne Herald |
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