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During the Camp Chesterfield Spirit Fest 2008 Spiritual Advisor Beverly Stephan of Portage, Mich. who uses art to do spiritual healing performs a reading for Taryn Lanczy of DeWitt, Mich. Another person that Stephan worked with Saturday praised her as an intuitive interpreter and said that plus you get a beautiful unique artwork with your reading. Stephan had people lined up both Saturday and Sunday seeking her services.
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During Spirit Fest at Camp Chesterfield Gerry Hale and his wife Michelle Dudka and their seven-month old daughter Charlotte share a moment in one of the gardens on the grounds of Camp Chesterfield.
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During the Camp Chesterfield Spirit Fest 2008 Saturday Tom Benedict of Utica, Ohio works with Daniel Estep of Carmel. Benedict who calls his practice Tomstones uses minerals to do healing through medical intuitive readings.
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Published September 21, 2008 06:32 pm - CHESTERFIELD — Spirit guides and psychics carrying tarot cards and healing stones converged on Chesterfield over the weekend in celebration of the fifth annual Spirit Fest at Camp Chesterfield.

6:33 p.m.: Spiritualism celebrated in Chesterfield
Spirit Fest enters its fifth year

By Brandi Watters, Herald Bulletin Staff Writer

CHESTERFIELD — Spirit guides and psychics carrying tarot cards and healing stones converged on Chesterfield over the weekend in celebration of the fifth annual Spirit Fest at Camp Chesterfield.

The spiritualist camp welcomed 30 psychics and bodyworkers, gurus in the areas of spiritual health and wellness and new age artists.

Tom Benedict of Utica, Ohio, used stones and intuition to determine what each visitor to his stand on Sunday needed. Using his hand as an energy sensor, Benedict would hover over certain stones and stop abruptly over the one producing the most energy for each visitor. The stones, for sale for about $2 apiece, were meant to aid the visitor in specific daily problems.

Sheila Felker, an Indian spirit reader from Noblesville, used touch to guide her readings. She did not call herself a psychic, but referenced her abilities back to her ancient Native American heritage. “I’m Indian,” she said. “I was born with it.”

Anne Firestone of Oxford, Ind., used goddess oracle cards in her readings and said the cards help her give advice and guidance to visitors. “I depend on your question, how this (card) fits with your question and my intuition.”

Camp Chesterfield has a psychic fair on the first Saturday of every month.