Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00578)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, samblo@c... wrote:
> As far as the "Letter" from a written by a former audience
> guest I have my doubts as to it's authenticity. How many
> Production Asst's did you have for your productions? I
> know from my limited experience salaried Prod. Asst's are
> few and not a large gang roaming about aimlessly attempting to
> hear and remember in the babble of over a hundred people in
> waiting.

There are simple ways of faking a psychic performance. The simplest 
is to plant someone in the audience, whom the psychic then "reads" 
for. I heard an astonishing demo on the radio in which a woman 
called in, and the psychic (also a woman) said "Wait, don't tell me 
what you want to ask. I'm the psychic and I will tell you." The 
psychic then proceeded to give an incredible performance, not only 
answering questions unasked, but accurately reading the caller's mind 
in other ways. The caller, of course, was what they call a "ringer," 
someone in cahoots with the psychic. The radio station had a 
switchboard operator who kept others from getting through. There is 
also a simple trick used by some preachers in which the psychic holds 
a sealed envelope to his forehead, answers the question contained on 
a letter sealed within it, then opens the envelope and verifies that 
he read the letter correctly. The way the trick is done, of course, 
is that the envelope opened does not contain the question just 
answered but the NEXT question to be answered. The psychic has 
therefore already read the letter he is answering each time. One 
fellow wore what appeared to be a hearing aid but was actually a 
radio receiver, through which he could receive messages from his 
handlers, etc.

I was introduced to a "psychic" one time, and, desiring to know if he 
is a muscle reader, deliberately relaxed totally. He then put his 
hands to his templed, grimaced, and told me I was "blocking" his 
psychic power. Bullshit. He just could not read me and play me. I 
also went to a psychic fair and was told the same thing by two 
different psychics. I was impressed until I discovered that all the 
psychics in the room told the same thing to everyone who walked in. 
All of these are very simple tricks but they do gull the credulous.

I did meet what appeared to be a real psychic at a Silva support 
group. This was not a pro, but merely someone who had worked with 
the Silva Method for some time. I told the lady nothing, and she 
accurately related everything that had happened to me for the past 
year.

As far as George Bush not knowing anything about Shi'a Islam, what 
DOES George Bush know anything about? Have you ever heard of 
anything? I suggested to one of his admirers that he at least knows 
his ass from his face and was told I was giving him too much credit.