PSYCHIC READINGS...
Psychics have gone by many different names throughout history but their psychic reading abilities have not changed.
Some people believe that they can move beyond the temporal plane and see and do things that extend beyond our natural awareness. These people are called psychics. Wanting and searching for truth in the form of talking to dead people, using tarot cards to tap into the human subconscious and using ESP, or telepathy are all things these people claim to do; often they are getting out of their earthly shell.
Other names for psychics are mediums, necromancers and spiritualists. These people believe they can read farther into humankind's mass unconscious and bring to light things about ourselves that we did not know, things which we may not wish to know. The history of psychics is shaky at best.
There had been established some Spiritualist churches which featured speaking with the dead, and other assorted manifestations of spirits. There were many critics, such as the Harry Houdini, who knew about shows such as his and decided they were fake.
The tested telepathy, hypnotism, mesmeric trances, haunted houses and the method behind the messy madness. However, the tests administered mostly fed the debunking fuel, finding many of the reported spiritualists to be frauds. This was hard on sold believers. One member of the Society was so distraught over finding certain persons to be false that he committed suicide in a Brighton hotel in 1888.
The history of physics just gets more interesting. There were other instances of societies created to investigate scientifically psychic phenomenon. Arthur Ford (1897-1971) was a Disciples of Christ minister who gave up the cloth to lead a life of prominence through contacting a spirit named "Flecher." He also gained media recognition through contacting the dead son of Bishop James Pike in a televised media event. Throughout history physics have been garnering our support if just for their ability to make us believe in other worldly possibilities, which we want so much to believe in. Some sort of explanations for why we are here and what we are doing on this earth. It's up to each person to find out. And though a history of psychic readings may not show us what we want to hear that there are people who can communicate with our dead relatives and tell us what we need to know for the future, each person had to make their own believable dream for that unique individual.
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