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- ↑ You Are Psychic: The Art of Clairvoyant Reading & Healing, Debra Lynne Katz, 2004, Llewellyn Publications, p. 5, ISBN 0-7387-0592-6
- 1 2 Cadonna M. Peyton New Breed of School Cultivates the Seer Within Los Angeles Times January 09, 2000
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- ↑ The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions, James R. Lewis, Prometheus Books, 2002, p. 191, ISBN 1-57392-888-7
- ↑ Channeling: Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources, Jon Klimo, 1998, North Atlantic Books, pp, 162-163, ISBN 1-55643-248-8