Since ancient times people have had precognitive powers, and prophecy has been a big part of many religions. Many people today still believe that it is possible to predict the future. The Temple of Apollo in Delphi for example housed the most important oracle of ancient Greece, known as Pythia. Only the wealthy could afford the fees of the oracle and many questions of state were decided by what the Delphic oracle foretold.
In both Old and New Testaments of the Bible we read of people whose dreams foretold the future and would influence the decisions of kings or pharaohs. The Chinese emperors would base their decrees upon the auguries read in the I Ching oracle of change. And even today we see Ronald Regan, Hillary Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the British Royal Family consult seers, psychics and astrologers to help them plan their actions.
Is it possible to see into time? You may have had a tantalising glimpse of the future yourself. Many ordinary people, who make no claim to having special powers, have written to me to say that they've seen the future. "I awoke from a bad dreamed at exactly 9.03. In the dream I saw my father collapse outside the hospital in Glasgow" says Pamela from Knightswood "Exactly two months later at 9.03 a.m. my father collapsed and died at the exact spot that I had dreamt about."
Some people believe that seership is an inherited gift passed down through families and even racial groups. When a gypsy girl called at Mrs Hollings house in County Durham she was amazed to hear how much the gypsy knew about her and her family. "She knew that my husband had bad legs and went on to predict that my son was engaged to a girl with the initial M but would marry a girl with the initial S. Their firstborn would be twins."
The gypsy's prediction came true to the letter.
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