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Psychics /mediums - How Genuine?
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I guess most of us know of a Psychic, locally, who does readings in peoples homes. Whether they've been to one themselves or know someone who has.
I've always wondered if the majority of Psychics truly believe themselves to have some sort of gift - whether they actually have or not. Or do they know fine well they don't? Are they out and out charlatans? Or have they convinced themselves they have a special gift?
I guess there's a lot in this world that we don't understand. As Shakespeare wrote, "There are more things in heaven and Earth...", and maybe there are a few special people in the world who definitely have some sort of 'gift'. But for the majority? The ones that sit in peoples houses and charge upwards of £40, do they?
I guess my point would be that if they're giving a 'reading' but they truly believe they have a gift and are helping someone, I wouldn't mind parting with cash. But for someone to sit opposite you and know they're talking rubbish - possibly speaking about people we have loved and lost - is that just not SO wrong?
I've always wondered if the majority of Psychics truly believe themselves to have some sort of gift - whether they actually have or not. Or do they know fine well they don't? Are they out and out charlatans? Or have they convinced themselves they have a special gift?
I guess there's a lot in this world that we don't understand. As Shakespeare wrote, "There are more things in heaven and Earth...", and maybe there are a few special people in the world who definitely have some sort of 'gift'. But for the majority? The ones that sit in peoples houses and charge upwards of £40, do they?
I guess my point would be that if they're giving a 'reading' but they truly believe they have a gift and are helping someone, I wouldn't mind parting with cash. But for someone to sit opposite you and know they're talking rubbish - possibly speaking about people we have loved and lost - is that just not SO wrong?
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I would love to be psychic I would give my services freely.
18:03 Mon 27th Mar 2017
andy, I once went to see an osteopath in a strange town. Before he started work on me he held my pulse for about five minutes and told me three things about myself. The first was wrong. The other two (one was that I'd been in a traffic accident years before) were spot on. There was no way he could have known these things.
He wasn't claiming to be a fortune teller (and told me nothing about the future). But clearly he was able to detect my medical history just by taking my pulse. Which leads me to suppose that people who are sensitive enough can find out things we wouldn't think possible.
He wasn't claiming to be a fortune teller (and told me nothing about the future). But clearly he was able to detect my medical history just by taking my pulse. Which leads me to suppose that people who are sensitive enough can find out things we wouldn't think possible.
I went to a spiritual medium once. She told me lots of general things, but in the end she said. ......... Sends her love. This was my late husbands mother. It was a very unusual name, and she could not possibly have known me, as I was from another town. I hasten to add, that I never go now, I am far too nervous.
Hmmm, I am in two minds. The stage artists I think are utter charlatans and I think they are very good at "reading". however, I have had two experiences that make me wonder. One is my best friend who claims she has a sixth sense. TBH, she will always call me at my direst moment of despair. I once left a man under quite distressing circumstances and she called me the next day in a panic (she was on holiday in Thailand). She said she just felt I needed her so she found a pay phone and called me - weird.
I also saw a few mediums - by and large they were bullsh*tters. But one told me I would be living by a large expanse of still water and my brother (or a close male relative) would have serious eye problems. Less than a year later I was living next to a lake and one of my closest friends (who calls me his big sister) was told he was going blind. Coincidence? Probably, but not sure.
I also saw a few mediums - by and large they were bullsh*tters. But one told me I would be living by a large expanse of still water and my brother (or a close male relative) would have serious eye problems. Less than a year later I was living next to a lake and one of my closest friends (who calls me his big sister) was told he was going blind. Coincidence? Probably, but not sure.
Showbiz is showbiz – and you can count Derek Whatisname and Madame Flossy (or whatever her name is) in her booth at the end of Brighton or Southend pier as ‘Showbiz’ – every one of them out to fleece the public with their art of preying on the easily persuaded, the willing to believe, and the vulnerable. I do, however, think that some people have an ability that the rest of us neither possess nor understand.
I've told this story on here many years ago. My grandmother was a medium. She did not do it for money and didn't seem to have much control over it. As a child I remember us all sitting at the dinner table eating our meal and Grandmother started shaking, her face turning grey and her eyes staring into space and speaking in a strange voice. I was terrified and was quickly removed from the situation but she didn't have any control over what was happening to her. The police often came to ask for her help and she told them where a missing child was once. She saw the poor child was dead, clothes hooked onto the roots of a tree in the river so could not rise to the surface. She described the location to the police who then found her. This was never talked about outside of the family.
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