The following photograph-rich
article features fortune telling (and divination), fortune
teller’s shops in Coney Island, legal issues associated with
fortune tellers’ business practices, prediction of Islamo
fascists’ attack on America on September 11, 2001, criteria of
real seers, fraud of Global Warming cult, artworks of fortune
tellers & diviners, and other fascinating topics. Most of
photographs featured in this article were never shown in public
before. Yamada is one of the most active educators
and artists in New York City and has had over 450 fine art
exhibitions internationally with his paintings and sculptures.
The manuscript was produced by Dr. Eriko N. Bond, noted art
critic and New York City author, as told by Yamada.
TAKESHI YAMADA
ON
FORTUNE TELLING & DIVINATION
- CONEY ISLAND SIDESHOW AND BEYOND -
Article by Dr. Eriko N. Bond as told by Takeshi Yamada
Chapter 20
He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all
beings,
and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an
impartial eye.
-Buddha
(Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism,
563-483 B.C.)
Takeshi Yamada and Seara (sea rabbit) at Coney Island History
Project gallery in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.
During the Golden Era of Coney Island, there were many fortune
teller shops in Coney Island.
In 1964, Coney Island's last remaining large theme park,
Steeplechase Park, closed.
(August 17, 2008)
During the production of this article, numerous fortune tellers
were personally interviewed by Takeshi Yamada in addition to
many fortune tellers he met in other cities such as New Orleans,
Louisiana and Chicago, Illinois when he lived there for many
years. Some of them also worked as fortune tellers at novelty
shop booths (Their format were completely different from the
typical “sideshow” style as featured in Chapter 3) at state
fairs in New York and New Jersey (Giants Stadium) in recent
years. Yamada asked them to be featured in this article in great
detail. Unfortunately, none of them wished to be featured in
terms of their future predictions in historic and systematic
manners despite the good public relations they would benefit
from if they were featured on sideshowworld.com, whose readers
are interested in their lives and works. It was for this reason,
that the following chapters were used to record the clearly
documented fortune telling activities of a single individual who
lives in Coney Island and with more than 30 years of experience
in the future prediction field in Japan and the United States -
Takeshi Yamada.
Predictions before September 11, 2001
Takeshi Yamada has been accurately predicting numerous future
events since he was a child. Examples of them are an excavation
of massive “Doutaku” in Japan, discovery of a hidden code of
Leonardo da Vinci (or better known as “Da Vinci Code” or hidden
messages hidden in the artworks of Leonardo da Vinci),
scientists’ capturing the actual dancing image of DNA with
sophisticated new electric microscope (up until then, only dead
specimens can be viewed), cloning of animals, etc. when he was
still in Japan (Yamada moved to America in 1983). Those
predictions were also graphically rendered in great detail with
his brushes and paints on his canvases with detailed written
statements BEFORE they happened in the real world.
Homage to the Leonardo da
Vinci
oil on canvas, 46 x 36 inch, 1978
The hidden message/code enbedded in the artworks of Leonardo da
Vinci was rendered in multiple ways in his masterpiece “Homage
to the Leonardo da Vinci” by Takeshi Yamada (at age 18).
Examples of them are multiple double (with many doutaku)
and triple images (with dancing ladies) of the portrait of
Leonardo da Vinci, hidden alphabetical message in the grid in
the right middle section. This masterpiece was shown at the
annual Higashi-osaka City art exhibition at City Hall in Osaka,
Japan, and won him the second prize in 1979. He was also
endorsed to become the member of the Higashi-osaka City Art
Association as the youngest member.
Dynamic Dancing of DNA
Oil on canvas, 46 x 36 inch, 1982
BEFORE the real scientists did with a new technological
invention, the image of the actively dancing DNA was “seen” by
Takeshi Yamada (at age 22) and being represented in this
masterpiece, Dynamic Dancing of DNA”. Needless to say, the
manipulation of DNA became the mainstream industry in the late
20th century.
Seer witnessing the Great Fire (self-portrait)
acrylic on canvas 20x16 inch, 2000
This painting “Seer witnessing the Great Fire (self-portrait)”
predicted Takeshi Yamada’s moving to Coney Island two year
later.
Coney Island is the place where the Dreamland Fire of 1911 ended
the golden era of amusement park industry there. Yamada created
this masterpiece even before he heard the name, Coney Island.
The artwork was shown at a local art group’s art exhibition in
Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York.
Two-headed Six-fingered Alchemist (self-portrait)
acrylic on canvas, 32x24 inch, 2000
This painting “Two-headed Six-fingered Alchemist
(self-portrait)“ predicted Takeshi Yamada’s moving to Coney
Island two year later.
Coney Island is the place where the culture and art of the
circus sideshow blossomed fully at the turn of the century. The
foremost center of family-oriented entertainment industries in
the world at the turn of the 20th century, Coney Island included
spectacular amusement parks, stage theaters, circuses,
sideshows, dime museums, vaudeville burlesque shows, upscale
seafood restaurants, and more. Coney Island was like Hollywood,
Las Vegas, Disney World and Times Square combined into one.
The pickled real specimen of two-headed baby was one of the
most popular attractions at sideshow business (freak shows)
there and midways across the nation. Yamada created this
masterpiece even before he heard the name, “Coney Island”.
Predictions of Nine Eleven
Even after moving to New York City in the summer of the year
2000, Yamada kept predicting multiple major future events in
such precision and warned people to prepare for that in multiple
methods – documents, realistic paintings, and public lectures at
major educational institutions. (As an educator with numerous
educational award and recognitions internationally, Yamada
taught and lectured at over 40 educational institutions
including many universities in Japan and the United States.) One
such very specific prediction by Takeshi Yamada was Middle
Eastern terrorists’ attack on America on September 11, 2001. In
words, he told the following to hundreds of people including at
several art lectures for several years BEFORE the year 2001:
When: 2001
Where” New York City
Who: The people and city will be attacked by a major enemy
What: beginning of World War Three (Yamada called the event
“Rape of New York” and “Rape of America”)
Why: The darkest time of the brightest century – 21st century
How: major physical attack on the city and people
Details: twin towers will be attacked and destroyed. A crystal
tower (the top is twisted) will be built on the site in the
future. (As of today, 2008, the design of the building to be
built on the Ground Zero is still not determined yet by the New
York City.) Massive human casualties.
US President Bill Clinton cut the military budget 40% and made
America weakest since the Pearl Harbor attack in December 7,
1941. The enemies of America got the greatest opportunity to
attack America for the first time after the World War Two. They
did not miss such opportunity.
US President George W. Bush rebuilt the military after the
terrorists’ attack on America on September 11, 2001. He
prevented the second terrorists’ attack during his presidency.
The burning World Trade Center’s twin
tower.
The hijacked two airplanes by fanatic
Jihadists crashed into the symbol of the American prosperity.
(September 11, 2001)
When the new presidency of the
President George W. Bush started, due to the 40% budget cut
caused by the previous US President, Bill Clinton, America was
weakest in military readiness - the level before the Pearl
Harbor attack. In short, it was the “best time” for our savage
enemy to attack the United States of America, and our enemy did
not miss such opportunities in their lifetime. Our enemy knew
the new President Bush, as a known supporter of the military,
unlike the previous one, to quickly rebuild the weakened US
military with a new big budget. There was a time-sensitive
window of opportunity for attacking America for our enemy, and
they were ready. We were not. Thus, our enemy defeated us on the
day, September 11, 2001. (Needless to say, 911 is the phone
number to contact police for emergency matter in the United
States. Our enemy chose September 11, so that Americans will
never forget about the day and month.) Islamo Fascists’ attack
on World Trade Center’s twin tower butchered 3,000 New Yorkers
on September 11, 2001. It was one of three targets of our savage
enemy. It was the beginning of World War Three.
Shown below are artworks which Takeshi Yamada created to alert
people about his specific predictions. Seeing is believing.
THESE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
This painting “Dream and Hope for Peace: Prediction of Holly War
of 2001”clearly depicts the twin towers of the World Trade
Center in Manhattan in the back ground. The twin towers were
destroyed by the hijacked airplanes by “Islamo fascists” (the
term used by President George Bush) on September 11, 2001). The
new international war - World War Three - was lead by the United
States against the “Islamo Fascists” or small numbers of Middle
Eastern terrorists who completely twisted the true and peaceful
aspect of the teaching of Islam taught by Muhammad. President
Bush also explained on the television that Islamo Fascists are
enemies of Moslems following their “peaceful religion”.
The five boroughs of New York City were represented as five
apples in this painting. The blood of Americans savagely
murdered on the land of America on the day is represented in the
red wine in the glass. Global war is represented in the Earth.
The “new enemy” (and “old enemy” – communist Soviet) are
represented as two small planets against the Earth. These
symbolic objects in this paintings are very specific. This
artwork was shown at multiple art galleries in Brooklyn, New
York.
Yamada never produced any series of artworks reflecting the
subject matter of war before he moved to Brooklyn borough of New
York City in the summer of 2000. These are very site specific
and time sensitive artworks. Yamada was deadly accurate about
his future predictions.
Dream and Hope for Peace:
Prediction of Holy War of 2001
Oil/acrylic on canvas. 48 x 36 inch, Takeshi Yamada, 2001
This masterpiece was started in 2000 and completed on May 2,
2001 by Takeshi Yamada.
This artwork was exhibited at multiple art exhibitions in New
York City.
Detail of Dream and Hope for Peace: Prediction of Holy War
of 2001
The detail of the painting by Takeshi Yamada, Dream and
Hope for Peace: Prediction of Holy War of 2001, as shown
above contains very specific prediction information by
Yamada regarding the massacre of people at the business district
of Manhattan, New York by Islamo Fascists (a term used by
President Bush) on September 11, 2001. Takeshi Yamada predicted
the “Rape of America” to happen in Manhattan by rendering five
apples, which he watches over in this painting. “Big apple” is
a nick name of New York City. There are five boroughs in New
York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island).
Yamada also predicted the massive blood to be shed by the enemy
attach by rendering a glass of red wine (symbolism of blood).
Yamada also predicted his location (Brooklyn) is not the
location of disaster and it is represented his portrait encased
in an universal egg of Alchemy.
(left) details of the landscape in the background.
The typical Amsterdam style buildings were painted here in this
detail shown above left - New York City was once called New
Amsterdam. (Also see five apples – five boroughs of New York
City – at the lower right.) The past was painted in warm earth
colors and in the left side. The future is painted in cool blue
colors in the right. The passing of time was represented by the
running river. Twin towers (and another shorter tower of the
World Trade Center building complex) are clearly painted here.
(In New York City, there was only one pair of famous twin
towers.) The lightest/tallest building here represents the
farthest future. This tall tower will be built after the
destruction of the series of skyscraper complex on September 11,
2001, and it will be called the Crystal Tower in the future,
according to the future prediction of Takeshi Yamada.
(detail) Three planets represent three different worlds
Our enemies: World of Communists and World of Islamo Fascists
Before September 11, 2001, Takeshi Yamada predicted the rise of
the “Third Power” (the term used by Yamada). Three planets
represent the world of America (Freedom and Capitalism), the
world of Communism (Censorship and oppression), and the world of
“Islamo Fascists” (terrorists who use the twisted interpretation
of Islam as an excuse to non-Moslems for world domination. a
term used by President Bush). Yamada predicted the “Third Power”
or followers of fanatic and misguided sect of Islam (whose
mission in life is the total submission and domination of the
rest of the world by their ongoing campaign of Holly War or
Jihad) becomes as deadly as our previous largest enemy – Soviet
Communists. This is represented the same size of the planets.
Yamada accurately predicted this new war of the new millennium
to be a very long war compared to the short yet completely
personal, unnecessary, and unethical war single-handedly
produced by the former United States President Bill Clinton for
covering up the sex scandal with a poor college intern girl,
Monica Lewinsky behind his wife. The former US President
Bill Clinton did NOT even bother to get any normal legal
processes or proper authorizations by the US Congress, US
Senator, or United Nations to start an international war unlike
previous US Presidents. The single purpose of the sudden
full-scale Clinton’s war on Kosovo was to distract the global
media attention from his sex scandal with the college intern
girl Monica Lewinsky. Bill
Clinton, unlike any previous President in US history, announced
the war AFTER his troops started carpet bombing and
mass-murdering people in Kosovo indiscriminately including a
large number of civilians in civilian populated areas. The Bill
Clinton’s deadly military operation was so outrageous, unethical
(and many people consider completely unnecessary) that the flags
painted on the bodies of the bombing air planes (of NATO) were
covered up to hide their identity – it was a secret mass
execution on foreign land. Clinton was impeached for telling
lies - producing false statement under oath in the court of law
in America – he stated “I never had sexual relationship with
that woman, Miss Lewinsky”. Nevertheless his crime of producing
completely unnecessary and personal war and butchering thousands
of innocent civilians was not punished in America at all. Unlike
any prior war in American history, this savage personal war of
Clinton was not well reported in American by the Communist
Soviet-like censorship – most people in America did not even
know it was a carpet bombing to kill people indiscriminately and
destroy bridges in this crime against humanity in large scale.
Clinton slaughtered thousands of people while trying to cover up
his degenerate predatory sexual behavior during his
salary-earning business hours (not even during his private
hours). It was not the first time; Clinton sexually affiliated
(Jennifer Flowers), sexual assaulted women (Paula Jones), and
those truly embarrassing multiple scandals were even reported in
Japan in great details. This shameful and personal war produced
single-handedly by Bill Clinton is commonly known as
“Clinton-Lewinsky Sex War” or “Kosovo War”.
In addition, to make it worse, to trying to cover up Bill
Clinton’s War in Kosovo, Hollywood producers brain-washed and
controlled by the Democrat Party even produced a movie “Wag the
Dog”. The details of this war was only covered in conservative
and Christian news shows, especially radio talk shows, in
America. Dr. Michael Savage is one of such very popular – NY
number one in the time slot – nation-wide radio talkshow
reported it in great details. (“Savage Nation”. Monday – Friday.
EST 6-9pm) One of Dr. Savage’s most famous phrases includes
“Liberalism is a mental disorder.”
Monica Lewinsky was the single reason why Bill Clinton suddenly
started a savage war in Kosova.
Monica Lewinsky as featured on the covers of Time magazine.
http://www.politicalfriendster.com/showConnection.php?id1=203&id2=963
To complete his statement, Takeshi Yamada also produced a pair
of artwork shown below. This masterpiece “Selfportrait as a
fighter and defender of the nation: Prediction of Holly War of
2001” was started in 2000 and completed in December 14, 2002. It
was exhibited at multiple major art exhibitions in New York City
including the Brooklyn Borough Hall (“Real
Brooklyn: A Day in the Life Brooklyn” group show, 2003),
Salt Marsh Nature Center (solo show, 2003), and Arsenal Gallery
(solo show, 2003, New York City Park and Recreation Department
main building in Manhattan), BWAC Gallery (group show, 2002),
etc. At opening receptions of those fine art exhibitions,
Takeshi Yamada talked about the meaning of this artwork and his
future predictions of what this war is heading to people.
“Selfportrait as a fighter and defender of the nation:
Prediction of Holly War of 2001”
48 x 36 inch, acrylic on canvas, 2000-2002, Takeshi Yamada
Solo fine art exhibition “Homage to the Horseshoe Crab” by
Takeshi Yamada
Arsenal Gallery in Manhattan, New York. 2003
(left) Brooklyn Borough Hall Gallery in summer of 2002
(right) BWAC Gallery, summer show 2002
(Photographs by Diane M. Taros)
Continue to Chapter 21
Copyright by Takeshi Yamada, Museum of
World Wonders in Coney Island. Yamada Art Center. Brooklyn, New
York, December 2007. Revised in November 2008. All Rights
Reserved.
E-mail: yamada108@verizon.net
Special thanks to Dr. Eriko N. Bond, Lauren D. Travis, Seara
(Sea Rabbit), Dr. Abraham Morris, and Maremi Kakushina.
Also special thanks to Jack Frost (Senior Proofreader)
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