mieza says:

Re: Marjorie Staves
Hello,
Kindly take below for what it’s worth:

I visited Marjorie Staves in London at the behest of my wife at the time in 1974. I had a s skeptical and condescending attitude towards the whole enterprise from the outset. After Marjorie had spoken to my wife she asked me how she could help me. I said thank you but no thank you. She then asked if she could tell me something. I said, "fine."  She spoke about an older man bearing my name who sat in a chair and lit his pipe by striking the match on his paralytic left hand first. That’s what my grandfather had done when I was a child and her description was letter perfect. Beyond that I had never even mentioned my grandather to my wife so there was no collusion.

Ms. Staves then asked me again if I wanted to know anything. I said yes I wanted to know about my father since my mother had died just a year ago and I was worried about him. Marjorie thought for a moment and then said that she couldn’t  tell me anything about him. When my wife and I left I asked her why nothing when she was supposed ot know these things intuitively. My wife said if something is wrong – quite wrong – she just won’t say anything about it.. Instead of going to Paris as we had planned on I insisted on going back home to New York. When I got back I went to my father’s neighborhood and stopped in for a beer before seeing him. The man behind the bar knew me and said that all sorts of people had been calling for me and looking for me. Without intending to,  I looked at the bartender and said, " I know, my father died." I walked across the street and my father had died that morning.

Since you were interested in her I thought I’d pass this on. I understand she wrote an autobiography. I suppose I ought to look into it. Can you tell me anything about it?

Oh, could you kindly email me at mieza@charter.net,

Best wishes,
John