08/29/2026
Dolly Parton spoke openly about family clairvoyance, psychic intuition, and dreams. She explored angels and the supernatural in her work.
Speaking about her song “These Old Bones,” Parton said its title came to her in a dream before she created its clairvoyant mountain woman.
While discussing the 2019 Netflix adaptation for “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings,” Parton told TV Insider that psychic ability existed within her own family.
“A lot of people in my family have that clairvoyant gift,” she told TV Insider in 2019, adding, “I have it to a degree myself.”
Parton also recalled a psychic telling her mother when Parton was young that the girl was “anointed” and destined to accomplish great things.
The supernatural also repeatedly entered her art. “Unlikely Angel,” the 1996 CBS fantasy film Parton starred in and executive produced, follows a dead country singer sent back to Earth by St. Peter to earn her wings.
In 2020’s “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square,” which Parton executive produced and supplied with 14 original songs, she played an actual angel guiding a woman toward redemption.
Her 2022 “Mountain Magic Christmas” similarly used mysterious “Three Wise Mountain Men” to guide Parton through a spiritual journey into her past.
All the above comes from Whitley Strieber's website, linked to in the comments.
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