Norwegian Princess Maertha Louise claims she is clairvoyant* and intends to share her gifts in a newly created school for students who wish to “get in contact with (their) angels,” she said on the school Web site last week.

On the Web site, the 35-year-old princess explains how she “as a small child” discovered that she had the gift of decoding* the inner feelings of people she met.

“I learnt how to systematize* my impressions and to read other people’s minds, and through the horses I learnt to communicate with the animals on a deeper level,” she says.

“It was while I was taking care of the horses that I got in contact with the angels. I have lately understood the value of this important gift and I wish to share it with other people,” she says.

The Astarte school offers every student to get in contact with their “angels,” described as “forces that surround us and who are a resource and help in all the aspects* of our lives.”

The tuition fees* amount to 12,000 kroner* per semester (approximately US$2,100) and the program lasts for three years.

Despite the gifts of clairvoyance, the Astarte project, whose name was inspired by “one of the oldest goddesses in the Middle East,” has yet to find a place for the school.

The royal* palace said it was not part of the project and pointed out that this was entirely Princess Maertha Louise’s project.

The princess, who is the fourth in the royal succession* order, has abandoned her titles and official duties. Her chances to accede the throne* one day are very small.

(SD-Agencies)