[Sidney Lanier]

I tend to be pragmatic about things like this, and I'm responding to the comment made by Nonie earlier in this thread: "Psychics are certainly not cheap so you want to make sure you are not flushing your $ down the toilet!"

I had a cousin (now deceased) whose best friend was a psychic. She absolutely and categorically never accept payment or a gift for her work, feeling that it's a gift that she's been given which has nothing to do with earning a livelihood. She has been called on by police and others, and she works strictly, for lack of a better way to put it, as a volunteer within the community. In other words--and in her words--she is not an entertainer. And she is not always successful, but she is often enough. We last saw her at the repast following my cousin's funeral and she told us this story (when we asked):

She was called in by the very distraught parents of a young suicide (person in late 20s still living with parents) who left no note or explanation. She spent time with them and wandering through their home, then asked to spend some time in the young person's room. Following this, she apologetically sat down with the parents and explained that she could sense nothing at all--other than a vague something about a penguin, which appeared to have no relevance to anything. Weeks later, the parents, in going through everything in their child's room, found the suicide note in a book that happened to be a favorite of their child's, published by Random House as part of their Penguin Book series.

Go figure; and who am I to judge?

[Russ_Boston]

I didn't mean to indicate that they aren't talented. There have been some famous success cases. But I attribute it more to the same talent that a very good detective would have. Kinda of sixth sense if you will but more likely the ability to put a puzzle together from limited information. I just don't attribute it to any sort of 'future' telling or mind reading.

9 children? Are you sure she didn't just swap your birth control pill for some pez candy?

[chelsea24]

At the age of 24 a palm reader/psychic read my palm and said I would never marry the man I'm with. She said I would marry the love of my life at age 52. Now, at 24, 52 sounds ancient! Plus I was getting married in 3 weeks. I told my girlfriends she was crazy and not to go to her. So here's what happened. . .

I was engaged at 24 and getting married in 3 weeks. We had the dresses, showers, invitations out, room the whole ball of wax. In the interim, my fiancee's mother started a huge fight with my family and I called off the wedding.

Fast forward. I married vetman (the love of my life) on my 52nd birthday. Not planned that way on purpose, but because we were on a cruise and the only day the ship was in an American port was on my 52nd birthday. I didn't even realize it until I woke up that morning, thinking wow, I'm really getting married today and as I looked up on the dresser in the cabin, there was a birthday card with the necklace that matched my ring, that read "Happy Birthday to My Wife."

Boing!!!!! My mind went racing back to that palm reader. I'm still amazed and sorry that I told everyone she was nuts! LOL

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Nonie

I can honestly recommend Matthew and Rev. Cassidy in Cassadaga FL. as being incredibly intuitive, and I would definitely go back to them.

I would also recommend Matthew in Cassadega. He is definitely gifted, and I had a remarkable reading with him.

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I would also recommend Matthew in Cassadega. He is definitely gifted, and I had a remarkable reading with him.

We took the 1 1/2 hour driver to this small town of psychics today. The town is small but kinda cute. There is a wonderful hotel that serves goof Italian food in their restaurant. The hotel also offers psychic readings, Rikki, aura readings, and spiritual guidance etc. Go to the welcome building across the street from the hotel. They have a board showing which psycics are reading that day and have a phone to call them. The psychics live in this little berg and have signs outside their homes stating what services they provide.We didn't have a reading as we are waiting for my brother and my my sister-in-law to come and visit with us and all of us go and have a reading,
The rate for a reading is $55 for 1/ hour and $100 for an hour.
We enjoyed the drive and being out of the "bubble". It is a cute town if you believe or not.
PS: There was one store offering a mini $1 reading. This was basically picking a card from a pile and they would explain what it meant AND you got to keep the card.
I bought 2 Hematite rings and 2 Mugglestones. all in all a nice day out

[Mack184]

Years ago one of the radio stations I worked at had a psychic named Phil who did a show every evening from 7-8pm. The standing joke when you saw him in the hallway was to say.."Hi Phil..How am I?"

[Vinny]

Psychic and legit do not belong in the same sentence. They are con artist but you are free to waste your money anyway you want. I used to be a professional magician and learned all the methods that physics use. There are even books about it. My sister was recruited by the Psychic Network and they provided training on how to obtain info from people without them realizing it. Just like magicians do using psychology and misdirection, you are left only remembering what you were manipulated to remember. Every hears what they want to hear from a psychic or whatever will end up with you paying more.

[Richard1366]

Don't know about psychics, but I can give you the address of the tooth fairy....for a fee!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Vinny

Psychic and legit do not belong in the same sentence. They are con artist but you are free to waste your money anyway you want. I used to be a professional magician and learned all the methods that physics use. There are even books about it. My sister was recruited by the Psychic Network and they provided training on how to obtain info from people without them realizing it. Just like magicians do using psychology and misdirection, you are left only remembering what you were manipulated to remember. Every hears what they want to hear from a psychic or whatever will end up with you paying more.

There are con artists in every profession, whether it is politicians or car salesmen or real estate agents or television preachers or CEOs of corporations. But there are also Mediums that are the real deal. In my humble opinion.

[KEVIN & JOSIE]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

There are con artists in every profession, whether it is politicians or car salesmen or real estate agents or television preachers or CEOs of corporations. But there are also Mediums that are the real deal. In my humble opinion.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Vinny

Psychic and legit do not belong in the same sentence. They are con artist but you are free to waste your money anyway you want. I used to be a professional magician and learned all the methods that physics use. There are even books about it. My sister was recruited by the Psychic Network and they provided training on how to obtain info from people without them realizing it. Just like magicians do using psychology and misdirection, you are left only remembering what you were manipulated to remember. Every hears what they want to hear from a psychic or whatever will end up with you paying more.

The "Psychic Network" uses astrology readings for a particular sign, after they ask you your birthdate.

Yes, there are charlatans in every profession. You name it, they are there.

However, there are also those, who don't seek the limelight, who do have natural gifts of precognition and clairvoyancy.

clairvoyant

Definition

clair·voy·ant
[ kler vóy ənt ]



clair·voy·antsPlural


NOUN


1.
psychic person: somebody who is able to perceive things that are usually beyond the range of human senses



[ Late 17th century. < French (see clairvoyance) ]

clair·voy·ant ADJECTIVE

clair·voy·ant·ly ADVERB

Thesaurus

clair·voy·ance

  noun

1. the supernatural power of seeing objects or actions removed in space or time from natural viewing.

2. quick, intuitive knowledge of things and people; sagacity.

Clairvoyance :From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The term clairvoyance (from French clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning "vision") is used to refer to the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses,[1][2] a form of extra-sensory perception. A person said to have the ability of clairvoyance is referred to as a clairvoyant ("one who sees clearly").

Does anyone remember the song , “On a clear day, you can see forever..........and forevermore”..........

On a clear day, rise and look around you and you'll see who you are
On a clear day, how it will astound you that a glow of your being, outshines every star
You'll feel part of Ev'ry mountain, sea, and shore You can hear from far and near A world you've never heard before
And on a clear day, on that clear day You can see forever, oh how it will astound you
That the glow of your being outshines any star
And on that clear day , on that clear day .................You can see forever and ever and ever and evermore........

[Golfingnut]

Superstitious witchcraft.

[George Bieniaszek]

If I ever read a story that a Psychic, or fortune teller, or clairvoyant, won POWERBALL, then I will become a believer

[Taltarzac725]

Scientists put psychic's paranormal claims to the test | Science | guardian.co.uk

And one from a few days ago @ Halloween 2012. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...?newsfeed=true

There does seem to be a problem though here with the fact that when you put a genuine psychic into such controlled environments you throw this person off her game quite a bit. http://science.howstuffworks.com/inn...m-suicide2.htm

I do believe there are real psychics but they are probably one in a thousand among the phony ones. The genuine ones as another poster pointed out probably do not need to advertise their abilities.

[Golfingnut]

Black Cats, Broken Mirror, stepping on a crack, walking under a ladder, and on and on and on. We humans seem to need something to blame it on when anything goes wrong. We have went from multiple gods down to one supreme ruler in most of our religions and that is a step in the right direction. But as long as we have been out of the cave, we still have a long way to go.