Do Spiritualists
Mediums Really Talk to Spirits?
I have been asked this question or others very similar to
it a great many times. And the answer is, “Yes and no.”
Now that may seem like not much of an answer so let me explain
it. The majority of those in the US who call themselves “mediums”
are phonies, charlatans.
This is not the case in the UK where spiritualists mediums
are controlled. But in the US, anyone can put up a sign proclaiming
themselves to be a medium, accept clients and charge them
big bucks. And often the “training” that a phony
medium goes through will be almost as extensive as that which
a real medium goes through, even though it will be of a different
nature. Unfortunately for the public, the phony medium usually
has no more mediumship abilities than the average bedpost,
and bedposts are rare these days.
Fortunately, if you know what to look for, it is fairly easy
to tell the difference between the fakes and the genuine mediums.
Lets look at some of the ways that we can tell. A medium advertises
“Madam Fonybaloney guarantees that she will contact
your deceased loved ones.” That should raise a red flag
immediately. No genuine medium can or will guarantee to contact
any specific individual. That spirit may not be available
or ready to make contact. So if you see a guarantee like that,
don’t walk away, run.
The above example should stop you from visiting that charlatan.
But what if you did not see any red flags and did visit? Well,
a typical visit to a phony medium might go something like
the following. I am only going to print the medium’s
comments:
“Hello dear, I am Madam Fonybaloney, how are you today?”
“Very good, and how is the family?”
“Oh, and what kind of work does your husband (or wife)
do?”
“Who would you like to contact today?”
“Your uncle Silas? Were you and your uncle Silas close?”
Etc. She will get you to talking, seemingly just being friendly.
But actually, she is fishing for information. When she feels
that she has gathered enough information from you, then she
may “go into a trance” or may just start to call
Uncle Silas and talk to him. She will passon his “comments”
to you, comments that she has just made up based on what you
have told her. We will come back to this in a moment.
Lets compare the above visit with a visit to a real spiritualists
medium. Again, I am only going to print the medium’s
comments:
“Hello, I am MaryJane. How are you today?”
“Very good, and how can I help you?”
“Well, I cannot guarantee that any specific spirit will
come through, but I will do what I can.”
“There is a woman here, with an “M” name.
She says that she was Your uncle Silas’ wife. She says
that he is in isolation right now and cannot attend, but that
he is doing well.”
On the other hand, Uncle Silas may come through. The difference
is that she has made no guarantees, and has not pumped you
for information about Uncle Silas and your relationship to
him.
Lets go back to Madam Fonybaloney again. We already know that
she is unethical and dishonest. But often these charlatans
will realize that they have a goldmine on their hands and
decide to milk it. So the “reading” might go something
like the following:
“Oh dear, Uncle Silas is here, but I am afraid that
I have some very bad news for you. It seems that he is laboring
under a curse and is being blocked from moving on to his reward.
He says that it is very unpleasant and uncomfortable where
he is right now. (There may even be demons tormenting him.)
But don’t despair, I can remove the curse if you want
me to.” “You do want me to remove it? Very good,
but I will have to buy some materials to do my spell work
with. They will cost $300.”
So you give her the $300 and she tells you to come back in
two weeks and she will give you a report then. Notice that
she is not charging you for the spell work, only for the materials
that she must buy. When you go back, it seems that things
were much worse than she had thought, that there were underlying
forces at work. But she can handle them, just that she has
to buy more materials to do this more intensive spell work,
but she can get them at a discount for $700. This will continue
until she has bled you dry, then may insist that you sell
your jewelry, your car, your home, everything to get the money
to help poor Uncle Silas. She may even curse you if you refuse.
And the pathetic thing is that she has never been in contact
with Uncle Silas at all.
Lets say that you went to see a “medium” and she
did pump you for information, but then gave you a fairly positive
“reading,” so you are not sure if it was genuine
or not. Is there a way to tell? Yes, there is, but it will
cost you the price of another reading. Have a friend that
has never visited that medium before go to see her. Do not
go with your friend. This friend should either never have
been married, or else their spouse should be alive and well.
Have the friend tell the medium that he/she wants to contact
his/her deceased spouse. They can even tell the medium the
spouse’s name. If the medium does make that contact,
then the medium is obviously a phony. A real medium will not
be able to make the contact.
Do’s and Don’t’s - Spiritualist Mediums:
Don’t visit any medium that guarantees to contact a
specific spirit. It does not work that
way.
Don’t give the medium a lot of information. One man
I know once said to a “medium,”
“You tell me, you are the psychic.” The “medium”
told him that if he was not going to cooperate, she could
not help him.
Do go in with an open mind.
Do tell the medium that you wish to contact a spirit. If the
medium asks who, you may tell them, but no more. Some legitimate
mediums will ask you not to tell them who you wish to contact.
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