Publish Date: 5/2/2008
Longmont woman to read palms at Cinco de Mayo
celebration
By Melanie M. Sidwell
Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT — Critics of palmistry call it a moneymaking hoax akin to snake oil
remedies or, at worst, comparable to witchcraft and devil worship.
Believers, however, say the lines on people’s palms are “the book of nature,”
an ever-changing spiritual tool based on an individual’s past, present and
future.
“Everybody seeks answers,” said Myrna Lou Goldbaum, a new Longmont resident
and longtime palm reader who says she’s made a career of reading the palms of
everyday citizens, criminals, celebrities and even former President Gerald Ford.
“(Palmistry) is personal; it’s not general or fluff. People want to know
things: What path should I be on? Am I doing the right thing? Should I start
over?”
Goldbaum, who has written three books on the subject, says the lines on
people’s hands are not necessarily predictions — they change as people age. The
lines are assigned to a person’s longevity, career, relationships and children,
she added.
“Everyone has a choice. Everyone has free will,” she said. “You have
potential. If you want to move forward, the lines will show where you are
stagnant. We all have in us what I call your ‘higher power.’ And your higher
power is godlike.”
Palmistry (also called chiromancy) originated in India thousands of years ago
as a primitive system of knowledge stemming from the Vedas, the earliest sacred
Hindu writings, according to various palmistry Web sites.
Palmistry then spread to China, Tibet, Egypt, Persia and Europe. Sages
studied hands as a way to unveil and understand the self and relationships with
others, the Web sites state.
These forms of divination, or a means of drawing knowledge and insight, were
closely allied with religion among pagan, Hebrew and early Christian peoples,
according to online encyclopedia Encarta.com.
Those in the palm-reading community are divided over whether the Catholic
Church persecuted or preserved the chiromantic art form, since the earliest
manuscripts on palmistry were found in European monasteries, according various
Web sites.
Goldbaum, who began reading palms at age 10 after reading a book on Oriental
palmistry, said the public is increasingly open to this ancient practice.
Donna Jewell of Frederick said she is. She has had her palm read before and
recently took a palm-reading class with her daughter and granddaughter at
Goldbaum’s Longmont home.
“There’s something more to our world than just the physical things,” she
said. “Palm readers just give insight. I just like to see what they have to say.
My grandmother used to go to a palm reader for years, and I went to one in Estes
Park for years and years.”
Jewell said skeptics are entitled to their opinions, but she “likes to
believe what (palm readers) have to say.”
“Do I base my life on this? No. But it sure is fun,” she said.
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WHAT DOES 2008 HAVE IN STORE FOR ME?
Myrna Lou Goldbaum
Palmist/Psychic/Author
Every new year I am bombarded with questions about the
coming year. To me every new year is like a bright shiny
penny. If it stays on the ground it will get tarnished and drab-looking but if
it is picked up with enthusiasm it has a chance to gleam in the light.
I am asked “What does the new year have in store for me?
This question is asked by everyone who has a palm reading with me. People seek
answers and want to know what to look for in their near future, what to steer
clear of and how to manage whatever life throws at them. By knowing ahead of
the curve they are one step ahead of the game.
The human palm is a storehouse of valuable information. It
holds secrets to one’s past, shows what is going on in one’s life today and it
fortells what is about to happen to the individual in the future. The lines are
like a road map that someone insightful who is in the “know”, such as a Palmist
can decipher to guide one in the decision-making process we all have to go
through at various times in life.
Life is full of diversity, in situations, personalities and
the choices one must make. Everyone needs to think before taking any action,
then follow through to completion. A palm reading aids in an individual’s
progress toward steps necessary to move forward in life. Hands are the mirror
of the soul. When a problem exists a solution can be found that will be
beneficial for the person if they are shown there are choices available. Palmistry does not make the decision. The individual must use free will and go with
the best possible route to correct a situation, alter it or change it completely.
A reading can hit high and low points in a person’s life.
The lines do not lie; they are imprinted on a hand, present at birth. It is the time element of living and moving
from one experience to another during a lifetime that changes their direction.
Sometimes a line stops for no apparent reason.
Sometimes lines meander across other markings then stop. Some start in
another time frame. Example: A person in
their 20’s could be going in one direction but by their late 30’s change and go
in another. The lines will show the
switch, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.
Call me today at 303-651-6273, email
hmg@privatei.com or write to me at P.O. Box
19081, Boulder CO 80308