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Psychic Connections

Local psychics and mediums say they use their
abilities for the guidance and comfort of others.

JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR
Special to the Jewish News

rances Moss was simply
looking for a deck of playing
cards when she stumbled
upon the mystical world. In
a shop in England, she accidentally
bought a deck of tarot cards instead.
"There was a big sheet of paper with
little pictures of the cards on it. I just
started messing about with it," she said.
"I knew it was wrong, but the more I
thought about it the more I realized
that this was something to help people
find direction in their lives."
No Moss, a Reform Jew,
sees a broad range of clients
-who seek her expertise in palm-
istry; tarot card readings,
graphology (the study of hand-
writing), photograph reading,
past lives and numerology.
And she is not alone. A hand-
ful of other psychics and medi-
ums who are Jewish also ply their
otherworldly trades between
Detroit and Ann Arbor, in spite
of the fact that some sources in
the Torah and Jewish literature
point to the professions as sinful.
"I have a natural ability to help
people. What I do is more about
guidance and redirecting your
life, about what you are here for and
what you are supposed to be doing with
it. It encourages people to take what
they have, work with it and do the best
they can do," said Moss, dismissing the
notion of evil or sin associated with
what she does one-on-one with individ-
uals or at parties. "It is helpful."
Others also dismiss the suggestion
that they are in the business for any-
thing but to offer guidance with their
unique gifts. Nanci Rose Gerler prac-
tices energy healing with crystals; spirit
channeling of spirit guides, angels and
souls of departed loved ones; and pho-
tograph reading.
Gerler, a non-practicing Jew who is the
daughter of a Holocaust survivor, says
the information she receives from chan-
neling is intended for personal and spiri-
tual growth, not for evil.
"The unfortunate thing about religion
is that they make this a part of the Devil
or Satan, and it is not," said Gerler. "I
work within the angelic realm."

Char Margolis, a nationally famous
medium based in Michigan and
California whose parents were among the
early pioneers of Temple Israel, says that
the information she receives comes from
the spirits, and may be "colored" by the
personalities of the souls. The informa-
tion is not intended to be a set of
instructions as we all still have free will.
Additionally, Margolis writes in her
book Questions from Earth, Answers

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