Gilboa Historical Society Hosts Annual Psychic Craft Fair Fundraiser

GILBOA — On September 15, 2024, the Gilboa Historical Society will host its fifth annual Psychic & Crafts Fair Fundraiser under the pavilion and on the grounds of the GHS property on Stryker Road in Gilboa.

As in Fairs’ past, several noted psychics will be on hand to offer their services for psychic and archangel readings, past life regression, tarot and astrology, reiki, runology, and akashic energy.

Let the spirit move you as you shop for rocks and crystals, dowsing and divining supplies, pendulums, witch balls, spirit balls, friendship hearts, incense and jewelry and much, much more from area vendors.

A mini-book fair and author signings featuring popular spirit authors Pedro Crotty, Joanna McNally, and Susan Murray-Miller, will add a literary flare to the Fair’s festivities. Add in two featured talks by noted author and psychic Susan Murray-Miller--one about the ancient “Art of Dowsing”, a type of divination used to locate ground water, buried metals, gemstones, oil, gravesites, and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific tool and “Talking to the Dead”, A frighteningly fun and insightful look into the world of ghosts and cap it off with a special visit by four-star crime and mystery writer, Connie Spanhake, author of The Neighbors, Dark Secrets, and The Code: Battling the Burmuda Triangle, this day promises to be quite a high-spirited one !

Among the visiting psychics are Pedro Crotty, Gloria DePietro, Judy Jarvis, JoAnna Garfi McNally, Tina Siaimas, Shalimar, and Susan of the North.

Pete “Pedro” Crotty is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist specializing in music therapy and has been studying/counseling tarot and astrology for 30 years and has worked with and counseled adults, children/teens with psychiatric and behavior disorders and people with various disabilities for 27 years. Pedro is the author of “Create Your Own Horoscope-A Simple Guide to Astrology”.

Christina Mercado (Tina) is a Reiki Master/Spiritual Healer living in Ulster County, NY. She has spent her life being intuitively guided as to how best to restore harmony and light within the body to assist others in their personal healing. In 2016, Mercado became a Reiki Master to further enhance her innate abilities for healing. Tina’s energy and passion for healing is passed into and onto her clients; it is her desire to leave others in perfect harmony following a session with her.

Jo Anna Garfi-McNally is a straightforward inspirational reader. She relies on her positive and caring approach. Jo Anna is a Psychic Medium, Spirit Communicator, Remote Energy Healer. and Light Energy Worker She uses a crystal to channel information from your guides and tunes into your voice energy to help you through your goals in life to move forward. She teaches classes on Angels, Crystals and Self Awareness etc. She was the co-owner of Metaphysical Concepts, a New Age School in the 1970's. Presently she is Host of "Soul Searcher" Blogtalkradio, Bi-weekly, Tuesday 7-8:30pm. She has been a guest on TV Talk Shows, interviewed in Newspapers and writes articles for various publications. She has helped Police Departments to solve crimes and Lectured Internationally and Nationally. She is featured in Mary Ann Bohrer book; "The Gift" Within Us, Intuition, Spirituality and the Power of Our Own Inner Voice.”

Driven by a desire to uncover the reason why we reincarnate, certified past life regression specialist Gloria DePietro started out as a celebrated gallery artist. She moved on to become the Director of an art therapy program in a residential treatment center where she witnessed the “dire circumstances of the underprivileged youth” she worked with that propelled her to “seek out the reason why we reincarnate into ominous circumstances.” She began studying with esteemed Jungian analyst, Dr. Roger Woolger and obtained her certification in past life regression from him in 2010. DePietro uses “Deep Memory Process,” a method developed by Dr. Woolger. Her abilities consist of Karmic Pattern Clearing and Akashic Record Reading, regressing clients to deep states of awareness to retrieve forgotten memories that keep them locked in the Karmic Wheel of Repetition to resolve old patterns and heal.

Psychic Shalimar is available for psychic readings has been reading for several decade. She specializes in Tarot Readings, palmistry, spirit and mediumship, bone divination, and energy readings. 

Susan Hintz-Epstein, aka “Susan of the North,” is a Reiki healer turned Rune psychic. Susan has been reading the Runes since 2013, when the chance find of Kenneth Meadows’ Rune Power triggered a Rune download and meeting the Norns. Susan is the author of Rune Play: Tools for Spiritual Transformation, host of the YouTube podcast “Rune of the Day,” and a teacher of the Runes. If a deep dive into spirituality is your thing, the Runes provide a soul map that can be followed with sincerity and devotion. 

Of course, a Fair wouldn’t be a Fair without good food and our will be supplied by the appropriately named Sass Squash Food Truck. “Super yummy and always fresh.”