mediums and spirits

anonymous00000

Anybody had a good experience with a medium/psychich?

Im not talking general stuff, I mean were they specific in giving names, dates, events when connecting with a spirit. I find this stuff very intriguing.

Also do people believe in this sort of thing?

TallGlass

Literally thought you where on about drinks and drinking !

The Sidewards Man

I rode a medium one night, was well on it. Even had the dawn shot.

The Backwards Man

I'm well in touch with the spirit world.

Tin Foil Hat

It's all a malicious con-job. Utter bollox.

PARlance

anonymous00000 wrote: »

Anybody had a good experience with a medium/psychich?

Im not talking general stuff, I mean were they specific in giving names, dates, events when connecting with a spirit. I find this stuff very intriguing.

Also do people believe in this sort of thing?

New people will enter your life shortly, they will misunderstand you.

Mr_Muffin

Con artists.

Two Tone

There was a medium living down the road from me who had to close her business due to unforeseen circumstances.

kneemos

Two Tone wrote: »

There was a medium living down the road from me who had to close her business due to unforeseen circumstances.

I knew a medium who was always smiling.

Volvoair

anonymous00000 wrote: »

Anybody had a good experience with a medium/psychich?

Im not talking general stuff, I mean were they specific in giving names, dates, events when connecting with a spirit. I find this stuff very intriguing.

Also do people believe in this sort of thing?

you can always have a go at this.....lord have mercy on your soul....:eek:
http://www.shopoflittlehorrors.com/Ouija%20board%20-%20ask%20the%20spirits%20game.htm

Two Tone

kneemos wrote: »

I knew a medium who was always smiling.

I knew a medium who became an XL.

The Sidewards Man

Two Tone wrote: »

I knew a medium who became an XL.

We are a nation of fatty who gorge in McDonald's and subway.

biko

Why is a psychic called a "medium"?



Because it's not well done.

mansize

medium spirits? pah!

Large jameson please

cowboyBuilder

Total scam artists, its always vague,initials and could refer to anybody - give me a full name a dob and a social security number .. then i´ll start to listen.

Even when one of those charlatans was caught being prompted in one of her dublin shows, people still defended her and go to her shows.

Fools and their money, OP why would you find that bollix intriguing anyway ?

Ever heard of reality ?

I suggest this as a read

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unweaving-Rainbow-Science-Delusion-Appetite/dp/0141026189/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466035002&sr=1-1&keywords=unweaving+the+rainbow

or maybe

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Reality-know-whats-really/dp/0552778052/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466035037&sr=1-1&keywords=magic+of+reality

^^ this one has a really cool iPad app version too ..

Your Face

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Ever heard of reality ?

Don't know why, but that made me laugh.

BorneTobyWilde

I used to be a Tarot card reader but I gave it up. I could see no future in it.

The King of Moo

There are two indications that to me should clearly demonstrate to anyone that psychic powers are bollocks.

1. That no-one is using their powers to make a load of money. I refuse to believe that all psychics are so incorruptible.

2. That no-one has gone public with at least strong evidence to suggest they have genuine powers (which would be very easy to demonstrate). How could so many people resist the attention?

Ruu

Yes, I only listen to Fergus Gibson before starting out my day.

SeanW

This reminds me of a Mrs. Browns Boys conversation.

Deano or one of his friends: "Oh I love to call the psychic line, they see dead people"
Mrs. Brown: "They see feckin' eejits with credit cards"

worded

Look up this fellow on Netflix, fascinating documentary

He debunks them

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi

Samaris

I sense...you are from the south, perhaps Cork or Kerry, with strong connections to the south-west. You prefer the country to the big city. You have a questioning mind and a strong sense of justice, with an abiding interest in the dear departed who are definitely just behind that veil there waiting to talk to you. Mystery attracts you, although you're a quiet sort, who likes reading.

Also, I sense a man with light hair, perhaps it's grey, the spirit world is very misty and everything looks a bit grey. He could be blond. His initials are..A..E? Spiky letter anyway, could be N or M...

Mediuming is just about cold reading, taking cues from the speaker, noting what they're wearing, type of clothing, jewelry, and most importantly, responding to how the person starts to react to anything they say. Widening eyes, follow that cue, you're onto something. Confused look, keep shifting the goalposts slightly until the very vague stuff you say can be possibly made relevant to something. Leave gaps for the mark to start helpfully responding (since we're cued to answer when there's a pause). Etcetera.

I'm not going to flatly say that there's no such thing as ghosts or spirits because, meh, I don't know. But I don't think there has been a single documented case of a medium saying "Yep, I see your mother, her name is Angela Lucinda Greene, died in childbirth 14 years ago, she wants you to know that she buried treasure under the third hedge to the left of the front door, and she really hates those paisley curtains you put up in the living room." and being right

Canis Lupus

Two Tone wrote: »

There was a medium living down the road from me who had to close her business due to unforeseen circumstances.

I saw that one coming.

anonymous00000

anonymous00000 wrote: »

Also do people believe in this sort of thing?

Enough people do that quite a few people can make a career out of exploiting them. I am not aware of any reason to put actual stock in it however.

osarusan

I always hate it if you see that the police have brought in one of these chancers to help with an investigation.

Talk about giving a sign to the public that you haven't a clue what has happened.

Akrasia

I went to a medium once and she said that one of my friends was pregnant or would get pregnant soon, and like, within a year, one of my friends was pregnant!

Explain that Mr Scientist

cowboyBuilder

osarusan wrote: »

I always hate it if you see that the police have brought in one of these chancers to help with an investigation.

Talk about giving a sign to the public that you haven't a clue what has happened.

Exactly, also what a message it sends, that this is actually a real trustworthy field :eek:.

I think they only get their "help" in the USA ?
Have you ever heard of this in Ireland ?

cowboyBuilder

Akrasia wrote: »

I went to a medium once and she said that one of my friends was pregnant or would get pregnant soon, and like, within a year, one of my friends was pregnant!

Explain that Mr Scientist

check mate !

Duggy747

"I sense there was a death in your family..........that this death was a particularly sad one............people........people were sad that this person died."

"Ohmahgawd, yes!! So spooky!"

Con artists and delusionals who have a knack for using careful phrasing on people, operating as mentalists. None have ever been proven and have been repeatedly debunked / shown up, even their biggest names have been found to be frauds on numerous occasions.

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Spirit: Rum, medium: Coke.

Derren Brown did an interesting documentary on these and, you know, I agree with what his conclusion was - what they'r doing is morally wrong, but at the same time they do provide a lot of comfort to bereaved people.

cowboyBuilder

Deleted User wrote: »

Derren Brown did an interesting documentary on these and, you know, I agree with what his conclusion was - what they'r doing is morally wrong, but at the same time they do provide a lot of comfort to bereaved people.

Yeah but it becomes like a hit to these people, they need it more and more, and at the end of the day they are taking their money ..gotta draw the line somewhere.

cowboyBuilder

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Yeah but it becomes like a hit to these people, they need it more and more, and at the end of the day they are taking their money ..gotta draw the line somewhere.

Then surely the onus should be on the people who use said services to quit and not the people that provide them?

stunmer

worded wrote: »

Look up this fellow on Netflix, fascinating documentary

He debunks them

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi

This guy offers $1 million dollars prize to anyone who can prove paranormal or physic ability.

No one has won it yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sesamjLNHlU

sbsquarepants

It's the same basic premise as the church - give us money and you'll get to talk to your dead wife again. Only the mediums offer the express version - pay up front in a lump and speak direct to her today as opposed to pay in instalments and speak to her in the next life.

learn_more

anonymous00000 wrote: »

Anybody had a good experience with a medium/psychich?

Im not talking general stuff, I mean were they specific in giving names, dates, events when connecting with a spirit. I find this stuff very intriguing.

You need to have a look at this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56Kmbgn6dE

scdublin

Did anyone see that episode of Catfish where a woman claimed she was talking to a girls dead father? It was pretty insane and they couldn't prove she was faking it. The info she knew wasn't public info and only a small amount of family members knew. Interesting watch.

I've never been to a medium but I'm kind of curious what they'd come up with. I'd love to go in and be really vague and not react to much to see what they'd say.

Emme

Akrasia wrote: »

I went to a medium once and she said that one of my friends was pregnant or would get pregnant soon, and like, within a year, one of my friends was pregnant!

Explain that Mr Scientist

You're a woman of childbearing age and your female friends are likely to be the same age as you or most of them anyway. If they're of childbearing age there's a very strong random possibility that one of them will get pregnant within the next year. An even stronger possibiity if you go into the medium with a wedding ring on your finger as your friends are more likely to be married or in relationships. Birds of a feather and all that.

Q.E.D.

Akrasia

Akrasia wrote: »

Explain that Mr Scientist

Clearly the medium followed you home - spied on you - and perforated the condoms of anyone and everyone you were seen to come into contact with.

It's a 101 move from these people

worded

Fascinating documentary on Netflix debunking mediums
https://www.google.ie/?gws_rd=ssl#q=an+honest+liar+trailer

An Honest Liar

ohnonotgmail

Deleted User wrote: »

Then surely the onus should be on the people who use said services to quit and not the people that provide them?

or perhaps these 'psychics' and 'mediums' should be charged with fraud?