Have You Ever Been Tricked By Someone Claiming To Be Able To Contact The Dead?

[naomi24]

Driving home today I was listening to Jeremy Vine interviewing A J West about his new book, 'The Spirit Engineer', which examines, among other things, the reality or otherwise of the spirit world and the trickery used by charlatans to convince people that they are actually contacting the dearly departed. Mr West threw out a couple of 'cold' readings and asked listeners to phone in if they thought anything he said referred to them personally. I arrived home before anyone called so I've no idea of the outcome. Interesting nonetheless.

So … have you ever been tricked by a trickster - and when did you realise you had?

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-spirit-engineer/a-j-west/9780715654330

[pixie374]

No answer, still. Thought not. Carry on with your scoffing and emojis... dont answer, if you can't x

[naomi24]

Odd what people who don’t know … know …. isn’t it mamyalynne.

[pixie374]

And people who pretend to know, can't say :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Might you have been a fox terrier in a former life Pixie? ;-)

[pixie374]

Lol. Just responding.... x

[johnny.5]

I am getting the image of ...........

it's quite hard this one but it is trying to get a message across........

yes I can just about make it out

but it is a bit feint .........

ahhh that's why..........

it's a message from a small black and white animal.....

it keeps tapping me with it's paw ......

does anyone here remember having a loving pet that passed over a few years ago ???

their name is something like Benny or Billy or Benji ???

anyway they have a message they would like me to pass on to you...

[pixie374]

Johnny, honestly- I would suggest anyone with a vaguely open mind, watch Derren Brown, see what he shows you, and come back with your view x

[johnny.5]

pixie
I have watched a lot of Derren Brown ( not all ) and he is very good especially with subliminal messages, and the great show he did with the 7 fold accumulator bet

[pixie374]

Yes, try the psychic ones? It's purely just psychology... but also, very interesting. Also, the religious ones, if you have time x

[SparklyKid]

Have you a link Pixie ?

[murraymints]

I do not deny there are charlatans but can only reiterate.. Until you have had a an experience then nothing anyone can say is acceptable to a sceptic.. But I speak from considerable personal experience. And have nothing to gain from saying so..

[naomi24]

Whilst I object to being called a liar or deluded, I’ve no objection to people with no experience of their own being sceptical. That’s natural. However, if you don’t know the only rational - and honest - thing you can say is you don’t know….. because you don’t.

[pixie374]

There are several, sparkly. Just one...
https://youtu.be/mICJw09UfrE
And hopefully, it will lead you to others.

[SparklyKid]

Thanks Pixe

[pixie374]

Actually, this might be better to start.... x
https://youtu.be/ENS8_3XdRFw

[pixie374]

But, if you watch the actual shows, you can see how it's actually done.

[AuntPG]

All these tricks are just copying what people with a 'gift' can do naturally. These gifts can't be turned on like a tap, and often things come to you when you are least expecting them. I've seen many psychic fakes -they are pretty easy to pick out if you really do have 'the gift'. I've seen magicians perform tricks, they don't pretend to be anything other than magicians. But I have experienced things while by myself, that I can't explain away as daydreams, too much alcohol or whatever other excuse skeptics come up with.

[pixie374]

Apg... nobody can "copy" a gift. I guess, you haven't seen any of these that explain how its done? Nothing to do with alcohol stupidity, or anything else. Just humans.

[naomi24]

Pixie, you don’t know all about it. You just think you do.

[burlyshirley]

It matters not to me how many people scoff on here. I know what I've seen, what has happened to me and how my deceased Dad has helped me. I don't know why some on here find the need to be downright rude though, but of course that says a hell of a lot more about them, than me. I am happy in my beliefs and happy to have an open and receptive mind. I won't be opening up further though, I don't have to.