It's a little-known, but fascinating aspect of the Presidency. Throughout history, numerous US Presidents have claimed to prophesy through visions. In 1778, George Washington claimed that an apparition of a woman appeared to him one evening and foretold the birth, progress, and future of the America. While in office, both Woodrow Wilson and Ronald Reagan consulted psychics who predicted their deaths. Franklin Delano Roosevelt consulted a psychic in the last years of his Presidency about post-WWII world relations.
