Text: A mystic look at future fortunes through the mists of the past was given to Worksop folk at the weekend when the town's Lion Hotel held a Victorian psychic evening.
Max Raven held an evening of fortune-telling and mind tricks dating back to the 18th century and further as he wowed the sceptical and seekers of future knowledge.
Max demonstrated his psychic powers with tarot cards and mind reading tests during an evening which included a three course meal.
Showing his technique of finding cards picked by his audience, guessing the word they memorised from a book, or recreating drawings made by diners proved easy for him as he attempted to demonstrate to both doubters and believers that strange psychic powers do exist in the modern world and are not just Victorian myths.
Predictions of financial success, changes of career, new hobbies, interests or changes in working life were among the fortunes told during an entertaining night.
The entertainer also told tales of psychic incidents such as the Pendle Hill witch story of how witches were found out in days gone by or the high profile Hollywood seances carried out by Harry Houdini's wife in the decade after his death.
Private palm readings and a look at the tarot cards picked by individual audience members gave them an insight into what could be in store for them in the future.