In the mediumship class, a woman in a floral blouse weeps as Lee claims to be channeling the spirit of her son, who died of a drug overdose. Fly toward the sunlight. I offer to be his guinea pig. With swishy blond hair, a tiny chin and a giant neck, the man in the sketch looks like a Disney cherub on steroids.
I ask if he plans to charge money for his readings. He says no. Stories of self-proclaimed psychics conning clients out of vast sums are legion. We can be a dolphin, an extraterrestrial, a reptilian, an insect. I was a dwarf in the 17th century. The psychic thing lets you know the truth, not just the material self. They argue that any comfort derived from paranormal belief is false, and comes at a grave cost.
Some warn of the potential political ramifications of such belief. In an age of total epistemic confusion, the mainstreaming of parapsychology and related New Age practices seems to run parallel to other anti-scientific trends: climate change denial, the anti-vaxxer movement, conspiracy theories from PizzaGate to QAnon. A recent study found the espousal of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience and belief in the paranormal turn out to be highly correlated with one another.
After six months, I drop out of psychic school. But I might just be projecting. Illustration: Gabriel Alcala.
And some variety in his dog food. A task. Of course, you cannot afford to trust anyone who claims to be a psychic. After all, many websites report on psychic scams and there are probably a few high-profile celebrities that come to mind, when you think of entertainment psychics. According to one article, psychic con artists are fairly easy to spot, because they lure you in with an emotional hook and then request money to tell you the rest of the reading.
They also tend to charge exorbitant prices, rather than building a relationship over time with a client. They pick up on energy and may sense strong emotions or stark images. They are curious as to why they sense these things and will open a dialog with you, so that you can both better understand the situation — namely, where that energy is coming from and why. Many psychics believe the process is not about mind-reading, but about feeling the heart and soul.
There is no such thing as a psychic who guesses everything exactly. We are all human beings and prone to make mistakes, even doctors, scientists, and artists. Above all, a psychic is a helper, someone that can help you reach your full potential and help you find your true purpose in life. Try to remember what psychics and clairvoyants really are — just people like you who are slightly more experienced in developing their potential and making accurate readings, to the extent that they can make a career out of it.
Not all psychics work for money. Some psychics are born with an innate gift, whereas others have studied, been certified, and even earned a PhD in a related field. Over the years, they have learned invaluable lessons on meditation and found ways to explain and understand things that many of us have no answers for. What should you expect when you get a reading from a clairvoyant? Not only will you put the psychic at ease, but you will also gain more from the experience and not leave disappointed.
First, try to specify what kind of psychic you want to speak to, and specifically, note their area of focus. Working with intuitives like me or reading about intuition actually opens up your own intuition and clairaudient potential. Some people use the term "clairvoyant" as if it were synonymous with "psychic," but really clairvoyance is just one of the four clairs a psychic uses. Clairvoyant messages, which arrive as an image or scene in my mind, usually come as a metaphor.
If the client is overwhelmed I might see them drowning or carrying some large bundle on their back. If a client is looking for a new job or business partnership, I might see them fishing, with lots of little fish swimming by their line.
This might mean the client should wait for the "big fish," or the really plum offer. These are just examples—the images are usually different for every client, which makes my job fun! Be on the lookout for images that pop into your mind out of the blue—they may be intuitive messages. My clairaudience was once my strongest psychic ability early on, and clairvoyance only came along years later. So be patient: Your intuition can grow dramatically over time.
Clairsentient messages come through as a feeling, and clairsentience is the most common of the four clairs. Gut instincts, being able to read the emotions of others , or sensing the collective energy of a room all fall under this umbrella.
Before I get on the phone with a client I can usually get a feeling for their energy: bubbly, serious, outgoing, highly intellectual, nurturing. Whenever I give a client a message and I get chills all over, I know the message is important for the client to hear. If someone has physical ailments, I will often feel them briefly before or during the call in my own body my knee will ache if the client just had surgery there, or a sensation will run through my tummy if digestion is an issue for the client.
Whenever you get a strong intuitive feeling about something, write it down in a journal. Over the next weeks or months, you will realize how many clairsentient messages you get from your intuition.
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