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'''Jeane Dixon''' (January 5, 1904 – January 26, 1997) was one of the best-known [[United States|American]] [[astrologer]]s and [[parapsychology|psychic]]s of the twentieth century, due to her syndicated newspaper [[astrology]] column, some well-publicized predictions and a best-selling biography. Her greatest prediction was that an American president would die in office, either by assasination or natural death around 1960. But she believed that Richard Nixon would win the White House that year, not John F. Kennedy.  
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[[Image:ECT62-27Dixon-Edit-2.jpg|thumb|200px|Jeane Dixon, 1973]]
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'''Jeane Dixon''' (January 5, 1904 – January 26, 1997) was one of the best-known [[United States|American]] [[parapsychology|psychic]]s of the twentieth century. She gained wide fame for apparently predicting the [[assassination]] of [[John F. Kennedy]] after she had written that a Democrat would be elected US president in 1960 but would die in office, possibly by assassination.
  
She wrote eight books and appeared in the 1977 TV documentary ''The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena''.  
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Earlier, Dixon had made a series of successful predictions concerning [[Hollywood]] personalities and international figures. She is credited with predicting the [[Russia]]n launch of the [[Sputnik]] [[satellite]] and the plane crash of [[UN]] Secretary General [[Dag Hammerskjöld]]. She also predicted that [[Robert Kennedy]] would fail in his presidential bid because of a tragedy that would occur in the [[Ambassador Hotel]] in [[Los Angeles]], where he was later assassinated. One of her most dramatic prophecies was a 1962 vision of a [[messiah|messianic child]] who would "unite all warring creeds and sects into one all-embracing faith."
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She reached millions through her syndicated newspaper [[astrology]] column and a best-selling [[biography]] by [[Ruth Montgomery]]. She also wrote eight books and appeared in the 1976 TV [[documentary]] ''The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena.''
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A devout [[Roman Catholic]], Dixon attributed her prophetic ability to [[God]]. She also had numerous critics, who pointed out that many of her most dramatic predictions never came to pass.  
  
 
==Early life==
 
==Early life==
Born '''Lydia Emma Pinckert''' in [[Medford, Wisconsin]], but raised in [[Missouri]] and [[California]], Dixon was very reluctant to release personal details. She was married to James Dixon from 1939 until his death, but they apparently had no children. She worked with him in his successful [[real estate]] business and wrote several psychic books including ones about the psychic abilities of animals.
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Jeane Dixon was born '''Lydia Emma Pinckert''' in [[Medford, Wisconsin]] and raised in [[Missouri]] and [[California]]. A [[Roman Catholic]], she was married to James Dixon from 1939 until his death. They had no children.
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When she was still a child, Dixon was given a [[crystal ball]] by a [[gypsy]] [[fortune-teller]] who recognized in her a fellow psychic. She reportedly began receiving prophetic visions by the time she was nine, and by the age of 14 was predicting the futures of famous [[Hollywood]] celebrities. Dixon later expressed a belief in [[reincarnation]] and felt that she may have been a [[Tibet]]an [[lama]] in an earlier life.
  
==Career as a purported psychic==
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During her early years as a psychic, she did not work professionally, but assisted her husband in his successful [[real estate]] business.
[[Image:Carole Lombard in Nothing Sacred 2 cropped.jpg|thumb|150px|Jeane Dixon warned actress Carole Lombard about a period of danger for her, but she did not heed her warning and died in a fiery plane crash]]
 
Dixon is said to have begun receiving prophetic vision when she was as young early as nine years of age.
 
  
January 1942 she told the film actress [[Carole Lombard]] that it would be dangerous for her to travel by plane within the next six weeks. When Jeane Dixon had pushed Carole to believe her prediction, Carole flipped a coin and the answer was to go ahead and not cancel her trip.  
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==Career as a psychic==
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[[Image:Carole Lombard in Nothing Sacred 2 cropped.jpg|thumb|150px|Actress [[Carole Lombard]] ignored Dixon's warning not to travel and died in a fiery plane crash]]
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In January 1942 Dixon told the film actress [[Carole Lombard]] that it would be dangerous for her to travel by [[Airplane|plane]] within the next six weeks. When Dixon pushed Lombard to believe her prediction, the actress flipped a coin and decided not to cancel her trip but did travel by train, not plane. The first leg of her trip went as scheduled. However, anxious to get home to her husband [[Clark Gable]], she changed plans and made a plane reservation to take her home, instead the train. The plane crashed in flames into the mountains near [[Las Vegas]] in a violent storm, killing her.  
  
On the first leg of her trip nothing happened. But instead of taking the train the rest of the way home as she had planned (she was anxious to get home to her husband [[Clark Gable]]) she took a plane home instead. It crashed into the mountains near Las Vegas in a violent storm.
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Dixon soon began to be recognized for the accuracy of several of her major predictions. In 1945 she told US President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that he did not have long to live. He died a few months later. In the same year, she told [[Winston Churchill]] that he would lose the next election in [[England]] but would return to power later. He did indeed lose and was later re-elected prime minister. She also predicted the 1947 partition of [[India]], said that the [[Korean War]] would end in a stalemate, and forecast [[Joseph Stalin]]'s death in 1953. On May 14, 1953, Dixon famously said on [[NBC]] television,
[[Image:John F. Kennedy, White House color photo portrait.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The death of President John F. Kennedy was supposedly predicted by Jeane Dixon]]
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<blockquote>"A silver ball will emerge from Russia, to travel in space!"</blockquote> Four years later Russia shocked the world when it launched the [[Sputnik]] satellite. Dixon also warned UN Secretary General [[Dag Hammerskjöld]] not to fly in the plane in which he crashed and died in 1961.
She is best known for allegedly predicting the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]]. In the May 13, 1956, issue of ''[[Parade Magazine]]'' she wrote that the 1960 presidential election would be "dominated by labor and won by a Democrat" who would then go on to "[B]e assassinated or die in office though not necessarily in his first term." Friends report she had been increasingly anxious about John Kennedy's safety and that on the morning of Friday, November  22, she told them that 'This is the day it will happen.' History shows that, that afternoon, Kennedy was riding in an open car through Dallas, Texas, when he was gunned down by [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]. <ref>Montgomery, 1965.</ref>
 
  
She later admitted though, that “During the 1960 election, I saw [[Richard Nixon]] (a Republican) as the winner.”<ref>[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdixon.html Did psychic Jeane Dixon predict JFK's assassination?] ''The Straight Dope''</ref>
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===The Kennedy prediction===
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[[Image:John F. Kennedy, White House color photo portrait.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Dixon won fame for predicting the death of President [[John F. Kennedy]].]]
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Dixon is best known, however, for predicting the election and [[assassination]] of President [[John F. Kennedy]]. In the May 13, 1956 issue of ''[[Parade Magazine]]'' she wrote that the 1960 presidential election would be "dominated by labor and won by a Democrat" who would then be "assassinated or die in office though not necessarily in his first term." 
  
Her most dramatic vision came at dawn when she saw a brilliant orb with radiating beams which seemed to pull the earth magnetically toward it. She saw a child in a vision with Queen Nefertiti on February 5, 1962. This child "will unite all warring creeds and sects into one all-embracing faith." A Pharaoh and Queen Nefertiti stepped out of the orb, with a child held in Nefertiti's arm, clothed in rags. Yet, "The eyes of this child were all-knowing, they were full of wisdom and knowledge." Nefertiti then offered the child to the world and returned to the distant past where she was stabbed in the back, signifying the end of her reign.<ref>Montgomery, 1965.</ref> The age of Aquarius had been predicted where a messianic figure would emerge and bring an end to war and peace to humankind.
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Critics point out that like many psychics who claim credit for predicting the future, Dixon actually hedged her bet in the case of Kennedy. Although the 1956 prediction of a Democratic winning the election and then being assassinated was widely reported, Dixon also is said to have later predicted (1960) that Kennedy would in fact lose the election.<ref>[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdixon.html Did psychic Jeane Dixon predict JFK's assassination?] ''The Straight Dope''. February 12, 2009.</ref>
  
She also reported that the patriarch Joseph (son of Jacob)-who could interpret dreams-guided the events as if a 'puppeteer pulling strings.' In the vision the child grew to manhood with a small cross above him which gradually expanded all over the earth while every race, religion, and skin color knelt together and lifted up their arms in worship and adoration to him. His presence made them all one. She believed that wisdom had been planted in the hearts of everyone on the earth.
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Arguing in her favor, however, is the fact that friends reported that in the weeks before Kennedy's death she had been increasingly anxious about his safety. On the morning of November 22, 1963, the day that Kennedy was killed, she told them: "This is the day it will happen."<ref name=Montgomery>Ruth Montgomery, ''A Gift of Prophecy: The Phenomenal Jeane Dixon'' (New York: Wm. Morrow, 1965, ISBN 0688016898). </ref>
  
But what did Jeane think this vision-which did not leave her easily like the others-mean? "Before the close of the century he will bring together all mankind in one all-embracing faith. This will be the foundation of a new Christianity, with every sect and creed united through this man who will walk among the people to spread the wisdom of the Almighty Power." Her feeling after her experience? "My cup runneth over. I loved all mankind. I felt that I would never again need food or sleep, because I had experienced perfect peace." <ref>Ibid.</ref>
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===A messianic vision===
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[[Image:ECT64-19Dixon-Edit-2.jpg|thumb|200px|Jeane Dixon introduces the Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]] at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in [[New York City]], 1973.]]
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Often considered Dixon's most dramatic vision is one that came at dawn on February 5, 1962, when she saw a brilliant orb with radiating beams which seemed to pull the earth magnetically toward it. A [[pharaoh]] and Queen [[Nefertiti]] stepped out of the orb, with a child held in Nefertiti's arm, clothed in rags. "The eyes of this child were all-knowing, they were full of wisdom and knowledge," Dixon wrote. Nefertiti then offered the child to the world and returned to the distant past, where she was stabbed in the back, signifying the end of her reign.<ref name=Montgomery/> Dixon understood the vision as relating to the beginning of the [[Age of Aquarius]], in which a messianic figure would emerge and bring an end to war; and bring [[peace]] to humankind. This child, she said, "will unite all warring creeds and sects into one all-embracing faith."
  
In 1965, Jeane Dixon addressed a group at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. In response to a question about Robert Kennedy becoming the next President. She answered, "No, he will never become President of the United States because of a tragedy right here in this hotel." <ref>Ibid.</ref>  
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This vision left a deep impression on Dixon, as it did not leave her easily like the others. She said of it: "Before the close of the century he will bring together all mankind in one all-embracing faith. This will be the foundation of a new [[Christianity]], with every [[sect]] and [[creed]] united through this man who will walk among the people to spread the wisdom of the Almighty Power." She expressed her feeling after her experience as: "My cup runneth over. I loved all mankind. I felt that I would never again need food or sleep, because I had experienced perfect peace."<ref name=Montgomery/>
  
Dixon gained public awareness through the biographical volume, ''A Gift of Prophecy: the Phenomenal Jeane Dixon'', written by syndicated columnist [[Ruth Montgomery]]. Published in 1965, the book sold more than 3 million copies. A devout [[Roman Catholic]], Dixon attributed her prophetic ability to [[God]].  
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===Another Kennedy tragedy foretold===
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In 1965, Dixon addressed a group at the Ambassador Hotel in [[Los Angeles]]. In response to a question about [[Robert Kennedy]] becoming the next President, she answered prophetically: "No, he will never become President of the United States because of a tragedy right here in this hotel."<ref name=Montgomery/>
  
In 1967 she predicted there would be a cure for cancer, but it did not happen. She did not foresee the rise of terrorism, but she foresaw peace on earth by the year 2000. She predicted that Richard Nixon would serve his country well and that Barry Goldwater would be vindicated. She predicted that the Soviets would beat the U.S. to the moon and that [[World War III]] would begin in 1958. She foresaw a holocaust for the 1980s and that Rome would then rise again and become the world's foremost center of culture, learning, and religion. Not all of her predictions came true, obviously.
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Dixon gained additional fame through the biographical volume, ''A Gift of Prophecy: the Phenomenal Jeane Dixon,'' written by syndicated columnist [[Ruth Montgomery]]. Published in 1965, the book sold more than three million copies.
  
[[Image:Richard_Nixon.jpg|thumb|150px|150px|President Richard Nixon used Jeane Dixon in deciding some actions from the White House]]
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===An imperfect record===
Considered the White House psychic for awhile, President [[Richard Nixon]] referred to Dixon as "the soothsayer" and ordered preparations for a terrorist attack she had predicted. She was also one of several astrologers who gave advice to the Nixons and to [[Nancy Reagan]] during the presidency of [[Ronald Reagan]].
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[[Image:Richard_Nixon.jpg|thumb|150px|150px|President [[Richard Nixon]] used Jeane Dixon in deciding some actions from the White House]]
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Despite her impressive record, critics point out that a large number of Dixon's important predictions did not come to pass. She predicted that the Soviets would beat the U.S. to the [[moon]] and that [[World War III]] would begin in 1958. She also predicted that there would be a cure for [[cancer]] in 1967. She said that [[Richard Nixon]] would serve his country well and that [[Barry Goldwater]] would be vindicated. She foresaw a [[holocaust]] for the 1980s and that [[Rome]] would then rise again and become the world's foremost center of culture, learning and religion. She predicted peace on earth by the year 2000.
  
[[Oprah Winfrey]] said on her show in 2007 that she met Jeane Dixon in 1977 before she was famous. After Oprah gave a talk to 782 people, Jeane told her that she would become very famous and have an audience of millions of people.
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Considered the [[White House]] psychic for a time, Dixon predicted a [[terrorism|terrorist]] attack on the [[White House]], causing Richard Nixon to order special precautions. The attack did not materialize. She was also one of several [[Astrology|astrologers]] who gave advice to the Nixons, and also to First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]] during the presidency of [[Ronald Reagan]].  
  
==The Jeane Dixon effect==
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Dixon did prove prophetic with regard to [[Oprah Winfrey]], however. The [[talk show]] star said on her show in 2007 that she met Jeane Dixon in 1977, before she was well known. Dixon told her that she would become very famous and have an audience of millions of people.
Dixon was so well-known that [[John Allen Paulos]], a mathematician at Temple University, coined what he called the "Jeane Dixon effect," in which people (especially the media) loudly tout a few correct predictions and overlook false predictions. Many of Dixon's forecasts proved false, such as her prediction that [[World War III]] would begin in 1958 over the offshore [[China|Chinese]] islands of [[Quemoy]] and [[Matsu Islands|Matsu]], that labor leader [[Walter Reuther]] would run for president in 1964 and that the Soviets would land the first man on the moon.
 
  
 
==Death and Legacy==
 
==Death and Legacy==
 
[[Image:Jeane Dixon museum and library.jpg|thumb|200px|The Jeane Dixon Museum and Library in Strasburg, Virginia]]
 
[[Image:Jeane Dixon museum and library.jpg|thumb|200px|The Jeane Dixon Museum and Library in Strasburg, Virginia]]
It had commonly been reported that Dixon was born January 3, 1918; however, per the Social Security Death Index her actual birthdate was January 5, 1904.<ref>[http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Social Security Death Index Interactive Search]</ref> She died of [[cardiac arrest]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] on January 25, 1997, at the age of 93.
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Dixon died of [[cardiac arrest]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] on January 25, 1997, at the age of 93. Her personal possessions, furnishings, and personal and professional papers, were put on exhibit at the Jeane Dixon Museum and Library in Strasburg, [[Virginia]] in the [[Shenandoah Valley]].<ref>Located at 130 North Massanutten Street Strasburg, VA 22657, [http://www.waysideofva.com/jdml/default.htm Jeane Dixon Museum and Library] February 12, 2009.</ref> The Wayside Foundation of American History and Arts developed the [[museum]] and [[library]], which chronicles her life as a [[psychic]], devout Catholic, humanitarian, real estate executive, presidential adviser, animal lover, and devoted wife.
 
 
After her death in 1997, her family gave her estate to a close friend and business associate, Leo M. Bernstein. Her personal possessions, furnishings, and personal and professional papers, were put on exhibit at the Jeane Dixon Museum and Library in Strasburg, Virginia in the Shenadoah Valley. <ref>Located at 130 North Massanutten Street Strasburg, VA 22657, [http://www.waysideofva.com/jdml/default.htm Jeane Dixon Museum and Library]</ref> The Wayside Foundation of American History and Arts developed the museum and library, which chronicles her life as a psychic, devout Catholic, humanitarian, real estate executive, presidential adviser, animal lover, and devoted wife.
 
  
Her biography is still read, but because of the limited success of her predictions she has been shelved with other psychics into the corner of "dubious" seers.
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==Major Works==
 
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* ''Jeane Dixon. My Life and Prophecies,'' with Rene Noorbergen, 1969. (translated into numerous languages) {{ASIN|B0006P5Y82}}
==Books==
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* ''Reincarnation and prayers to live by.'' 1969. ISBN 0688150039
* Jeane Dixon: My Life and Prophecies, with Rene Noorbergen, 1969
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* ''The Call to glory; Jeane Dixon speaks of Jesus.'' 1971. ISBN 0553075128.
* Reincarnation and prayers to live by, 1969
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* ''Jeane Dixon's Astrological Cookbook.'' 1976. ISBN 978-0688030919
* The call to glory; Jeane Dixon speaks of Jesus, 1971
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* ''Jeane Dixon's Yesterday, Today and Forever: How Astrology can help you find your place in God's plan.'' 1975. {{ASIN|B000QPNOYI}}
* Jeane Dixon's Astrological cookbook, 1976
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* ''Horoscopes for Dogs.'' 1979. ISBN 978-0395274538
* Yesterday, Today and Forever, 1976
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* ''A Gift of Prayer: words of comfort and inspiration from the beloved prophet and seer.'' Audio Cassette. 1995. {{ASIN|B000K07YJK}}
* Horoscopes for dogs, 1979
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* ''Do Cats have ESP?'' 2000. ISBN 978-0762407682
* A gift of prayer : words of comfort and inspiration from the beloved prophet and seer, 1995
 
* Do cats have ESP?, 1998
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
All links retrieved February 12, 2009.
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<references/>
{{reflist}}
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
* Betz, Paul R. and Mark C Carnes, (eds.). ''American National Biography'', American Council of Learned Societies.. Supplement 1, pp. 163-164. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 9780195150636
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* Betz, Paul R., and Mark C Carnes (eds.). ''American National Biography.'' American Council of Learned Societies. Supplement 1, 163-164. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 9780195150636.
* Brian, Denis. ''Jeane Dixon : the witnesses'', Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976. ISBN 9780385112437
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* Brian, Denis. ''Jeane Dixon: the witnesses.'' Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. ISBN 9780385112437.
* Hines, Terence. ''Pseudoscience and the Paranormal'', Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 2003. ISBN 9780879754198
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* Dixon, Jeane, and Rene Noorbergen. ''Jeane Dixon: My Life and Prophecies.'' New York: W. Morrow, 1969. {{OCLC|24711}}
* Jensen, Leland and Arthur Danks. ''Jeane Dixon was right'', 1979. {{OCLC|83626155}}
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* Hines, Terence. ''Pseudoscience and the Paranormal.'' Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 2003. ISBN 9780879754198
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* Jensen, Leland, and Arthur Danks. ''Jeane Dixon was right.'' 1979. {{OCLC|83626155}}
 
* Milbourne, Christopher. ''ESP, Seers & Psychics'', Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1970. ISBN 9780690268157
 
* Milbourne, Christopher. ''ESP, Seers & Psychics'', Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1970. ISBN 9780690268157
* Montgomery, Ruth Shick. ''A gift of prophecy: the phenomenal Jeane Dixon'', New York, Morrow, 1965. {{OCLC|350453}}
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* Montgomery, Ruth Shick. ''A gift of prophecy: the phenomenal Jeane Dixon.'' New York: Morrow, 1965. {{OCLC|350453}}  
* Savage, Minot J. ''Psychics: Facts and Theories'', Gardners Books 2007. ISBN 9780548081969
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* Savage, Minot J. ''Psychics: Facts and Theories.'' Gardners Books, 2007. ISBN 9780548081969
* Stein, Gordon, (ed.). ''The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal'', Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1996. ISBN 9781573920216
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* Stein, Gordon (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal.'' Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1996. ISBN 9781573920216
* Tyler, J. "The Unsinkable Jeane Dixon." in ''Humanist'', 38(3):6-9, 1977.
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* Tyler, J. "The Unsinkable Jeane Dixon." in ''Humanist'' 38(3):6-9, 1977.
  
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Jeane Dixon, 1973

Jeane Dixon (January 5, 1904 – January 26, 1997) was one of the best-known American psychics of the twentieth century. She gained wide fame for apparently predicting the assassination of John F. Kennedy after she had written that a Democrat would be elected US president in 1960 but would die in office, possibly by assassination.

Earlier, Dixon had made a series of successful predictions concerning Hollywood personalities and international figures. She is credited with predicting the Russian launch of the Sputnik satellite and the plane crash of UN Secretary General Dag Hammerskjöld. She also predicted that Robert Kennedy would fail in his presidential bid because of a tragedy that would occur in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where he was later assassinated. One of her most dramatic prophecies was a 1962 vision of a messianic child who would "unite all warring creeds and sects into one all-embracing faith."

She reached millions through her syndicated newspaper astrology column and a best-selling biography by Ruth Montgomery. She also wrote eight books and appeared in the 1976 TV documentary The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena.

A devout Roman Catholic, Dixon attributed her prophetic ability to God. She also had numerous critics, who pointed out that many of her most dramatic predictions never came to pass.

Early life

Jeane Dixon was born Lydia Emma Pinckert in Medford, Wisconsin and raised in Missouri and California. A Roman Catholic, she was married to James Dixon from 1939 until his death. They had no children.

When she was still a child, Dixon was given a crystal ball by a gypsy fortune-teller who recognized in her a fellow psychic. She reportedly began receiving prophetic visions by the time she was nine, and by the age of 14 was predicting the futures of famous Hollywood celebrities. Dixon later expressed a belief in reincarnation and felt that she may have been a Tibetan lama in an earlier life.

During her early years as a psychic, she did not work professionally, but assisted her husband in his successful real estate business.

Career as a psychic

Actress Carole Lombard ignored Dixon's warning not to travel and died in a fiery plane crash

In January 1942 Dixon told the film actress Carole Lombard that it would be dangerous for her to travel by plane within the next six weeks. When Dixon pushed Lombard to believe her prediction, the actress flipped a coin and decided not to cancel her trip but did travel by train, not plane. The first leg of her trip went as scheduled. However, anxious to get home to her husband Clark Gable, she changed plans and made a plane reservation to take her home, instead the train. The plane crashed in flames into the mountains near Las Vegas in a violent storm, killing her.

Dixon soon began to be recognized for the accuracy of several of her major predictions. In 1945 she told US President Franklin D. Roosevelt that he did not have long to live. He died a few months later. In the same year, she told Winston Churchill that he would lose the next election in England but would return to power later. He did indeed lose and was later re-elected prime minister. She also predicted the 1947 partition of India, said that the Korean War would end in a stalemate, and forecast Joseph Stalin's death in 1953. On May 14, 1953, Dixon famously said on NBC television,

"A silver ball will emerge from Russia, to travel in space!"

Four years later Russia shocked the world when it launched the Sputnik satellite. Dixon also warned UN Secretary General Dag Hammerskjöld not to fly in the plane in which he crashed and died in 1961.

The Kennedy prediction

Dixon won fame for predicting the death of President John F. Kennedy.

Dixon is best known, however, for predicting the election and assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In the May 13, 1956 issue of Parade Magazine she wrote that the 1960 presidential election would be "dominated by labor and won by a Democrat" who would then be "assassinated or die in office though not necessarily in his first term."

Critics point out that like many psychics who claim credit for predicting the future, Dixon actually hedged her bet in the case of Kennedy. Although the 1956 prediction of a Democratic winning the election and then being assassinated was widely reported, Dixon also is said to have later predicted (1960) that Kennedy would in fact lose the election.[1]

Arguing in her favor, however, is the fact that friends reported that in the weeks before Kennedy's death she had been increasingly anxious about his safety. On the morning of November 22, 1963, the day that Kennedy was killed, she told them: "This is the day it will happen."[2]

A messianic vision

Jeane Dixon introduces the Reverend Sun Myung Moon at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, 1973.

Often considered Dixon's most dramatic vision is one that came at dawn on February 5, 1962, when she saw a brilliant orb with radiating beams which seemed to pull the earth magnetically toward it. A pharaoh and Queen Nefertiti stepped out of the orb, with a child held in Nefertiti's arm, clothed in rags. "The eyes of this child were all-knowing, they were full of wisdom and knowledge," Dixon wrote. Nefertiti then offered the child to the world and returned to the distant past, where she was stabbed in the back, signifying the end of her reign.[2] Dixon understood the vision as relating to the beginning of the Age of Aquarius, in which a messianic figure would emerge and bring an end to war; and bring peace to humankind. This child, she said, "will unite all warring creeds and sects into one all-embracing faith."

This vision left a deep impression on Dixon, as it did not leave her easily like the others. She said of it: "Before the close of the century he will bring together all mankind in one all-embracing faith. This will be the foundation of a new Christianity, with every sect and creed united through this man who will walk among the people to spread the wisdom of the Almighty Power." She expressed her feeling after her experience as: "My cup runneth over. I loved all mankind. I felt that I would never again need food or sleep, because I had experienced perfect peace."[2]

Another Kennedy tragedy foretold

In 1965, Dixon addressed a group at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. In response to a question about Robert Kennedy becoming the next President, she answered prophetically: "No, he will never become President of the United States because of a tragedy right here in this hotel."[2]

Dixon gained additional fame through the biographical volume, A Gift of Prophecy: the Phenomenal Jeane Dixon, written by syndicated columnist Ruth Montgomery. Published in 1965, the book sold more than three million copies.

An imperfect record

President Richard Nixon used Jeane Dixon in deciding some actions from the White House

Despite her impressive record, critics point out that a large number of Dixon's important predictions did not come to pass. She predicted that the Soviets would beat the U.S. to the moon and that World War III would begin in 1958. She also predicted that there would be a cure for cancer in 1967. She said that Richard Nixon would serve his country well and that Barry Goldwater would be vindicated. She foresaw a holocaust for the 1980s and that Rome would then rise again and become the world's foremost center of culture, learning and religion. She predicted peace on earth by the year 2000.

Considered the White House psychic for a time, Dixon predicted a terrorist attack on the White House, causing Richard Nixon to order special precautions. The attack did not materialize. She was also one of several astrologers who gave advice to the Nixons, and also to First Lady Nancy Reagan during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

Dixon did prove prophetic with regard to Oprah Winfrey, however. The talk show star said on her show in 2007 that she met Jeane Dixon in 1977, before she was well known. Dixon told her that she would become very famous and have an audience of millions of people.

Death and Legacy

The Jeane Dixon Museum and Library in Strasburg, Virginia

Dixon died of cardiac arrest in Washington, D.C. on January 25, 1997, at the age of 93. Her personal possessions, furnishings, and personal and professional papers, were put on exhibit at the Jeane Dixon Museum and Library in Strasburg, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley.[3] The Wayside Foundation of American History and Arts developed the museum and library, which chronicles her life as a psychic, devout Catholic, humanitarian, real estate executive, presidential adviser, animal lover, and devoted wife.

Major Works

  • Jeane Dixon. My Life and Prophecies, with Rene Noorbergen, 1969. (translated into numerous languages) ASIN B0006P5Y82
  • Reincarnation and prayers to live by. 1969. ISBN 0688150039
  • The Call to glory; Jeane Dixon speaks of Jesus. 1971. ISBN 0553075128.
  • Jeane Dixon's Astrological Cookbook. 1976. ISBN 978-0688030919
  • Jeane Dixon's Yesterday, Today and Forever: How Astrology can help you find your place in God's plan. 1975. ASIN B000QPNOYI
  • Horoscopes for Dogs. 1979. ISBN 978-0395274538
  • A Gift of Prayer: words of comfort and inspiration from the beloved prophet and seer. Audio Cassette. 1995. ASIN B000K07YJK
  • Do Cats have ESP? 2000. ISBN 978-0762407682

Notes

  1. Did psychic Jeane Dixon predict JFK's assassination? The Straight Dope. February 12, 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ruth Montgomery, A Gift of Prophecy: The Phenomenal Jeane Dixon (New York: Wm. Morrow, 1965, ISBN 0688016898).
  3. Located at 130 North Massanutten Street Strasburg, VA 22657, Jeane Dixon Museum and Library February 12, 2009.

References
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  • Betz, Paul R., and Mark C Carnes (eds.). American National Biography. American Council of Learned Societies. Supplement 1, 163-164. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 9780195150636.
  • Brian, Denis. Jeane Dixon: the witnesses. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. ISBN 9780385112437.
  • Dixon, Jeane, and Rene Noorbergen. Jeane Dixon: My Life and Prophecies. New York: W. Morrow, 1969. OCLC 24711
  • Hines, Terence. Pseudoscience and the Paranormal. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 2003. ISBN 9780879754198
  • Jensen, Leland, and Arthur Danks. Jeane Dixon was right. 1979. OCLC 83626155
  • Milbourne, Christopher. ESP, Seers & Psychics, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1970. ISBN 9780690268157
  • Montgomery, Ruth Shick. A gift of prophecy: the phenomenal Jeane Dixon. New York: Morrow, 1965. OCLC 350453
  • Savage, Minot J. Psychics: Facts and Theories. Gardners Books, 2007. ISBN 9780548081969
  • Stein, Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1996. ISBN 9781573920216
  • Tyler, J. "The Unsinkable Jeane Dixon." in Humanist 38(3):6-9, 1977.

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