Genevelyn the astrologer has been mentioned in almost every major source on SMiLE but here she is said to have visited Brian's house "frequently." She strikes me as a pretty weird, almost shady character and I wish more was known about her.

I don't know if you've tried to look up "Genevelyn" and struggled to find anything, but if so, it's because her name was actually spelled "J'Nevelyn".

Her name was J'Nevelyn Terrell (original name seems to be Ara Nevelyn Williamson) and she was a psychic, astrologer and friend of Audree Wilson. That's presumably how Brian connected with her first. I know this because Billy Hinsche's home videos mention and even briefly show her - she was on the trip to Hawaii in 1967 as Audree's travelling companion.

I managed to find a couple of mentions of her in publications related to workshops or things she'd written (see attached).

From what I can see she died in 1989.

Thanks! And here I imagined an ancient Gypsy woman perpetually dressed in beads and sequins, secretly sabotaging Brian under the guise of friendship because he'd angered the God Ihy by being too talented or something. Seeing her as just some boring looking middle aged white lady who was probably a well-meaning quack kinda surprises me

You're welcome! Yeah she's somewhat less mysterious when you realise she was basically just a friend of Brian's mother . I've never heard of her connected to the Beach Boys outside of that period in 1967, so I guess she just happened to be someone close to the family who could advise Brian during the short time he was interested in astrology and fortune-telling etc. I'd also wondered for a while who she was, and then just the other day happened across that Billy Hinsche stuff on YouTube and realised she was actually spotlighted and named pretty clearly.

Genevelyn the astrologer has been mentioned in almost every major source on SMiLE but here she is said to have visited Brian's house "frequently." She strikes me as a pretty weird, almost shady character and I wish more was known about her.

I don't know if you've tried to look up "Genevelyn" and struggled to find anything, but if so, it's because her name was actually spelled "J'Nevelyn".

Her name was J'Nevelyn Terrell (original name seems to be Ara Nevelyn Williamson) and she was a psychic, astrologer and friend of Audree Wilson. That's presumably how Brian connected with her first. I know this because Billy Hinsche's home videos mention and even briefly show her - she was on the trip to Hawaii in 1967 as Audree's travelling companion.

I managed to find a couple of mentions of her in publications related to workshops or things she'd written (see attached).

From what I can see she died in 1989.

There's also a photo of her on Getty Images from 1952 at the following link:
https://www.gettyimages.dk/detail/news-photo/college-play-rehearsal-at-pepperdine-college-23-january-news-photo/1048202056

Genevelyn the astrologer has been mentioned in almost every major source on SMiLE but here she is said to have visited Brian's house "frequently." She strikes me as a pretty weird, almost shady character and I wish more was known about her.

I don't know if you've tried to look up "Genevelyn" and struggled to find anything, but if so, it's because her name was actually spelled "J'Nevelyn".

Her name was J'Nevelyn Terrell (original name seems to be Ara Nevelyn Williamson) and she was a psychic, astrologer and friend of Audree Wilson. That's presumably how Brian connected with her first. I know this because Billy Hinsche's home videos mention and even briefly show her - she was on the trip to Hawaii in 1967 as Audree's travelling companion.

I managed to find a couple of mentions of her in publications related to workshops or things she'd written (see attached).

From what I can see she died in 1989.