Psychics in the news – good, bad and middling

There has been a tiny surge of psychic activity in the news over the last week. psychic skills and power can – like the Doctors scalpel, be used to both heal and harm. No more so is that evident than in the recent news.

The bad Psychic News

On one hand we have the charlatans involved in a 20 year $40,000,000 scam, who allegedly claimed psychic powers to basically defraud wealthy families. 8 people have been charged and are looking at hefty sentences.

The Good Psychic News

On the other hand you have a practising psychic who actively sought to help the police sadly locate the body of a young girl. In instructions to the police that were not entirely dissimilar to psychic sat nav, the psychic literally directed them to where the remains were found and thus, ended the mystery and the missing girl case then became a murder investigation.

Both stories have generate a furore of activity and shouts of indignation, in fact a state in the USA has already passed much stricter laws for psychics who wish to practice there, citing incidents around returned jewellery and other requests for police involvement after what appears to be barter payment for services.

The general reactions from local psychics – one of indignation and dismay? Far from it, they on the whole welcome any legislation that minimises tricksters. You see, we are as keen to promote ethical behaviour, usually more so than “official” bodies.

The Ugly Psychic News

Of course the big sceptics teams are always happy to jump on the negativity bandwagon, using any story to further debunk “psychic claims” and “prove” that every psychic be that phone psychic, tarot reader, medium or clairvoyant is out to rob Granny and dip their thieving paws into the family silver.

The instances where terrific psychics do help – and for many genuine psychics this is on a daily basis – go ignored, not a single comment to be heard anywhere from the detractors. I wonder why?

Psychics ability is a wonderful gift – and it can be use to genuinely help, anyone who has needed help and guidance and who has contacted a psychic phone line will attest to that. 1 in 7 Americans has at some point called a psychic advisor to ask for help, comfort and guidance. The same numbers we would suspect are true in the UK and across the rest of the western world.

We are not Gods and we are not demons, we are people who love, care and want to help. Maybe if some of the sceptics started to think of us as human beings rather than a mass enemy, it would be healthier all round.