| Trusting a psychic is like trusting any other service | | | | you can't really make an informed opinion - although |
| offered to you. Like every other field there are 'good | | | | many people do. It's similar to when children say they |
| ones' and of course many charlatans. So how do you | | | | don't like a certain food even though they haven't |
| weed out the bad ones so you get an accurate | | | | tried it. I think we would be naive to believe in just |
| reading from a psychic? Well first and foremost you | | | | the normal senses we know of. This world we live in |
| don't want to go to a psychic that you found in a | | | | is full of mystery and there are many things we don't |
| newspaper or magazine because what is advertised | | | | know about. It is fact that we only use a small |
| might not be what you get. You need to find a | | | | percentage of our brain something like only 20% and |
| psychic that has a good reputation, perhaps one that | | | | we still know very little of what the other 80% does |
| someone you know visited and recommend. | | | | for us. |
| Unfortunately there is no governing body so anyone | | | | The only way to really find out if all this is a load of |
| can claim to be psychic which is why it's harder to | | | | rubbish is to get up and close to it. You can go to |
| spot the fakes. | | | | Spiritualist church anywhere in the country on a |
| What is a psychic? | | | | Sunday night and find mediums/psychics giving |
| A psychic is a person who has the ability to perceive | | | | messages from beyond the grave. Most of them are |
| information using extrasensory perception or in other | | | | free; some might charge a pound but not much |
| words using info which is hidden from our normal | | | | more. I would try a few different churches or the |
| senses. There are many different forms of psychic | | | | same one a few times. You might not get a |
| abilities which psychics claim to have. The first one I | | | | message the first time, but if you go enough the |
| think is the easiest to prove legitimate and it's called | | | | odds are you will get a message and from there you |
| afterlife communication. This is where a psychic or | | | | can make you judgments'. |
| medium communicates with someone in the afterlife, | | | | To visit a private psychic will cost a bit more so be |
| someone passed or dead as we know it. This is | | | | careful and ensure you get one that has a good |
| easily proven by what you are told. Obviously | | | | reputation. Tarot reading is one technique I myself |
| sometimes what is told is very vague and could be | | | | am familiar with. I have many friends who come to |
| taken by anyone, but when they start describing | | | | me for readings and they all are amazed at how |
| someone accurately or some of the things they did | | | | accurate the readings are. They come back to me |
| while alive, it's very difficult to disregard. | | | | saying this came true, you was right about that. |
| Some psychic can offer insights into your future and | | | | Before you see a psychic make sure you do some |
| this is called divination. This is a broad term that | | | | research on them. You could ask them to give you |
| includes fortune telling, precognition, prophesy, and | | | | some references, and if they do follow them up. |
| many other methods used to try to predict the | | | | Failing that you could arrange to visit a famous |
| future. Astrology, Tarot reading, Numerology, Scrying, | | | | psychic like Sally Morgan. She used to advice the late |
| Runes and Palmistry are all techniques used to predict | | | | princess Diana so if she's good enough for a princess |
| events in the future. | | | | she should be good enough for little old you. I guess |
| Should we believe in Psychics? | | | | she won't come cheap, but at least you know what |
| Many people don't believe psychics have any hidden | | | | you're getting with her, a renowned psychic which if |
| power mainly because you can't see it to prove it - | | | | you want her TV shows will prove to you she is |
| well we cants see the wind but we know it's there. | | | | definitely no fake. Failing that there are some |
| Only those who have opened up to the idea, visited | | | | respected psychic networks around the internet, |
| a few psychics can really have an opinion. It is like | | | | some offering free psychic readings, but again do |
| any other experience; unless you have experienced it | | | | your homework. |