Jaegers, Beverly (1935-)

Beverly Jaegers, writer and psychic, was born on September 1, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, where she grew up. She attended St. John's University, from which she earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees. She began writing in her high school years, her first substantive product being a vampire novel never published. Her first published work was a poem she sold to a newspaper. She has subsequently authored more than 20 books, most on topics related to her interest in psychic experiences, but she has also written a cookbook and a volume based upon her collection of historic fountain pens and ink-wells.

Her interest in the psychic world emerged in the early 1960s. Unlike many psychics, she did not profess any childhood psychic talents that spontaneously emerged. Rather, she believes that psychic abilities can be learned and that she gained her abilities through study and hard work. She also believes that they can be used in everyday life on quite ordinary concerns. In 1962-63, she learned remote viewing using methods developed in the Soviet Union and soon afterward began her career as a public psychic. Her beliefs that anyone can learn to use his/her psychic abilities became the basis of her classes, which she began to teach in 1968 in the St. Louis suburb of University City. She subsequently became a popular teacher and lecturer and has made a number of media appearances.

Besides her work as a psychic reader, Jaegers has gained notoriety for her work in the stock markets and in crime detection. She has professed an ability to predict changes in the market and has had a variety of successes advising investors. On several occasions she has proved more correct than professional market analysts at predicting future directions. Jaegers also organized a group of her students into the US Psi Squad that has worked internationally assisting police with difficult criminal cases. She has persisted in the defense of her work in this area in spite of skeptical attacks upon its efficacy.

For many years, Jaegers has operated through Aries Productions, a company she founded and headed as president from 1976 to 1984.

Sources:

Jaegers, Beverly. Beyond Palmistry: The Art and Science of Modern Hand Analysis. New York: Berkley Books, 1992.

——. The Human Aura: How I Teach My Students to See It. Sappington, Mo.: Aries Productions, 1985.

——. The Magic Power of Healing: Learn to Heal Yourself. Sappington, Mo.: Aries Productions, 1979.

——. The Psychic Paradigm. New York: Berkley Books, 1998.

——. Psychometry: The Science of Touch. Sappington, Mo.: Aries Productions, 1985.