| Can psychic mediums really talk to the dead? What | | | | manifestations of energies (or entities) who have |
| do they SEE when they "see" a ghost anyway? And | | | | appeared in full form, in front of large groups of |
| how do the mediums who contact spirits really do | | | | people. As a matter of fact, the movie with Edward |
| what they do? Is it real....or is the whole thing just a | | | | Norton a few years ago, "the Illusionist" was based |
| giant put on? In this article we are going to take a | | | | on some of the amazing work done by what were |
| quick and insightful look at psychics, ghosts and | | | | referred to as "manifestation mediums" who |
| where BOTH of our worlds intersect....in the hope of | | | | procured actual ghostly entities into large, well lit |
| shining a bright light on the magic, and the MYSTERY | | | | rooms with many people present. (although in the |
| of what happens when we die! | | | | movie version...the illusionist was using trickery, in real |
| Filed Under: Do mediums see ghosts or just hear their | | | | life, many of these events have been witnessed by |
| voices? How to the dead come through? | | | | VERY credible scientists and well respected |
| It really depends on who you ask. Some mediums | | | | researchers, including the CO-founder of the theory |
| say they 'SEE' spirits much like they see you and I. | | | | of evolution - Sir Alfred Wallace and the famed |
| Fully formed, with our anatomies intact. Other | | | | author of Sherlock Holmes....BOTH devout Spiritualists!) |
| mediums say they see a shadow, or simple "symbols" | | | | Did you know, for example..... |
| of what we may have looked like during life, and try | | | | That in a recent book by Pulitzer Prize winning |
| to interpret or filter the energy they pick up into a | | | | Journalist (and previously hard core skeptic) Deborah |
| concrete form. | | | | Blum, she outlines the history of some of the most |
| What about voices? How come many mediums | | | | AMAZING work done by mediums in the late 20th |
| "miss" important facts and figures about the spirits | | | | century, and the super smart scientific minds who |
| they are communicating with? | | | | studied them? It's true....and mediums like Leonora |
| I like the explanation given by John Edward, the | | | | Piper and Eileen Garrett were tested for YEARS, by |
| famous TV medium who is well known for his work | | | | some of the greatest scientists of the past 200 |
| with spiritual energies. He says speaking to "spirit" is | | | | years...including the founders of much of modern |
| akin to talking to a friend through a heavy frosted | | | | psychology, William James and F. H. Meyers. (both of |
| glass window. You can make out general | | | | whom....concluded that much of the information these |
| characteristics, and hear many words....but you can't | | | | mediums claimed to be getting from "ghosts" could |
| complete the full picture, nor can you necessarily | | | | NOT be explained away with conventional science.) |
| understand EXACTLY what they are trying to say. | | | | Meyers....actually wrote a book called "Human |
| Therefore, often mistakes are made in "translation", | | | | Personality and the Survival of Physical Death" based |
| even when the over picture is pretty accurate and | | | | on his surprising conclusions with GENUINE mediums, |
| hard to argue is real! (even though many skeptics still | | | | and real messages coming from the OTHER side that |
| do..) | | | | could NOT be explained away! |
| Have any REAL ghosts ever been seen by many | | | | Very cool stuff indeed...and if you THOUGHT psychic |
| people during a psychic reading or seance? | | | | mediums (and ghosts) were fake, you simply need to |
| Truthfully - YES! There have been countless cases of | | | | take a better look at the BEST evidence there is. |
| mediums who have "channeled" physical | | | | (because it will change your mind in a hurry! |