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Psychic Scams
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Avoiding Hoaxes,
Charlatans
Traps, Scams and Other
Cons Or, how to find a real psychic and get a helpful reading |
A good psychic reading can help you to tend your life
as you would a garden, and aid you in growing along with it. Maintaining
balance on all levels of existence is an important goal that a personal
psychic can help you achieve. A reader can illuminate your
possibilities, choices and options as you approach the many
intersections of life. The following are a few tips to consider as you
select a psychic who will meet your needs:
Selecting a Psychic:
- Above all, chose a person with whom you are
comfortable. Being nervous is normal, but you should not feel
intimidated.
- No matter how well known, or how highly
recommended, not every psychic will blend with you and be able to
give you useful information.
- A high-priced psychic is not always better. Some
of the best second opinions I've received are from psychics who are
new to the business, still used their guidebooks and charged very
little, or who work for a 900 line. Psychics don't
standardize their fees. However, a general guideline is $15 to $250
for a thirty minute reading. This fee reflects payment for the
psychic's time, years of practice and training, transportation,
books, and their tools of the trade. This can be compared to your
physician's or attorney's fees which also reflect payment for their
expertise.
- A reading should be open-minded. If you feel the
psychic is placing moral judgments on your activities
or lifestyle choices, walk away! Only you can determine your ethics,
not a psychic.
- Choose a method of reading that will best answer
your questions. Though every psychic will present a different
reading, certain types of readings may answer your questions more
specifically. You may have to do some experimentation or research
into the different methods. Some of your choices may include
Chandler's; Card, I-Ching or Rune readers; Palm readers; Psychic
healers; Numerologists; or Astrologers. (However, some Astrologers
and Numerologists regard themselves more as scientists than
psychics.) A reader who is Clairvoyant (meaning clear vision) will
generally get visual images, so questions pertaining to lost objects
or physical descriptions of people entering your life are well
suited to this method. However, many psychics who are labeled
"clairvoyant", simply use the term to indicate that they have
psychic abilities or a sixth sense.
Utilizing your Psychic:
- Try a general reading first to see what the reader can pick up.
As a reader, this is often like looking at a child's book that is
all illustration and no words, so it is the most difficult part of a
reading, but a wonderful challenge.
- After a general reading, if you are still comfortable, ask
specific questions. This adds words to that child's book and will
get you considerably more specific answers.
- Unlike most services, a psychic reading is a process. The actual
consultation with your reader is only the beginning. When you go
home, look over your notes or listen to the tape (if provided). Some
things that seems irrelevant or inaccurate may take on new meaning.
Refer to your notes occasionally to see if anything becomes relevant
as time passes, and to verify the accuracy of any predictions made.
In the later case, hopefully if they pointed out something
negative, the psychic gave you possible solutions so you could
eliminate or lessen the problem.
- Write down your psychic's name and phone number so you can
contact them again!!! I've heard too many sad stories about clients
feeling that the psychic was wrong, ripping up their number and
putting them out of their minds, only to find that later on,
the psychic was completely accurate, except now they can never
contact the same one again. (But I hear this story when they do find
me! "blush") I usually attach the reader's name and number to the
reading notes or tape, and affix it to the calendar so that I can
check off things as they occur, and remember the bits of wisdom the
reader provided from day to day. When the reading's reach of time
has elapsed, I put it with my permanent records such as birth
certificates. The reason for this is that I do my own readings most
of the time, or have friends who do them, but there are times when I
need an opinion from someone who knows nothing of my life and can be
totally objective. These "crisis" times, fortunately, are
infrequent, and it is easy to misplace a name and number that has
been unused for a long time.
- Have fun! A reading should be exciting, entertaining, and
reflective. As your psychic helps you to pull up from the maze of
your life, you can see an overview, and discover what direction you
wish to take next, and what mistakes have been made before. Through
this perspective, you can find humor in life, and enjoy the
adventure of living.
Traps, Scams and Charlatans:
Don't take skepticism too far. These examples are rare, so be
cautious and alert, but not overly defensive or guarded. You have to let
your internal guards down to be read at all, but if anything like the
following, true life situations listed below occur, be alert!
Remember that you can always walk away and never return. These are
stories I've collected from friends and clients over the years, most of
them within the past 8 months. These are the charlatans out there that
prevent sincere and honest psychics from receiving the respect and
occasionally, the business licenses they deserve! Try not be embarrassed
if you are conned, and don't look down on those who have been. These
charlatans are very good at what they do!
The "psychic" tells you that you have a curse/ negative energy/
a black aura and offers to remove the problem (for an extra fee
of course, sometimes as high as $2500, or several payments of
$70 to $500 each!) Reuniting love relationships is also a
favorite for these con artists. They often use their practiced
and superior knowledge of human nature to prey on your weakest
areas. A sincere reader will explain to you how you can go about
reversing a problem or negativity (self-empowerment is the whole
point of a reading, not power-over. ....just
got another one, the reader demanded $200 and a photo of a
lost love to get the couple back together! The "psychic" tells you that an object you own (usually
something expensive) is cursed or has negative energy that
is preventing you from being happy, finding love, getting
pregnant (hey, unnatural birth control!) having riches, etc.
etc. They may offer to cleanse/ burn/ bury the object with
an elaborate ritual. Of course they will have to do that
later and without you, and will have to take it away (to the
local pawn shop of cleansing!). The "psychic" implies that you should not talk about the
reading with your friends, as it will be "bad luck" or it
will "jinx" you. This is usually for one of two reasons:
either you will find out that you received the same reading
as your friends, or the "psychic" fears that your friends
will tell you that the reading was a scam. There are a few
exceptions to this, such as when the reading was about your
friends. This one is tricky, as it can reveal either a very rare
psychic talent, or a very practiced crook. The "psychic"
practices "name dropping" by saying that they see someone
with the letter T, M, J, etc. and as you say "Mike" so does
the psychic. This makes it seem that they realized it just
as you said it. However, these are among the most commonly
used initials in the United States, and pulling a name out
of thin air is a very rare psychic talent, so be alert if it
happens, and check your feelings to see if you have been
truly comfortable with the reader. Do you want to pay for
the talents of your reader as a psychic, or as a predator? You leave the reading feeling as if the "psychic" has some
power or control over you, or may even "curse" you if you
don't do as they have instructed or if you don't return
within the time the reader specified. Did they do anything
to make you feel this way? Reassess your feelings about the
reader again.
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