Few could
hope, for instance, to duplicate the feat she performed
late in 1956. During the course of
a newspaper interview a
reporter asked for a forecast about Jawaharlal Nehru, who
had then been Prime Minister of India since 1947. Jeane consulted her crystal ball and
replied that he would be
succeeded within approximately seven years by a man whose
name would begin with the letter s.
On May 27, 1964, death
claimed the great Indian leader, and Parliament chose as
his successor Lal Bahadur Shastri.
ShastriÕs name, as foreseen
slightly more than seven years before, did indeed begin with
an s. (Gift
of Prophecy, 28)