Zbigniew Piekarski meets another fortune-teller
Many advertise. Few are recommended. Fewer still are booked solid a week ahead. However, those who travel in the world of the spiritual do not value the material. I stepped back in time into an apartment from socialist times.
Pani Ewa Barbara wants to retire, but the demand from her clients encourages her to continue. She is a clairvoyant and a healer. Thursdays are set aside for therapy, when she uses cranial spinal techniques to stimulate the body into strengthening the immune system and rebalancing naturally. Other weekdays are spent in individual consultations at zł. 100 a session.
According to her our fate, our karma, is to a large extent predetermined. But not totally. Pitfalls can be avoided. Different footpaths can be chosen. The positive qualities of the individual can be encouraged, and then life experiences will generate different reactions and different consequences.
The predictions can be general or specific. It depends on what questions are asked and what the tools that she uses reveal. She used to read palms but gave it up as her eyesight deteriorated. Now she prefers cards, whose interpretations are influenced by astrological signs. However, the medium does not matter provided you have the gift and the knowledge. Coffee dregs, tea leaves, sand and burnt visiting cards all reveal what is and what might be.
The answers given depend upon the questions asked and are based on the natural unfolding of the cards. At times the cards reveal generalities, when a particular event is only in the process of forming. At other times, they can be precise and detailed.
The question may be "Does he love me?" The answer given may be "Yes, he does." The answer is true to the question, but limited in space and time. It is a static measure of the dynamic process of life.
Once Pani Ewa had an uncomfortable experience as a female client bitterly complained that two years after her prediction, the woman's husband ran away with another woman. The question asked was "Does he love me?" and Pani Ewa said the answer was "Yes. he does." For the cards showed that he did at that time. "They also showed that he was untrustworthy and a scoundrel, and I attempted to hint at this, but her mind was not open to hear what I implied, and she did not ask further questions which could have clarified the situation," says Pani Ewa of her former client.
At other times the clarity of the vision may be tempered by consideration of the feelings of the client - partial truths designed not to shock or offend. "I cannot say that you will attend two funerals within three months and yours is not far away," Pani Ewa clarifies, choosing her words with thoughtful precision.
"I empower my clients with knowledge," she continues. "What they do with that knowledge is up to them. There are times when they are unwilling to understand, when they are unwilling to accept responsibility and enter on an alternative course of action. Then I am powerless to help."
Pani Ewa has clients from many countries, including the US, each with their own individual requirements. One of her clients invests on the WSE. He codes his investments on four separate pieces of paper, and she uses the cards to predict whether they will rise or fall and the probable time taken to achieve the desired results. He once asked her to predict the percentage returns on specific investments and although she was very hesitant to do so, her predictions proved to be accurate.
In general terms, Pani Ewa is unhappy with the probable future of the country. She sees increasing uncertainty facing the younger generations that will generate an uncontrollable angst and loss of identity. Our cultural diversity and traditions are being rapidly destroyed, and the economy is being squeezed into a corner from which there is little chance of escape, she says. An explosion of social unrest motivated by frustration and failed dreams is the probable outcome. This is a prediction that I have also made.
Our time together had come to an end. After asking me what my astrological sign was, Pani Ewa suggested that I select three cards from a deck that she was holding. "You are a person of independent thought and action," she said, "and you are off to a meeting from which there will be a semi-satisfactory resolution to the parties concerned. By autumn your plans will achieve fruition, and you will be very well-known."
Pani Ewa was being diplomatic and stating half-truths again. It was true that I was off to another meeting. However, I have always been "bloody-minded." The meeting ended in a heated discussion when we both agreed to differ. And I have decided to leave the country before autumn just in case I become infamous.
Pani Ewa adopts the "holistic" approach to spiritual fulfilment. She is a therapist and a clairvoyant and refers clients to recognised professionals as a part of her treatment, should this be necessary.
Ewa Barbara can be reached at 622 2216.
Pani Ewa Barbara wants to retire, but the demand from her clients encourages her to continue. She is a clairvoyant and a healer. Thursdays are set aside for therapy, when she uses cranial spinal techniques to stimulate the body into strengthening the immune system and rebalancing naturally. Other weekdays are spent in individual consultations at zł. 100 a session.
According to her our fate, our karma, is to a large extent predetermined. But not totally. Pitfalls can be avoided. Different footpaths can be chosen. The positive qualities of the individual can be encouraged, and then life experiences will generate different reactions and different consequences.
The predictions can be general or specific. It depends on what questions are asked and what the tools that she uses reveal. She used to read palms but gave it up as her eyesight deteriorated. Now she prefers cards, whose interpretations are influenced by astrological signs. However, the medium does not matter provided you have the gift and the knowledge. Coffee dregs, tea leaves, sand and burnt visiting cards all reveal what is and what might be.
The answers given depend upon the questions asked and are based on the natural unfolding of the cards. At times the cards reveal generalities, when a particular event is only in the process of forming. At other times, they can be precise and detailed.
The question may be "Does he love me?" The answer given may be "Yes, he does." The answer is true to the question, but limited in space and time. It is a static measure of the dynamic process of life.
Once Pani Ewa had an uncomfortable experience as a female client bitterly complained that two years after her prediction, the woman's husband ran away with another woman. The question asked was "Does he love me?" and Pani Ewa said the answer was "Yes. he does." For the cards showed that he did at that time. "They also showed that he was untrustworthy and a scoundrel, and I attempted to hint at this, but her mind was not open to hear what I implied, and she did not ask further questions which could have clarified the situation," says Pani Ewa of her former client.
At other times the clarity of the vision may be tempered by consideration of the feelings of the client - partial truths designed not to shock or offend. "I cannot say that you will attend two funerals within three months and yours is not far away," Pani Ewa clarifies, choosing her words with thoughtful precision.
"I empower my clients with knowledge," she continues. "What they do with that knowledge is up to them. There are times when they are unwilling to understand, when they are unwilling to accept responsibility and enter on an alternative course of action. Then I am powerless to help."
Pani Ewa has clients from many countries, including the US, each with their own individual requirements. One of her clients invests on the WSE. He codes his investments on four separate pieces of paper, and she uses the cards to predict whether they will rise or fall and the probable time taken to achieve the desired results. He once asked her to predict the percentage returns on specific investments and although she was very hesitant to do so, her predictions proved to be accurate.
In general terms, Pani Ewa is unhappy with the probable future of the country. She sees increasing uncertainty facing the younger generations that will generate an uncontrollable angst and loss of identity. Our cultural diversity and traditions are being rapidly destroyed, and the economy is being squeezed into a corner from which there is little chance of escape, she says. An explosion of social unrest motivated by frustration and failed dreams is the probable outcome. This is a prediction that I have also made.
Our time together had come to an end. After asking me what my astrological sign was, Pani Ewa suggested that I select three cards from a deck that she was holding. "You are a person of independent thought and action," she said, "and you are off to a meeting from which there will be a semi-satisfactory resolution to the parties concerned. By autumn your plans will achieve fruition, and you will be very well-known."
Pani Ewa was being diplomatic and stating half-truths again. It was true that I was off to another meeting. However, I have always been "bloody-minded." The meeting ended in a heated discussion when we both agreed to differ. And I have decided to leave the country before autumn just in case I become infamous.
Pani Ewa adopts the "holistic" approach to spiritual fulfilment. She is a therapist and a clairvoyant and refers clients to recognised professionals as a part of her treatment, should this be necessary.
Ewa Barbara can be reached at 622 2216.
