Top medium quits saying, ‘I was deluded’ - Page 2

accyman · 01-02-2010, 14:41

oh great thanx guys iv just enrolled into a college course on how to con people out of their money by claiming to talk to their dead loved ones and you lot go exposing it as fake.

oh well back to the pyramid schemes luckily guilability is transferable

Gayle · 01-02-2010, 14:48

I'm a bit confused by the article - he says he's given it all up because he heard a voice. Now, forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't that the whole point - these spiritualists and psychics hearing voices? So, if he heard a voice that means he does believe in it all, yet he's denouncing it as fake. But if it's fake then how is he hearing voices?

accyman · 01-02-2010, 14:50

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Originally Posted by Gayle

I'm a bit confused by the article - he says he's given it all up because he heard a voice. Now, forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't that the whole point - these spiritualists and psychics hearing voices? So, if he heard a voice that means he does believe in it all, yet he's denouncing it as fake. But if it's fake then how is he hearing voices?

because hes a nutter

Gayle · 01-02-2010, 14:52

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because hes a nutter

Oh, ok, that clears it up then. Thanks.

MargaretR · 01-02-2010, 14:59

In my recent research into out of body experiences* I am convinced that there are such things as ghosts, but attempting to contact them is inadvisable.

Maybe he has now realised this, and admits falsifying contact at times.
He got an audio message from an evil entity, which is how he realised the dangers.

*recently read 3 books by Robert A Monroe
Journeys out of Body
Far Journeys
Ultimate Journey

Studio25 · 01-02-2010, 15:13

I remember seeing Derren Brown live in Colne - part of his act was to show how spiritualists and mediums are a con, and anyone receptive to suitable signs can steer a conversation to make it sound like they are talking to departed loved ones. He was quite insistent that everything that was about to happen was simply manipulation and trickery - there were no spirits in the room that were speaking to him.

He got a random (allegedly) audience member to come up and start talking about someone, she described the name of the person, his appearance, university and lifestyle and correctly identified the timing and manner of his death.

When she sat down he told the audience he was a good friend of that person at university and explained why he'd been keener than usual to assert that it's all cr*p - his friend's parents were in the audience and had given him permission to incorporate it in his act. They confirmed that everything the girl had said about their son was right.

Less · 01-02-2010, 15:45

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

In my recent research into out of body experiences* I am convinced that there are such things as ghosts, but attempting to contact them is inadvisable.

Maybe he has now realised this, and admits falsifying contact at times.
He got an audio message from an evil entity, which is how he realised the dangers.

*recently read 3 books by Robert A Monroe
Journeys out of Body
Far Journeys
Ultimate Journey

As usual Margaret we can rely on you as accywebs voice of reason, thank you?

accyman · 01-02-2010, 16:32

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Originally Posted by Gayle

Oh, ok, that clears it up then. Thanks.

sometimes the answer is the most simple one, if neil comes off his medication he hears voices too

medication been precribed earplugs and the voices been mainly his missus

Gayle · 01-02-2010, 16:46

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Originally Posted by accyman

sometimes the answer is the most simple one, if neil comes off his medication he hears voices too

medication been precribed earplugs and the voices been mainly his missus

I hope that's not our new moderator that you're talking about. You know it's against the rules to make disparaging comments about moderators?

Less · 01-02-2010, 16:55

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Originally Posted by Gayle

I hope that's not our new moderator that you're talking about. You know it's against the rules to make disparaging comments about moderators?

Only if someone reports them.

Neil · 01-02-2010, 17:12

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I hope that's not our new moderator that you're talking about. You know it's against the rules to make disparaging comments about moderators?

I do not know what disparaging means - I hope it means I am good in bed or I might stop being friends with you

Taggy · 08-02-2010, 18:12

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Originally Posted by garinda

'James Byrne’s style of mediumship ensured “sold out” notices outside all the large venues at which he regularly demonstrated for almost 30 years.

He even filled the London Palladium – following in the psychic footsteps of the late Doris Stokes. He made TV appearances, was a regular on radio phone-in shows, and wrote a book with John Sutton about his life and work: The Psychic World of James Byrne.

He has shared the platform in Spiritualist churches and public halls with other mediums and has even been dubbed “the medium’s medium”.

But those days are over. Incredibly, Byrne has not only turned his back on Spiritualism, claiming that he has been deluding himself and others, but intends exposing other psychics and their “tricks”.

Ironically, Byrne made headlines in 1997 when a group of clergymen tried unsuccessfully to get a local council to ban his demonstration of mediumship at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre.'

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Looking at that article, it was published in 2006, .....he doesn't seem to have made many inroads into debunking people who he thinks are fakes if nothing further has been heard from him publicly since then?

Best Regards - Taggy

garinda · 08-02-2010, 19:12

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Originally Posted by Taggy

Looking at that article, it was published in 2006, .....he doesn't seem to have made many inroads into debunking people who he thinks are fakes if nothing further has been heard from him publicly since then?

Best Regards - Taggy

According to his agent...
'James has recently taken a short break in his theatre work due to the expansion of his family but now returns with his brand new show “An Audience with” James Byrne.'
Nigel Round Management - Hayley Tamaddon, Frank SideBottom, Ted Robbins, UK Celebrity Appearances, UK | Psychics | James Byrne

Though you'd have to be psychic to know how long a break it'll be.

Taggy · 08-02-2010, 19:32

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Originally Posted by garinda

According to his agent...
'James has recently taken a short break in his theatre work due to the expansion of his family but now returns with his brand new show “An Audience with” James Byrne.'
Nigel Round Management - Hayley Tamaddon, Frank SideBottom, Ted Robbins, UK Celebrity Appearances, UK | Psychics | James Byrne

Though you'd have to be psychic to know how long a break it'll be.

Looks like its poacher turned gamekeeper turned poacher!!!

This fella really needs to make his mind up!

Best Regards - Taggy