Evidential Psychic Readings vs Cold Readings

Evidential Psychic Readings vs Cold Readings

I am newly out-of-the-closet as a psychic to some of my family and friends, so I wasn’t entirely surprised to receive this link (youtube video), from a close family member. If you watch it, it’s a parody of The Long Island Medium; showing how a “cold reading” can be done by a fraud. (A cold reading is one where the Psychic Reader makes generalized statements to make the person getting the reading provide the information.) I myself have even received at least one reading done by a fraud.

I can respect the beliefs of that family member that sent the video, he is still adjusting to the fact that my side job goes against his beliefs (as an atheist). What most people don’t know is that there are ethics involved in psychic-mediumship (for the majority of us, I hope!!). There are practice circles, communities, classes, and Spiritualist churches that work on psychic-mediumship ability AND ETHICS too. I have taken classes in Evidential Mediumship. I work and practice with people that take pride in making sure they provide ethical, evidential readings.

I tell my clients right at the beginning: please do not give me your life story, do not provide details of the situation. I want both you and I to know I’m really connected before you tell me more. (Read here to learn tips on getting psychic readings, including how to give feedback and confirmation.) Some psychic-mediums can’t even read for family and friends because the knowledge messes with the ability to objectively read the cards and messages.

Being a psychic-medium is a profession, and like any, most people pride themselves in their work. If we have an off day and give a poor read, we want to know what it was that we misinterpreted, so we don’t make the same mistake twice. The day a psychic-medium stops listening to their clients, accepting feedback, is the day they stop growing their abilities. I know a man that has done professional tarot readings for 20 years, and one day he began mediumship classes and now he can do that too. He never stopped learning.
 
Legit psychic-mediums do make mistakes. But how do you know if they are legit or not? Well, where is the mistake coming from? Believe it or not, interpretation is the hardest part of a psychic-medium’s job. Receiving the images, feelings and concepts in our mind is one thing. Interpreting them and putting them into the right words that resonate with the person is the absolute hardest part. I feel a nurturing grandmotherly person and a cold wind in my chest… “did grandma have open-heart surgery?” In that case she did, and I interpreted it correctly.  I feel like a parental figure hurt you deeply with misplaced blame. “Did you have a parent that blamed you for everything?” That one turned out to be an older sibling. The impact I felt from her was so deep that I assumed it was a parent. As the oldest of 5, I did not realize the criticism from an older sibling could run so deep. In that case, the feeling I got wasn’t wrong, but my interpretation was based on my own experience. Every psychic can make these kinds of mistakes, which are almost always misinterpretation or allowing logic take over and jumping to conclusions.
 

Yes, sometimes we need confirmation that we are on the right page. And sometimes we misinterpret, but a good psychic should be giving you correct information more than 90% of the time. And it should include details she or he couldn’t just guess.

But if you’ve got this kind of psychic in the video… don’t walk away, run.

Stay away from a psychic that:
– Predicts a death
– Wants more money to remove a curse or spell
– Wants to diagnose you with a condition
– Tells you everything you want to hear; is too good to be true
– Ask for too much personal information (such as bank account numbers by phone)
Most importantly: trust your gut. Your instincts are usually right.
Further Reading:
Metaphysical Education