| It is not my purpose to condemn religions or sway | | | | because of their own lack of education about them. |
| anyone's opinion or change religious beliefs but rather | | | | Some religions fear that readers will sway people |
| to share my thoughts about psychics and religions. As | | | | away from their religion to the dark side. Do they fear |
| a psychic reader it has been my experience that most | | | | that a reader will teach a person to stretch out |
| religions do not view readers positively and have often | | | | beyond dependency of another to connect him or her |
| encountered controversy regarding psychic philosophy | | | | to a god rather than allow a natural connection with no |
| and work. A spiritual and ethical reader presents | | | | clergy involved? According to the Bible Jesus Christ |
| information that may indeed enhance one's spirituality | | | | possessed super normal powers, healed, prophesied, |
| or renew one's faith but they need not be in | | | | channeled an unseen deity, appeared after death and |
| competition with any religious philosophy. | | | | was considered a god. Christianity expects these |
| I will address the misconceptions, superstitions and lies | | | | things only from a god or holy person and certainly not |
| that religions have about psychic readers who have | | | | a psychic reader. |
| been called false prophets, evildoers, cons or Satan | | | | Religion talks about life after death and often pray to |
| worshipers. Readers have their own individual spiritual | | | | the spirits of those who have died to aid the living |
| philosophies and practices. I've met Catholic and | | | | during challenging times. Some readers, called mediums, |
| Protestants readers, ones who practice Buddhism, | | | | communicate with spirits. Prophets spoke of future |
| Wicca, and those who have no affiliations with a | | | | events; clairvoyants see future visions. Many religious |
| religion but live spiritually each and every day. | | | | people speak of communicating with God through |
| Religions warn against consulting readers saying that a | | | | prayer. Parapsychologists refer to communication that |
| dependency will occur or that readers control lives | | | | is nonphysical and nevertheless apparent as telepathy. |
| through magic or whatever. This may be true in some | | | | Psychic phenomena are spiritual experiences if one is |
| very few cases, but is definitely not true of the | | | | religious but questioned if a psychic reader. |
| majority of readers. Another misunderstanding, psychic | | | | A reading can give one an opportunity advance her |
| tools are the works of the devil. Religious clergy fear | | | | spiritual growth or perhaps realize it deeper spiritual |
| people will rely too much of these tools, perhaps | | | | connection. |