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PSYCHIC TOWN, USA - PART 2

Lily Dale Has an Energy Vortex



The Fox sisters, who started it all. This is Marilyn, an organist at one of the town’s two churches. It looks like a Christian church but there’s no Christian symbolism in it at all. During the service, a medium got up and told someone, “I see a man in dark gray standing behind you. He says you’re going to sell your house in two months.”



A “spirit horn” used to focus and amplify otherworldly communication. Basically, a paranormal hearing aid. The guy who showed us this told us that a coffee cup exploded in his hand the other day because his psychic energy was so intense. Licensed medium Pauline Kay. I got a reading from her for $40. Everything she told me was very one-size-fits-all. Things like, “I can tell that you’ve had a lot of adversity in your life, but you’ve managed to overcome it.” I wasn’t so impressed by her psychic skills, but she was really sweet.


An example of Lily Dale’s many “precipitated paintings,” which allegedly painted themselves without human intervention. Apparently, the “experts” were mystified and couldn’t determine how they were composed, finally settling on butterfly wings as the closest material they could have been made with. Leolyn Woods is a nearby stand of old-growth trees which is said to contain a psychic “energy vortex.” I think they just mean that it’s really pretty.


In the forest, there is a pet cemetery and something called “Inspiration Stump,” which is a tree stump in the center of the vortex where many séances are held. There is something about the spot—it really does have a feeling to it! Or at least it just seemed really creepy that day, with all the fog and tall trees and little gravestones. Some of the pets were said to be psychic too. Cute.


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