Worried about the stock market? Uncertain which presidential candidate deserves your vote? Fear for the future of our country?

Forget about finding wisdom from the blowhards on Fox TV or CNN. Let’s get otherworldly.

Let’s take a psychic reading.

The Gazette sat down for a reading Sunday at the Colorado Springs Metaphysical Fair, a twice-annual event in its 30th year that attracted 38 vendors (crystals, chakra candles, lots and lots of patchouli oil) and 57 psychic readers and healers.

Our guide to the other side: exotic-looking Seeress Crystal Lee Andasola of Durango, originally from San Antonio.

Her bona fides, according to her poster: “Mystic Warrior’s Representative & Energy & Oracle Reader.”

Andasola has been channeling messages from Mother Earth and from archangels for 26 years (“I see, I feel”). So, without further ado, some messages from the mysterious place:

The state of the Union: “America is a very spoiled country. We use, we consume, we want more, more, more without appreciating what we have. We need balance in this country, and we need compassion not aggression. We need to appreciate the simplicity of life.”

The economy: “It’s been channeled to me that the stock market will never, ever recover.

I’ve also been told it will bounce back temporarily after the election, but it’s a temporary illusion and then it’s going to plunge again. It will never be the same. But it’s not doom and gloom. The collapse will be followed by barter and exchange.”

Andasola’s investing advice: “I started delivering the message in July to pull your money out of the stock market now. Don’t line the pockets of billionaires. Live in the now. Do something of service with the money. We only have the now.”

The presidential candidates: “McCain is a brat. He’s arrogant. He’s flippant. McCain will absolutely bring the same or even worse than Bush has created.”

“Obama is very grounded, very grounded. Mindful. Mindful. And wise. And, most important, he listens to the people.”

The winner in November: “Obama.”

But beware, said Andasola, the dark energy of voter fraud hangs in the air: “The angels caution to be aware of manipulation.”

OK, that’s about it from the gauzy side of the universe. Just one last thing:

“Some people will not agree with Crystal Lee,” said the seeress. “But I’m just the messenger.”

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