[Ruby Ring]

I recently went to a psychic who got some things right and some things wrong. However after the basic reading for 40 dollars, she recommended sorting out some issues for 550 - i haggled her down to 200.

So after that she made some corcerning comments arounf repressed childhood memories and several spirits hangning over me. She gave me a crystal and said she was going to church to pray for me. I had to contact her in a few days to get an update. In those few days, the crystal changed colour! it went black in places.

When I rang back she said the Crystal was capturing the spirits and that the issue was alot worse than she initially suspected. To get rid of the spirits it would cost 2,500 dollars! I think I'm been had, what do you think? Can you help please because in fairness, I think there may be an issue alright but do not have this kind of money and my belief is based on this crystal colour change - but this might be something that happends all the time- I dont know! Also the charge seems exorborent ops: I'm also not sure if I believe in the whole psychic thing, especiallty when she tells me shes treating me like a family member...

[TraceyUK]

Hi there Ruby,

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with this psychic but please don't judge all psychics because of one bad experience. Spirit is love ... energy, ... crystal can not capture spirits ... this is a money making scam ... and no good psychic would leave you feeling the way you are feeling ... please don't pay this money and advise anyone you know thinking of it not to. Yes you will have spirit around you as we all do ... but it will be spirit of family and friends passed over ... and they will only be there with love giving support if needed.

You paid this psychic 200 dollars to sort out some issues around you yet it seems to me that she has given you more issues ... issues that are not there ... issues that even though they don't exist could make her some money. What she has given you for your 200 dollars is FEAR ... False Evidence Appearing Real .. because this psychic said it is for real ... does not mean it is so ... hold onto your money and if I were you I would avoid her from now on.

I hope you find the peace you need with this matter as you do not deserve this.
Love and Light
Tracey
xxxx

[Ruby Ring]

Thanks Tracey

I appreciate your response and guidance on this matter. I think the dilemma for me is that I do trust the individual except when it comes to matters of money/ payment. I like the way she (says) she goes to church for guidance and told me of her horror that devil worship is at such a high level. Also she did get some things right that she might not have otherwise known.

So I guess I'm dissapointed with her and expected more. She insisted that I didnt tell anyone about seeing her & she also asked if there was anyone else with me before she threw her 2,500 quote at me! Its been difficult for me morally not telling anyone, but I suppose this is breaking the rule on the internet! If someone tells you you are repressing a childhood memory you'd be inclined to spend alot of money to find out!

Bit really, the Crystal that changed from a bright clear sparkle to a dirty brown black is very strange. I've run a quick search on the internet about this and cant find anything, but I'm not great on the searches! It is very convincing and wierd.

Is there a list of recommended psychics the world over? or indeed a blacklist?

[Nat]

Originally Posted by Ruby Ring

If someone tells you you are repressing a childhood memory you'd be inclined to spend alot of money to find out!

Perhaps, ...but wouldn't it be better spent on a hypnotherapist or psychologist trained in techniques of working through any issues you might have in a safe rather than fear instilling manner, ...and probably without the price tag attached to the speculation this particular psychic has made.

Questionable is, if you even have an issue that does not have an immediately apparent cause.

As far as I am concerned she is out of line, and I am very sorry that you have encountered someone whose has used a degree of psychic insight to set up plausability before running away with herself at your expense.

Ditto Tracey's wise words.

Nat xxx

[Datin]

Dearest Ruby Ring,
Tracey asked me to look at this post as she felt you were in US since you mentioned dollars and I am in the US too. I am a member of the Spiritualist Church in US and we have a couple of police men in our church. I had asked them about the laws in US governing reads. There is no law against reading but there is a law against charging large sums of money to remove a curse, or sell an object for "protection". The reason she wants you to tell no one is that it is a CRIME. Unfrotunately, one that is not reported because the people are embarrased. You are not alone in this and I am so outraged that there are people out there creating fear.

I feel, and I am sure many other readers will agree, that a reading should uplift you and give you confidence in yourself and guide YOU to make the choice that is best for you at that moment. Sometimes, it is to guide you how to let things go and move on, but all in a positive manner. About her telling you that you have repressed childhood memories, I have picked up things like this and I will only say I sense that you have a childhood trauma and if the sitter verifies, I ask them to please see a counsellor about that issue and go a step further and will not read for them again unless they do see a counsellor.

I am so sorry you had the experience you did. I find the best way to find an ethical reader is to go to a Spiritualist Church ( look up the N.S.A.C. on the web for a listing) word of mouth, or check with a Center of Enlightenment in your area.

I am so glad you believed in your intuition and questioned what happened to you. Trust your own judgement, have faith in it, as you can see just from questioning this, you were right on the mark.

There are alot of excellent readers out there and I am very sorry for the experience you had. Why not come into the chat room here http://www.psychic-chat.org/ and get a taste of what a reading should be like.

Much love to you Ruby and keep trusting your intuiton xxxxx

[Ruby Ring]

Hi Nat!

Thanks for your wise words! some people here with a lot of common sense, I think I was expecting something a little more out there! An excellent point you made RE seeing a professional about something like repressed memories. The only problem is, is that there might not be any repressed memories! and if that is the case, this individual should be the equivalent of been dibarred.

The important issue from all of this, is that psychics are in a privalaged position & they can cause alot of damage to people whether intentionally or not. There really should be some kind of governing body but then again how do you sort out the real from the fake?!?!?

only God can do that...

[Ruby Ring]

Thanks so Much Datin

I really appreciate your response - I presume from your post that you are a psychic. One with a little more integrity than my other recent encounter! Actually I live in Ireland, but was in the USA at the time of the reading.

Another few points

1. I saw her eyes go purple during the reading, she said I was seeing her aura during the reading & that I have a psychic ability
2. I had to pick 3 leaves, put them into an envelope and sleep on them for 3 nights. Then boil them and bath in the water.
3. She encouraged me to meditate and gave me 2 stones to hold in my hands when mediatating & that she was sending love my way.
4. I have a re-occuring nightmare for years of been in a plane crash, not the same nightmare, but always a plane crash. Apparently I was a pilot of died in a plane crash in a past life...

My intuition tells me that she is good, but becuase she is quite young, she might be a little inexperienced with money and mangement and attitude towards it. We all have our faults, but psychics are in a privilaged position in that the sitters are listening and latching onto every word, which can be damaging particularly if the sitter is suffering with depression or any mental health issue. Sitters might be desperate to latch onto anything and in this case psychics can be preying on the vulnerable, perhaps unintentionally.

So to get confirmation from you Datin (mustn't mix a D with an S!!!!) is quite re-assuring and I am so glad that I broke my silence here, perhaps I should now tell my wife! Perhaps the psychic in question was aware of the legal issues, and that they are not applicable outside the US? So she could accept money internationally perhaps, but regardless, its the principle of the matter. She promised to sort the issue out for the additional 200 and did not! I was fed some teasers to make me think!

Thanks again Datin

[Nat]

I understand your frustrations, and believe me it is something shared by all well-intentioned and ethical genuine psychics/mediums who are being given a bad rap by those with questionable practices and non sensical advice. How on earth sleeping on some leaves, etc, can possibly resolve anyone's issues escapes me. Ritual can be useful in focusing intent, but it is positive affirmation/attitude and introspective reflection that puts us in charge of sorting our 'stuff' out, whether that be solely from our own motivation or under guidance and direction from some one experienced in leading people along the path of self discovery.

Best wishes to you on your path, and remember, roads are for journeying on, not for reaching destinations, ... coz there is always another town down the track. Enjoy the trip!

Nat xxx

[Old Soul]

>>>I recently went to a psychic who got some things right and some things wrong<<<

Well I don't know about the psychic aspect because I have never given anyone a reading, but I can give you an example of how I interpret prophets true verses false....


A true prophet only speaks 100 percent truth........ a false one mixes truth with lies, :wink:

secondly any buisness practise that ups the price , (after) giving you an initial quote is in my opinion a fraudulant practise, this is where I personally have a very difficult time with the whole buisness of physic abilities as in a buisness, all buisness practises have to beld accountable to law ,

I don't see where a buisness of physcics or tv ministers should be given special privledges.....

I believe your inner witness is given you a red flag... Trust that always

[hellee]

I wholeheartedly agree with Old Soul's post.