Vanga and Matrona of Moscow - both of these women lived in the 20th century, when, it would seem, there was no place for miracles, both were blind and became famous for their prophecies. If desired, this can be seen as the similarity of the two fates. Meanwhile, the differences between the two women are much greater than the similarities.
Since ancient times, there is a belief: a person who is physically blind, acquires a different vision, which allows him to see what is hidden from others. Matrena Nikonova, known as Matrona of Moscow, was born blind, Vangeliya Gushterova (Wang) was blinded in childhood, but blindness alone does not make a person a prophet. Another difference in fate seems to be more significant: since 1967, Vanga was registered as a civil servant and officially received a salary. The Matrona of Moscow was never favored by the authorities: a blind, semi-paralyzed woman lived at the expense of the mercy of her friends, several times they tried to arrest her.
The prophecies
In recent years, Wang has been credited with predicting the death of the Kursk submarine, World War III, and many other prophecies that are not documented. Predictions, the affiliation of which to Wang is not in doubt, are extremely generalized, which allows us to attribute them to almost any event, for example: "Scientists will reveal a lot of new things about the future of our planet and the Universe." Scientific research is ongoing, there is no need to be a prophet to predict new discoveries.
Other predictions are related to the distant future - for example, establishing contact with other civilizations after 200 years, contemporaries cannot verify this.
Vanga’s clairvoyance regarding specific people most often boiled down to general statements that would suit 9 out of 10 people. For example, she said to V. Tikhonov: “You have not fulfilled the request of your best friend.” Hearing this, the actor himself recalled how, shortly before his death, Yuri Gagarin asked him to buy an alarm clock, but he forgot about it. In a number of cases, everything was built on suggestibility. A.Demidova, the prophetess, said that she was to become a scientist, not an actress. Since then, the actress often said that she was not engaged in her own business - before meeting with Wanga, she did not think about this.
Matron’s prophecies differ from Wang’s predictions in their ultimate concreteness: killing the king, destroying temples, reducing the number of believers. While clairvoyance was central to Vanga’s life, Matrona is best known for its pious life and miracles of healing. Vanga was also engaged in healing, but she treated with herbs - such a method has long been known in folk medicine, Matron was enough to read a prayer over water.
