How Mediums Help The Living

By Shirley Scott


For years, humans have been very keen on any attempts to contact their loved ones that have already passed on. Mediumship is one of the practices that reportedly allows the communication between the living and the dead with the help of a medium or someone who claims to be able to see and talk to dead spirits. A San Diego medium provides a means of closure for people who want to reconnect with their lost loved ones.

In certain cultures, families reunite for specific times in the year to celebrate death anniversaries of loved ones. There are tons of preparations preceding these celebrations. Some cook massive feasts while others hold novenas or prayer vigils days or weeks before the anniversary. These celebrations are done in the spirit of hope and faith.

These celebrations shed light on the value that we place on those who have already passed on. Our belief in the afterlife is primarily to blame for these practices that we celebrate. Most of the entire population has roots deeply grounded in a religious upbringing. Even now, lots of us believe that death is not the end for us.

Religions and cultures around the world commonly interpret the afterlife differently. However, almost every one has an explanation or a belief of what is to come after death, hence the idea of the afterlife is rather universal. Believers seeking to reconnect with spirits employ the services of a medium. Psychic readings are highly controversial because no physical evidence can back up any of the readings that the mediums make during a session.

Nonbelievers point out that most of the findings in a reading are built around coincidental evidence. However, there are still others that insist on the authenticity of supernatural events that take place during a session. All in all, these arguments only underline how much our cultures are similar in their beliefs in the afterlife.

While psychics rely on their sense of intuition when making readings for a person, mediums use the same intuitive abilities but take it a step further. They reportedly harness this energy and tune it into the spirits surrounding the person being read in order to deliver messages from the dead to the living. Because none of these practices are grounded on facts, there is no right or wrong way of choosing a medium.

You mainly have to rely on your sense of trust and intuition to determine whether that reader is authentic or not, especially since you can only imagine how easy it is to fake mediumship or psychic abilities. An interesting effect that frauds take advantage of is the Forer Effect. A major thing is they start off by getting gullible clients to give out important personal information before the session has even begun.

After getting the information, frauds then build claims around these that are applicable to almost anyone. With enough experience, they can make clients trust every word they are saying by spinning it around personal tragedies that happen to almost everyone. Physical clues such as wedding rings or subtle nods here and there also help psychics indicate events in the lives of their clients that are most personal to them.

Tons of practice and serious observation skills developed over time are the main tricks that frauds use to mimic a successful reading session. You would be shocked that this actually requires a certain edge of finesse and proficiency. Because of their skill, some of the claims they make can be partially true, but what helps them is mostly the practice of psychology instead of the supernatural abilities they claim to possess. Still, believers have nothing to be ashamed of in appreciating psychic abilities. It may have somehow helped them cope with grief over a tragic loss and if it does them something good, then that should ultimately be their business.




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