psychics

     In Pennsylvania, claiming to have the ability to tell the future will get you a visit from the bunco squad. That is why "psychics" call themselves "readers and advisers".  Many "psychics" consider themselves religious. They believe that humans are predestined, in a way, and that they are in on the "divine" loop, and know what is in store. What the point of knowing the future would be to someone who believes in predestination, I don't know. If people are predestined, their fate cannot be altered, nor could they choose a new course of behavior--and if they did, according to the theory of predestination, the consequences would be the same.    
   Perhaps psychics don't believe in predestination, and they are in the business of warning people about the consequences of their actions--this would mean a belief in free will--which wouldn't leave a book of "the future" open to initiates, as there would be no predestined future, other than the one we make with our actions.  This renders the "psychic" an "adviser"-- perhaps a badly needed service. Anyone spending money on a fortune teller probably does need help with thinking about the consequences of his or her actions.