Mediums and Clairvoyants

[mama3delta]

Speaking of Sylvia Browne, she also incorrectly predicted the rescue of ALL thirteen miners in the Sago Mine Explosion. Sadly, only one of the thirteen survived. She never admitted she made a mistake.

There's also Long Island Medium. First thing first, she claims to be a practicing Catholic, but she really can't be a practicing Catholic and a practicing medium. Catholics are prohibited from all sorts of fortune telling. Aside from that, from what I've seen on her show, she does a lot of guesswork as she goes through the readings. She asks questions like, "Now, I'm getting something with the lung. Ummm.... was it an emboylism or something? Ummm.... was it a growth?" Let's throw in emphysema, pneumonia, etc until we get it right, lady!

Regarding the two mediums I mentioned in my first response, both women were nonpracticing Catholics. To me, they respected their conflicts of interest by leaving the Catholic church, unlike Long Island Medium.

[adpiucf]

I've gotten some bogus readings in the past, but there was this one time... Some grad school classmates and I were playing with tarot cards one evening over drinks at someone's house. I drew the worst cards ever. We joked about it. I was supposed to have the worst week of my life.

A few hours later, my dog almost died and had to have spinal surgery. She came home from the animal hospital four days later with 17 staples in her back and a $5K+ vet bill.

Worst week of my life up to that point by far. Thankfully, the dog is happy and healthy now.

I suppose that should make me faithful to the occult, but I saw it as God's way of slapping me in the back of the head and I've avoided psychics, tarot cards and the like ever since. Or it's just coincidence. Either way, I'm ok with not knowing what I'm not supposed to know.

[clarinette]

Originally Posted by mama3delta

There's also Long Island Medium. First thing first, she claims to be a practicing Catholic, but she really can't be a practicing Catholic and a practicing medium. Catholics are prohibited from all sorts of fortune telling. Aside from that, from what I've seen on her show, she does a lot of guesswork as she goes through the readings. She asks questions like, "Now, I'm getting something with the lung. Ummm.... was it an emboylism or something? Ummm.... was it a growth?" Let's throw in emphysema, pneumonia, etc until we get it right, lady!

In 2011, she asked an NYC firefighter if anything bad happened to him 10 years ago. Really? She's so forgetful that she forgot when the WTC attack happened?

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by mama3delta

Speaking of Sylvia Browne, she also incorrectly predicted the rescue of ALL thirteen miners in the Sago Mine Explosion. Sadly, only one of the thirteen survived. She never admitted she made a mistake.

I think she made some failed predictions about Bill Clinton and George W. Bush too during/about their presidencies.

[BraveMaroon]

I've had a number of sessions with different kinds of readers over the years. I see it as strictly entertainment, along with the belief that sometimes it's OK to pay someone to tell you something you think you need to hear.

I have had a few readings that were eerily spot on and others that were hilariously not.

I tend to believe that there is more in and of this world that can be explained rationally.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

sometimes it's OK to pay someone to tell you something you think you need to hear.

That is what a psychologist/psychiatrist is for.

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

That is what a psychologist/psychiatrist is for.

Small but critical semantic difference. A therapist tells you what you actually need to hear, a psychic tells you what you think you need to hear.

And I've spent time both on the couch and in front of a stack of tarot cards. They both have benefits...