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Oct 31, 2012 1:45 PM EDT
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Meet The Real-Deals Of NYC Fortune Telling
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You've been doing this for quite a while. Do you have anybody who looks to you as a mentor in this field?
"Well, I have a few students. Yes, I have some, yes, that are really good, too. You need that one person to turn you on."

Did you have someone like that?
"Yeah, I had several teachers. I call them 'teachers.' Unfortunately, I was only about 18, and they were all in their seventies. So, I was able to squeeze a good ten years with each one of them, before they all died."

How did they teach you?
"Well, one taught me the hand. She was probably the best psychic the world will ever see. Her name was Florence Meschter. She was the protégée of the man who wrote the definitive book called, The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading by Dr. Benham, and he sings her praises. She was amazing. So, I studied with her for five years. And, before she died, when people said if anything happens to you, who shall we go to, she said, 'You'll go to Frank, except he's a gypsy,' and she'd laugh. You see, because I loved cards. I would do things she wouldn't do. I like to try to go out there on a limb and she was strictly about character analysis. But, I can't believe she wasn't using psychic ability, she was too on the money. She was one, and there were two others that were absolutely amazing. One taught me tarot cards, and one taught me metaphysics."