In these crazy uncertain times, it can somehow help to find yourself in a place that’s, well, not of this world. And many may say the time-warped town of Cassadaga – between Daytona and Orlando in the hot, swampy heartland of Florida – is certainly a tad off the planet.
But it also draws a multitude of curious earthly visitors who flock here to be reconnected with the past, have incurable ailments cured, and see into their future.
Because when it comes to mediums, Cassadaga goes large. And, shortly before the state’s coronavirus lockdown, I found myself sitting in front of one of its other-worldly inhabitants. “I’m getting the word Apple,” says Gypsy Phoenix mysteriously, her trance-like eyes rolling back from the tarot cards and crystals