Wang (Vangelia Pandev Gushterova) was born on January 31, 1911 year in the town of Strumica (now part of Macedonia) sick and premature babies. She was so weak that it is simply wrapped in wolf fur coat Fur - Fashion nobility and charm of vintage   and put near the stove. Nobody even hoped that she would survive, but after two months the baby woke up an appetite, she quickly began to gain weight and grow. Girl dubbed Vangeli - bringing good news.

In three years, Wang lost her mother, after a while the father mobilized in the Bulgarian army, and she baby lived under the care of neighbors, caring for pets and performing Yard work. After returning to his father the girl's life was adjusted, he again married stepmother Wang loved, cared for her.

But when she was 10 years old, there was a terrible event, that changed the natural course of things. He ran a tornado (climatological miracle tornadoes in those places there was neither before nor after the incident with Vanga), picked her up and claimed. After falling and hitting Wang began to go blind, I am finally lost eyesight four years after the tornado.

In 1925, Wang was sent to the house of the blind, where she stayed three years. Where girls were taught to knit, sew and cook, teach the alphabet to Blind and engaged with them in music.

After the return of the girl more experienced: poverty, back-breaking work has even been deadly disease and an incredible healing ... But the most surprising was the realization of the abilities of clairvoyance. At first Wang afraid to even hint about predictions: still, suddenly find it crazy! Later cautiously spoke of "dreams", and later - on the ethereal shadows, bulletins from the world dead.

And then the world was divided into violent and dedicated skeptics fans, no middle ground. For a blind woman, and later - older women moved the flow of pilgrims. For a very rough estimate for the life of Wang took more than a million visitors ... she cheated them or instruct on the way Truth?

"I - gate"   - Wang said, leaving his gift to the will of God. Not a complete list, nor statistics or research, of course not. Besides many reasons: the life of Vanga He captured two wars, repeated change of political regimes known politicians sought a meeting with her, but wished to remain incognito. They say it came even Hitler ... Much of it had to prove. Wang pursuing a new "popular" power behind the spread of superstition, she even I have stayed six months in prison for the prediction of the death of Stalin! Then it came to pass, and she was released. The church is also not favored teller: she He talked about reincarnation, appealed to the spirits - where is the Christian idea?

However, a small fixed: Bulgarian scientist Georgi Lozanov watched Vanga quarter of a century, and said more than 7,000 cases, it predictions come true. He concluded that "recognition" comes out for at Vanga border coincidences and reaches 80 percent. Some predictions published in the book niece Vanga - Krasimira Stoyanova. This book - Magazine visions and prophecies, without the author's comments.

"Normal soldiers the security services. "   When the Bulgarian authorities understand that the fight against the phenomenon under the name "Wang" is useless, they decided to ... make money on it. Vangelia Gushterova from 1967 to 1990, is a public servant of the People The Republic of Bulgaria, the price consultation was 10 leva (about two dollars) for the citizens of the countries of the socialist bloc, and $ 50 for other. Her People's salary was 200 leva, the government had highlighted: the car, the house, the servants. Wang has become a national treasure.

The biggest critic Vanga - YA Mountain says, they say, the problem is that "come true" prediction remember for a long time and all of the Lost forgot. In addition, he believes that in its work Gushterova cooperated with intelligence agencies, working in parallel recruiter. The data for the "prediction" on In fact elucidated in the preliminary communication with visitors, after which he communicated Gushterovoy. With the collapse of the socialist regime in Bulgaria collapsed and organized system of collection of such information, which seriously degrade the quality of "Predictions" (it is known that in the nineties, Wang began to make mistakes more often).

Whatever it was in fact, both options involve faith. In the first case - a belief in the unknown, out of reach understanding existence of the soul after death. In the second - a paranoid confidence we all live under the hood at the security forces. This choice - an individual matter ...

Wang has long been suffering from cancer and his end was approaching slowly and painfully. Wang agonizing two months. When it was brought to the intensive care unit of a government hospital Sophia, she refused medical treatment and left "everything to the will of God." Died it is the same day and hour, which predicted - 11 August 1996, at 10.10.

Natalia Rudenko

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