The following is 13 points to understand cold reading (inspired by Ray Hyman´s Guide to Cold Reading):
1) The key ingredient for a successful character reading is the reader´s confidence
If the reader looks and acts as if she believes in what she is doing, she will, because of subjective validation, be able to sell even a bad reading to most subjects. One danger of playing the role of reader is that the reader may actually begin to believe that she really is divining her subject´s true character. She is then caught in ego-inflation (see my article The ego-inflation in the New Age and self-help environment).
2) Many cold readers make creative use of the latest statistical abstracts, polls and surveys
These can provide the reader with much information about what various subclasses in our society believe, do, want, worry about etc. For example, if the reader can ascertain a subject´s place or origin, educational level, and his/her parents´ religion and vocations, the reader has gained information which should allow her to predict with high probability his/her voting preferences and attitudes to many subjects.
Most of the time readers also utilize known principles of psychology that apply to nearly everyone; or simply: they use generalities.
3) The reader will set the stage for her reading
The reader will profess a modesty about her talents. She makes no excessive claims. She will then catch her subject off guard. She isn´t challenging them to a battle of wits – she can read his/her character, whether he/she believes her or not.
4) The reader will gain the subject´s cooperation in advance
The reader will emphasize that the success of the reading depends as much on the subject´s cooperation as on her efforts. After all, the reader implies she already has a successful career at character reading (the thought distortion Truth by authority is central here). The reader is not on trial, but her subject is!
The reader will state that due to difficulties of language and communication, she may not always convey the mening she intends. In these cases, the subject must strive to fit the reading to his/her own life. The reader accomplishes two valuable ends with this dodge – Firstly, she has an alibi in case the reading doesn´t click: it is the subject´s fault, not her! Secondly, her subject will, again because of subjective validation, strive to fit the reader´s generalities to his/her specific life circumstances. Later, when the subject recalls the reading, the reader will be credited with much more detail than she actually provided! This is crucial. Her reading will only succeed to the degree that the subject is made an active participant in the reading, and therefore that subjective validation is active in the subject.
The good reader is the one who, deliberately or unwittingly, forces the subject to search his/her mind to make sense of her statements
5) Some readers use gimmicks, such as Tarot cards, crystal ball, palm reading etc.
Use of props serves two valuable purposes. Firstly, it lends atmosphere to the reading. Secondly, (and more importantly) it gives the reader time to formulate her next question/statement. Instead of just sitting there, thinking of something to say, she can be intently studying the cards/crystal ball etc. She may opt to hold hands with her subject – This helps her feel the subject´s reactions to her statements. If she is using, say, palmistry (the reading of hands) it helps if she has studied some manuals, and have learned the terminology. This will allow her to more quickly zero in on her subject´s chief concerns – “do you wish to concentrate on the heart line or the wealth line?”
6) The reader will have a list of stock phrases at the tip of her tongue
Even during a cold reading, a liberal sprinkling of stock phrases will add body to the reading and will help the reader fill in time while she formulates more precise characterisations. The reader uses them to start her readings. Palmistry, tarot and other fortune telling manuals are a key source of good phrases.
7) The reader keeps her eyes open!
The reader will size the subject up by observing his/her clothes, jewellery, mannerisms and speech. Even a crude classification based on these can provide the basis for a good reading. The reader will also watch carefully for her subject´s response to her statements, and notice when she is hitting the mark!
8) The reader will use the technique of fishing
This is simply a technique to get the subject to tell the reader about his/herself. Then the reader will rephrase what she has been told and feed it back to the subject.
One way of fishing is that the reader says something at once vague and suggestive – (notice that readers never say anything directly – they are alwaysfishing!) – e.g., “I´m getting a strong feeling about....” (something). The reader will have committed to memory such things as the most common male and female names and a list of items likely to be lying about the house such as an old calender, a photo album, newspaper clippings, and so on. The reader also works on certain themes that are likely to resonate with most people who consult clairvoyants: love, money, career, health, and travel.
If the subject responds, positively or negatively, the reader´s next move is to play off the response. If the response is positive then the reader will say something like: “Yes, I can see that,” anything to reinforce the idea that she was more precise than she actually was.
If the subject gives a negative response the reader might reply: “Yes, I see that you´ve suppressed a memory about it. You don´t want to be reminded about it. Something painful. Yes, I feel it, it is in the lower back (fishing)...oh, now its in the heart (fishing)...umm, there seems to be a sharp pain in the head (fishing)...or the neck (fishing).”
If the subject gives no response, the reader will leave the area, having firmly implanted in everybody´s mind that the reader really did “see” something but the subject´s suppression of the event hinders both the reader and the subject from realizing the specifics of it. If the subject gives a positive response to any of the fishing expeditions, the reader will follow up with more of “I see that very clearly, now. Yes, the feeling in the heart is getting stronger.”
Another way of fishing is that the reader is phrasing each statement as a question, and then waiting for reply. For example: “I sense that you have a strong feeling for...(someone/something)...am I right?” If the reply or reaction is positive, then the reader will turn the statement into a positive assertion, etc. Often the subject will respond by answering the implied question and then some. Later, the subject will forget that he/she was the source of the information – this is called “source amnesia” (forgetting the source of information) and is a very common occurrence – especially when enforced by subjective evaluation. By making her statements into questions, the reader also forces the subject to search his/her memory to retrieve specific instances to fit the reader´s general statement.
9) A reader is a good listener
During the course of a reading the clairvoyant´s client will be bursting to talk about incidents that are brought up. The good reader allows the client to talk at will. Afterwards the clients often will praise the reader for having astutely told them what in fact they had spoken themselves. Another value of listening is that most clients that seek the services of a reader actually want someone to listen to their problems. In addition, many clients have already made up their minds about what choices they are going to make. They merely want support to carry out their decision.
10) The reader will dramatise her reading
The reader will give back what little information she does have or pick up a little bit at a time. She will make it seem more than it is. She will build word pictures around each divulgence, and she will not be afraid of hamming it up.
11) The reader always gives the impression that she knows more than she is saying
The succesful reader, like the family doctor, always acts as if she knows much more. Once she has persuaded the subject that she knows one item of information that she couldn´t possible have known (through normal channels) the subject will assume that she knows all! At this point, the subject will open up and confide in her.
12) A reader is not afraid to flatter her subject at every opportunity
An occasional subject will protest, but will still lap it up. In such cases, the reader can add: “You are always suspicious of those who flatter you. You just can´t believe that someone will say something good about you without an ulterior motive”.
13) The reader will always tell the subject what he/she wants to hear!
Wednesday 12 September 2018
Sunday 9 September 2018
David Pierce Rodriguez and Emily Menshouse Stakely
DAVID PIERCE RODRIGUEZ, FOUNDER OF PRISM PARANORMAL RESEARCH
David Pierce Rodriguez is the founder of PRISM Paranormal Research. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of a Cuban father and American mother. Fluent in both English and Spanish, he spent the first part of his life growing up in Spain and Portugal. As a teenager, he moved to the United States and currently resides in Miami, Florida. Between the ages of twelve and sixteen, David experienced a series of several life-altering paranormal events. In an effort to show his family and others who were skeptical about what he had encountered, he began documenting the events that he was experiencing.
David Pierce Rodriguez is the founder of PRISM Paranormal Research. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of a Cuban father and American mother. Fluent in both English and Spanish, he spent the first part of his life growing up in Spain and Portugal. As a teenager, he moved to the United States and currently resides in Miami, Florida. Between the ages of twelve and sixteen, David experienced a series of several life-altering paranormal events. In an effort to show his family and others who were skeptical about what he had encountered, he began documenting the events that he was experiencing.
After finishing his studies at the Ohio State University, in 1996, David co-owned a recording studio in Atlanta, Georgia and learned the art of recording spirit voices, or Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). In 2003, David started a paranormal meet-up group in Omaha, Nebraska. The popularity of the group quickly led to the formation of Paranormal Research and Investigative Studies Midwest (PRISM). As of 2018, PRISM Paranormal Research is comprised of fifteen teams worldwide.
David currently works as the Director of PRISM South Florida and has made several TV appearances in both the United States and Latin America. Television stations include NBC, Univision, Telemundo, Mega TV, América TeVe, and Mira TV. David also works as an official ghost tour guide for Miami-Dade County, hosting events at several haunted Miami locations including the Deering Estate, the Gold Coast Railroad Museum, the Cape Florida Lighthouse, and Thalatta Estate. In early 2016, David was the first paranormal researcher to investigate on the island nation of Cuba...plus Emily Menshouse Stakely of Frick and Frack Paranormal and Dirty Ghost Box..Emily...Emily Menshouse Stakely has studied paranormal activities, concentrating in the area of electronic voice phenomenon analysis (EVP), for nearly 18 years. She has participated in and conducted large scale location and residential hauntings including being the paranormal residential investigator for The Seaton Manor located in Ashland, Kentucky. Emily founded Frick & Frack Paranormal (affiliate to PRISM) and will be working on The Boneyfiddle Hauntings project located in Portsmouth, Ohio. She is also the Creator of The Dirty Ghostbox, which you can find on her YouTube page. She is a former cast member of the TV Show The Paranormal Journeys, participating in Seasons 3-5, currently filming Season 5. The show can be found on Roku and other networks in several different states- Check local listings. Also, Emily has recently worked with PRISM’s Founder, David Pierce Rodriguez, on Haunted Columbus and Haunted Louisville projects. She has had numerous radio guest appearances on networks such as Para-X, Paramania, KCOR, Holsworthy Mark Show, The Calling, Paranormal Analytical, Paranormally Correct, A to Z with Amy and Zana, Exploring The Bizarre, Paranormal Analytical, and Behind The Open Door. Emily obtained her Bachelor and Master Degree in Christian Education with a minor in Theology at Freedom Bible College and Seminary. She furthered her education by also obtaining a Bachelor in Accounting through Ohio University, Bachelor of Business Administration/Marketing through The University of The Cumberlands along with her Master in Teaching (Elementary Education). She has extensive background in business development, marketing, social media, training/teaching, and management....Podcast...
DAVID PIERCE RODRIGUEZ, Emily Menshouse Stakely
South Africa new occult crime unit?
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In a press release today, the South African Pagan Rights Alliance (SAPRA) addressed the formation of a new Occult Crime Unit to investigate crimes supposedly linked to supernatural events or committed out of a belief in the supernatural.
Of special significance to our community is the specific mention of vampirism as one focus area of this new unit, which comes across as eerily similar to its predecessor, which terrorized non-Christian religious and spiritual communities through the lens of ill-conceived “Satanic panic” doctrine during its 1991-2000 tenure, until it was disbanded after being found to be “out of touch” with the country’s new constitution. Our community – and indeed any community which may find itself in the cross-hairs of this unit, should be wondering what has changed, and why?
Is “Satanic panic” making a come-back in government? The text of the press release by SAPRA below:
“The South African Police Service is launching new regional occult crime units. According to a leaked memorandum, Provincial Commissioners were recently instructed to appointed two detectives in every province tasked with investigating alleged harmful occult-related crimes.
Those already familiar with the work of the old ORC unit then led by Kobus Jonker, will recall that between 1992 and 2001 the unit is alleged to have investigated 300 cases of muti-related crimes (murders committed for the express purpose of harvesting human body parts for sale to traditional healers).
The ORC’s previous mandate included: a) investigating occult-related crime, b) in conjunction with the South African Police Service Crime Intelligence, promoting the prevention of occult-related crime, c) managing the use and dissemination of information on occult-related crime, and d) rendering services to victims of occult-related crime.
In addition to investigating muti murders, newly appointed detectives will be required to also investigate spectral evidence including spiritual intimidation and astral coercion, curses intended to cause harm, allegations of rape by tokoloshe spirits, and poltergeist and paranormal phenomena.
The units will also be responsible for investigating alleged offences relating to Witchcraft (identified as “black magic” by the SAPS), Voodoo, vampirism, harmful cult behavior, suicide where evidence of occult involvement is present, animal mutilation and sacrifice where evidence of occult involvement is believed to be indicated, human sacrifice, and the interpretation of alleged occult signatures, vandalism and graffiti at crime scenes.
This newly envisioned scope of investigation must be viewed with suspicion and be of concern to anyone engaged in the practice of Witchcraft, Traditional African religion, and other Occult spiritualities (including Satanism). Given the already evident bias expressed by ex-members of ORC and new members of provincial Religious Crimes Units against Witchcraft, SAPRA believes the new mandate potentially threatens religious minorities who may be scapegoated on the basis of belief alone.
It is the informed opinion of this Alliance that the given investigative mandate for the establishment of new provincial Occult Crime Units, in particular, certain ‘categories of crime’ as mentioned in said memorandum, contravene internationally recognized policing ethics and conduct related to a) jurisprudence in the identification and verification of evidence, and b) respect for religious diversity and belief.
Law of Evidence
The SAPS memorandum states “For a crime to be considered a harmful occult-related crime, the elements of legality, conduct and unlawfulness and culpability have to be present and the motive must be rooted in the supernatural.”
The term ‘supernatural’ is generally defined as something above or beyond the laws of Nature. In a strictly scientific context, the belief in the supernatural agency of a non-corporeal entity (spirit, fairy, demon, God) cannot be proven using the law of evidence in any Court of Law, and therefore cannot be submitted as evidence of anything other than faith in the unknown. Since the courts will not accept evidence of the supernatural on principle, the ORC detectives will be wasting valuable time and effort investigating para-psychological phenomena.
This Alliance is of the informed opinion that SAPS special unit detectives should not be considering the role of alleged supernatural occurrences in the commission or investigation of crimes. A belief in the existence of the supernatural is not, and cannot be viewed as proof of the supernatural. The SAPS must deal in matters of verifiable fact, not religious or cultural belief. The SAPS should not be fulfilling what should remain the role of religious or psychology specialists.
This Alliance objects to the inclusion of unexplained and unprovable supernatural and paranormal activities, as such matters are best left to para-psychologists and spiritualists, not police detectives.
Religious bias, prejudice and propaganda against the Occult
In the SAPS memorandum under objection, newly appointed detectives of regional occult crime units are encouraged to consult with “trained individuals in their respective provinces… with the investigation of an alleged harmful occult-related crime”.
It must be noted that former occult unit detectives, many of whom now independently pursue careers in Christian ministry and in particular, ministry against the Occult, Witchcraft, Satanism, and ‘Spiritual-warfare’ ministries targeted specifically at Witches and Satanists, will be consulted by detectives assigned to regional occult crime units.
This Alliance is of the opinion that consultations with such persons will introduce highly subjective religious bias and prejudicial reasoning into investigations which should remain rationally objective.
SAPRA will be submitting formal objection to the scope of the new SAPS mandate and will be closely monitoring the activities of all new ORC units to ensure that innocent civilians are not targeted by un-provable allegations of criminal or harmful activities.
For more information contact SAPRA at info@paganrightsalliance.org
South African Pagan Rights Alliance (SAPRA)
Every community finding themselves in the target group of this new unit needs to sit up and pay attention.
Should the SA Police implement a new task-team/system of units dedicated to persuing occult related crime, and begin operating on a similar basis to the old ORC (Occult Related Crimes) Unit, and focus on our activiities as a Vampyre community, by attempting to link us to “satanism” and other forms of “occult-related crime” or “Satanic Ritual Abuse” – what will the consequences be in terms of our constitutional rights pertaining to freedom of religion et al?
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Peninsula Paranormal Group
The group is a small group of family and close friends. We are a group that is looking for proof of paranormal existence. We have a large range of equipment that gets used ie voice recorders, camcorders, rem pods, kinects just to mention a view. YouTube channel link...https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCJwZV6QvQ_r2_HQR2R2Apiw...Facebook Link.....https://www.facebook.com/groups/141292673221839/?ref=br_rs...Podcast...
Ghost Talk
who is Mary?
Founder of ghost talk paranormal investigations and work as a lone wolf with a lot off paranormal teams and urbex teams in the netherlands.
together with my best friend petra i started in 2016 Ghost talk on social media in the netherlands . We have twitter, instagram, YouTube, Facebook group and like pagina's. We started doing live streams with different people out off the paranormale and spirituel field to get more in the open. What they do and why they do it.Petra and since a few months Veronique are supporting me and helps me with all ideas , intervieuws and getting more intervieuws on facebook.
i dont talk much about myself and what i do,its more what we do as a team. Its the whole idea whats important to me.
Reikimaster in Usui,kundalini,Necari and violette flame reiki
Work with angellinks and hand on healings
Intuitive,healing , relaxing and hot stone massages ,counselor
Hypnoses and regression therapist
Trance healing
Founder of ghost talk paranormal investigations and work as a lone wolf with a lot off paranormal teams and urbex teams in the netherlands.
together with my best friend petra i started in 2016 Ghost talk on social media in the netherlands . We have twitter, instagram, YouTube, Facebook group and like pagina's. We started doing live streams with different people out off the paranormale and spirituel field to get more in the open. What they do and why they do it.Petra and since a few months Veronique are supporting me and helps me with all ideas , intervieuws and getting more intervieuws on facebook.
i dont talk much about myself and what i do,its more what we do as a team. Its the whole idea whats important to me.
Reikimaster in Usui,kundalini,Necari and violette flame reiki
Work with angellinks and hand on healings
Intuitive,healing , relaxing and hot stone massages ,counselor
Hypnoses and regression therapist
Trance healing
Thursday 6 September 2018
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