Over the next six months Houston and Bateson often visited Hillary Clinton in Washington, urging her to talk to the spirits of historical figures who would understand her travails and thus help her 'achieve self-healing'. Sitting with her two psychic counsellors at a circular table in the White House solarium, she held conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt (her 'spiritual archetype') and Mahatma Ghandi ('a powerful symbol of self-denial'). It was only when Houston proposed speaking to Jesus Christ - 'the epitome of the wounded, betrayed and isolated' - that Hillary called a halt. "That", she explained, "would be too personal." The reticence seems rather puzzling: don't millions of Christians speak to Jesus, both publicly and privately, through their prayers?
Francis Wheen "How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World" , 55
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