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A mother of three is making international headlines for her ‘ability’ to communicate with the dead relatives of her now-famous clientele.Chloe Smith, 25, claims to be able to see angels and talk to the spirits of the dead.

A 1,500-year-old book that contains a previously unknown gospel has been deciphered. The ancient manuscript may have been used to provide guidance or encouragement to people seeking help for their problems, according to a researcher who has studied the text. Written in Coptic, an Egyptian language, the opening reads (in translation): "The Gospel of the lots of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus Christ, she to whom Gabriel the Archangel brought the good news. He who will go forward with his whole heart will obtain what he seeks. Only do not be of two minds

“Keep telling yourself it’s just a game”This is the promotional tagline for Ouija, the latest low-budget horror movie to be released in time for Halloween. The story centers around a group of friends who use a Ouija board to try to make contact with a recently deceased friend, but end up awakening a dark and malevolent presence. The only redeeming quality of this movie might just be the fear that it instills in moviegoers who just might think twice before engaging in the very sinful and dangerous practice of divination. Divination (from the Latin divinatio: the power of foreseeing,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have plans to spend up to $18 million over the next five years to develop “reliable” climate change predictions for the next few decades. The “funding opportunity enables interagency cooperation on one of the most pressing problems of the millennium: climate change and how it is likely to affect our world,” according to NSF’s official request for bids. … Current methods of predicting future climate change have proved to be wildly inaccurate. For example, none of the 73 computer models used by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

"God has given us a means of prediction which is lawful."

Lesson 34: The First Commandment "Come let us praise the Lord with joy:  let us joyfully sing to God our savior.  Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to Him with psalms.  For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.  For in His hand are all the ends of the earth:  and the heights of the mountains are His.  For the sea is His, and He made it:  and His hands formed the dry land.  Come let us adore and fall down:  and weep before the Lord that...

The myth of Egyptian origins of Tarot, while once common, has long been debunked by later scholars. There is also no record of Tarot cards being used for the occult or divination prior to the 18th century. The Tarot card readings popular at Renaissance Fairs are a creative license taken with historical fact and should not be viewed as authentic. Contrary to popular belief, conventional playing cards were not derived from Tarot decks and the Fool is unrelated to the Joker of conventional playing cards. The Joker was created in the USA during the 19th century originally for the card...

Divination DictionaryFor the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver. -- Ezekiel 21:21 Aleuromancy - sentences written on paper and rolled in dough then distributed indicating ones fortune. Alphitomancy - slices of a barley loaf are eaten, the one getting indigestion is deemed guilty. Arithmancy - a form of numerology / gametria where the combatant with a name of a higher number is predicted as the winner. Astrology &...

News Home - Yahoo! - Help Limited Time Offer. FREE Shipping. While Supply Lasts! Home  Top Stories  Business  Tech  Politics  World  Local  Entertainment  Sports  Op/Ed  Science  Health  Full Coverage  Oddly Enough - Reuters     Oddly Enough | Reuters | AP | Reuters UK Blind Psychic Gropes Buttocks to See FutureTue Jul 9,11:55 AM ETBy Nick Tattersall BERLIN (Reuters) - Forget palm-reading. A blind German psychic claimed Tuesday he could read people's futures by feeling their naked buttocks. Clairvoyant Ulf Buck, 39, claims that people's backsides have lines like those on the palm of the hand, which can be read to...