BY JULIE T PENNINGTON PHOTOGRAPHY BY KERRY BRE T T
sense of anticipation pervaded The Zen Loft yoga studio in West Bridgewater, Mass., on a recent Tuesday evening in February as a group of 26 people sat in folding chairs in clusters from two to 10. Most conversations were light. Some produced tears. A few minutes after 6:30, the room went silent and everyone’s attention went to the entryway, as a middle-aged blonde barreled through the door, dropped her bag on the ground and hurried to the front of the room to pour herself a drink. “I’ve got to get my vodka,” she said, eliciting a round of laughter, and then apologized for being a few minutes late. “Traffic was brutal. And this i water, by the way.”
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That is how those in attendance met Maureen Hancock, an internationally renowned spirit medium and author of The Medium Next Door: Adventures of a Real-Life Ghost Whisperer. The vivacious 54-yearold helps connect people with their deceased loved ones through abilities that, interestingly enough, she believes most people possess. They just haven’t been provided with the necessary tools to tap into them, she maintains. After exchanging pleasantries, mixed with doses of humor—“are you a spirit virgin?” she asked a young man before turning her attention to an older woman who said she had been to several of Hancock’s readings. “So, you’re a spirit ho?” she deadpanned— the former stand-up comic got down to business.
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