Not long ago, I had a woman come in for a reading. Well-dressed, educated, well-spoken — and absolutely terrified. It seems that she’d been to another reader earlier in the week, and was told that she’d been “cursed.” She hemmed, hawed, tried to laugh it off, because, really, who believes in those things…. But as …
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Psychic Encyclopedia: The Trickster
I just learned about something called “The Trickster.” Not to be confused with T-Rex, Jeepster (love this song). The Trickster is just what it sounds like: an entity with a slightly warped sense of humor. Your keys go missing, your reading glasses vanish, your checkbook was JUST THERE and it disappears. Some of it may …
Psychic Skill: Psychometry
Sometimes, I’ll just be sitting at Olive Garden, inhaling the endless breadsticks,when a Psychic Emergency strikes. Someone needs a reading! When I don’t have my cards or crystals handy, I turn to “psychometry.” Psychometry is the art of object reading. You hold something belonging to the subject as a way to link in with their …
Angels: They’re Not Just for Christmas Anymore
This time of year there are angels everywhere: in malls, on Christmas cards, hanging from my neighbor’s roof — you name it. I like the ones at Rockefeller Center myself: We tend to focus on the one angel who brought the news of Jesus’s birth – and that would be Archangel Gabriel. Now I know …
THE OUIJA HEEBIE-JEEBIES
I still remember the first time I ever used a Ouija board: I was in fifth grade, having a sleepover with my friends. After a long, giggly debate, we decided the dead person we most wanted to contact was….Betsy Ross. Go figure. (I voted for Bobby Sherman, but he wasn’t dead– a minor technicality). Anyway, …
“My kitty sees dead people!”
I work as a psychic/medium – but don’t limit myself to two-legged clients. I’m frequently asked to talk to pets, including those who’ve passed over. And their take on that experience is pretty interesting. Animals understand – on a very fundamental level — that death is merely a change from one form of energy to …
Living In the Past (Life)
There’s something really tantalizing about the idea of having lived before. I’m not talking about that life before entering the Witness Protection Program — I mean the ones that had you riding alongside Charlemagne, or hanging on a barge with Cleopatra. [Funny, you never want to think about the one you had as a chimney …
Psychic Phone Tag
One of the subjects I’m most asked is about psychic readings that are done over the phone, versus in person: how do they work? Are they as accurate as an in-person reading? And why would you want one? Let me break it down for you, starting with the last part: why would someone want a …
Psychic Phone Tag
One of the subjects I’m most asked is about psychic readings that are done over the phone, versus in person: how do they work? Are they as accurate as an in-person reading? And why would you want one? Let me break it down for you, starting with the last part: why would someone want a …
“Well done, Medium Raya”
The headline is a line from one of my all-time favorite shows, I Love Lucy. In an old bit from their vaudeville days, Fred introduces Ethel, who’s posing as a medium in order to lead a seance which will hopefully impress Ricky’s spirit-obsessed new boss. Here’s a little taste… Having done my share of working …