Hello all. My first post here, but long time lurker and subscriber.
I would like to share some of my experiences dabbling in the world of psychic mediumship. I've always been an open minded skeptic, fascinated by all things fortean but at the same time looking for logical explanations. Earlier this year I decided to accompany a like minded friend on a series of psychic development workshops, with some surprising results. In one experiment I sat opposite a lady I had never met before, and who also claimed to be a novice, and appeared to connect to her deceased father. I followed the instructions given by our teacher (visualisations of energy flow and asking spirit guides to draw near), sat quietly and saw in my minds eye a series of images, which I relayed to my partner. She confirmed that I was describing her father, and various objects related to his life (working on fishing boats, farming potatoes, old fashioned black and white TV).
A second experiment in another workshop shook me up slightly, and I still find this one difficult to explain. I sat opposite a different lady and repeated the same process, however this time the images I saw and relayed reduced her to tears. She told me to search online for a certain young man who had very recently died in a car crash (he was not local, neither was this lady, she had travelled over an hour to attend this workshop). When I read the news article I realised I had seen and described this young man, the car he had died in, and various aspects of his life (koi fish pond, lads holidays, football).
Now when I watch mediums at work on TV or on platforms in pubs, etc I often think maybe the audience members are stooges, or sometimes what they say is so vague it could fit anything if you were desperate for confirmation that your loved ones still exist on the other side. However I experienced these events myself, and certainly find the second experience harder to explain due to the newspaper reports verifying what I 'saw'. The first lady could perhaps have lied to me, perhaps to spare my feelings when I was actually way of the mark.
I have had a few other minor experiences since these workshops, one involved a lady appearing to me in meditation, who turned out to be my husbands great aunt (I had no idea who she was).
Has anyone else tried their hand at mediumship or psychic readings? And I'm interested in your opinions on this subject? I am certainly less skeptical!
I would like to share some of my experiences dabbling in the world of psychic mediumship. I've always been an open minded skeptic, fascinated by all things fortean but at the same time looking for logical explanations. Earlier this year I decided to accompany a like minded friend on a series of psychic development workshops, with some surprising results. In one experiment I sat opposite a lady I had never met before, and who also claimed to be a novice, and appeared to connect to her deceased father. I followed the instructions given by our teacher (visualisations of energy flow and asking spirit guides to draw near), sat quietly and saw in my minds eye a series of images, which I relayed to my partner. She confirmed that I was describing her father, and various objects related to his life (working on fishing boats, farming potatoes, old fashioned black and white TV).
A second experiment in another workshop shook me up slightly, and I still find this one difficult to explain. I sat opposite a different lady and repeated the same process, however this time the images I saw and relayed reduced her to tears. She told me to search online for a certain young man who had very recently died in a car crash (he was not local, neither was this lady, she had travelled over an hour to attend this workshop). When I read the news article I realised I had seen and described this young man, the car he had died in, and various aspects of his life (koi fish pond, lads holidays, football).
Now when I watch mediums at work on TV or on platforms in pubs, etc I often think maybe the audience members are stooges, or sometimes what they say is so vague it could fit anything if you were desperate for confirmation that your loved ones still exist on the other side. However I experienced these events myself, and certainly find the second experience harder to explain due to the newspaper reports verifying what I 'saw'. The first lady could perhaps have lied to me, perhaps to spare my feelings when I was actually way of the mark.
I have had a few other minor experiences since these workshops, one involved a lady appearing to me in meditation, who turned out to be my husbands great aunt (I had no idea who she was).
Has anyone else tried their hand at mediumship or psychic readings? And I'm interested in your opinions on this subject? I am certainly less skeptical!