Does Theresa Caputo really talk to spirits?
Is she the genuine article… or is she simply doing cold reading tricks that gullible people believe, simply because they WANT to believe? What do REAL scientists say about psychics and mediums, and people who purport to communicate with spirits on the other side? Is it all new age nonsense, or is there real science that supports the idea that the afterlife is real, and that we all go there after THIS life is done?
The truth is, we get a lot of questions about famous psychic mediums like Theresa Caputo, John Edward, George Anderson, Kim Russo and others of similar stature.
Some interesting facts about Theresa Caputo:
Well before she was a household name, she built a reputation in NY doing live (and often, free) readings on the radio, for the well known grief organization called “The Forever Family Foundation”, a non profit dedicated to helping grieving families overcome loss.
And while she is certainly not always 100% accurate, well before the TV show, she had stumped skeptics, and scientists who would listen in… hoping to catch some sort of trickery, fraud or common cold reading technique.
The funny thing is, while listening to her years back, before she was a well known celebrity, I couldn’t help but be impressed and the incredible amount of super specific information that used to come through during her live readings with total strangers… making it very difficult to explain away as fraud, fakery or good guesses.
(and to be totally honest with you, quite often… FAR more evidential and interesting than the stuff that comes through on TV)
So what about the skeptics and cynics and those that debunk ALL psychic phenomena?
Honestly? They are wrong. (and I know… as I used to be one of them!)
The truth is, EACH psychic, clairvoyant or medium has to live on the basis of their own merits, and their own readings… the fact is, while skeptics like to argue they are all doing cold reading tricks, in just about EVERY case, those very same skeptics can’t do the very things that they claim are so EASY for the psychics to do.
In other words… you’ll see a famous skeptic claim that the medium is just doing “cold reading”… and that it’s super easy to do, and is just a guessing game.
Then –
When they’re actually asked to DUPLICATE or replicate the results that the mediums get, in front of the same audience, or for a similar scientific accuracy test… they fail to get anywhere NEAR the results that the mediums received (and these are objectively measured results from both believers and skeptics alike, and agreed upon before these tests are run).
For examples of this?
Check out Dr. Gary Schwartz’s work with mediums like John Edward, George Anderson and others at the University of Arizona. (which later became part of the HBO documentary on life after death… and the book, “The Afterlife Experiments”)
Or the Windbridge Institute’s work on the very same topics, right now in 2013.
Or the University of Virginia’s work on psychic mediums and the accuracy of what comes through during psychic sessions.
The truth is, there is an OVERWHELMING amount of evidence that supports the idea that psychic mediums are genuine. NOT all of them. And certainly some are superior to others. But to discount the idea that some psychics or mediums are getting accurate information from a source we don’t yet understand… be it from SPIRIT, or somewhere else, is downright deceptive! (because they ARE… and no matter how loud the skeptics and debunkers may be, the facts are the facts)
The only way YOU are going to know for sure?
Get a reading. Or, explore with an open mind. Embrace the magic… and bask in the mystery of it all.
I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. JB Haldane, Evolutionary Biologist. “When I’m Dead”
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How does Theresa Caputo, the Long Island Medium, actually GET her information? Is it ESP, telepathy or just good old fashioned spiritual communication? What about cold reading or fishing for answers … something that many of the skeptics like to argue? Or is it possible that the show is edited to make it LOOK like she is getting far more "hits" than she actually is?
As a psychic and paranormal writer and researcher, I have to be honest … there is NO more exciting time to be involved in this field than right now!
Why?
Because interest in psychic, spiritual and even paranormal phenomena is at an all time high, and people can't seem to get ENOUGH when it comes to topics that were once considered taboo.
What may surprise you is this:
As someone who makes a living in this field, I DON'T believe all of the famous psychics and mediums are really doing anything very special or impressive.
Many of them, in my view are "guilty" of some of the things that the skeptics and cynics claim, and I like to think of myself as extremely open minded with EVERY medium I study … but NOT so open minded that my brains fall out every time I hear something that sounds good.
Theresa claims to be getting her information from the world of spirit … and NOT from ESP or telepathy or reading the minds of her clients, and I believe that this is truly what she is doing.
And while I know that some of the TV show is certainly edited for brevity, levity and overall entertainment, the overall tone of the show is true.
How am I so sure?
I've been watching the Long Island Medium LONG before she actually became who she "is" today, and well before she was on TV at all.
As a matter of fact, there is a well known non-profit organization that works with grieving families on the East Coast called "The Forever Family Foundation", and Theresa was demonstrating her psychic abilities publicly there WELL before her more recent "overnight" success.
As someone who believes in mediumship through personal experience with 100% certainty, I can tell you that her gifts, BEFORE TV were often more impressive than the stuff you see on the show.
That said, as with all psychic mediums, she certainly has her detractors, and there are people who will never believe ANY of this is real, simply because they refuse to believe in spiritual realities outside of the physical. One famous skeptic recently said, and I paraphrase –
"EVEN if the spirit of my very own Mother showed up and spoke to me for 30 minutes, I still wouldn't believe it was real."
Ultimately, the ONLY way to prove psychics, or spiritual experiences are real, is to seek them out for yourself. What I can promise you is this: If you have an open mind, and search for the truth, you WILL find it. And what you WILL find, will change you forever … much like it did me, I promise!
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Does Theresa Caputo really talk to spirits?
Is she the genuine article … or is she simply doing cold reading tricks that gullible people believe, simply because they WANT to believe? What do REAL scientists say about psychics and mediums, and people who purport to communicate with spirits on the other side? Is it all new age nonsense, or is there real science that supports the idea that the afterlife is real, and that we all go there after this life is done?
The truth is, we get a lot of questions about famous psychic mediums like Theresa Caputo, John Edward, George Anderson, Kim Russo and others of similar stature.
Some interesting facts about Theresa Caputo:
Well before she was a household name, she built a reputation in NY doing live (and often, free) readings on the radio, for the well known grief organization called "The Forever Family Foundation", a non profit dedicated to helping grieving families increases loss.
And while she is certainly not always 100% accurate, well before the TV show, she had stumped skeptics, and scientists who would listen in … hoping to catch some sort of trickery, fraud or common cold reading technique.
The funny thing is, while listening to her years back, before she was a well known celebrity, I couldn't help but be impressed and the incredible amount of super specific information that used to come through during her live readings with total strangers .. making it very difficult to explain away as fraud, fakery or good guesses.
(and to be totally honest with you, quite often … FAR more evidential and interesting than the stuff that comes through on TV)
So what about the skeptics and cynics and those that debunk ALL psychic phenomena?
Honestly? They are wrong. (and I know … as I used to be one of them!)
The truth is, EACH psychic, clairvoyant or medium has to live on the basis of their own merits, and their own readings … the fact is, while skeptics like to argue they are all doing cold reading tricks, in just about EVERY case , those very same skeptics can't do the very things that they claim are so EASY for the psychics to do.
In other words … you'll see a famous skeptic claim that the medium is just doing "cold reading" … and that it's super easy to do, and is just a guessing game.
Then –
When they're actually asked to DUPLICATE or replicate the results that the mediums get, in front of the same audience, or for a similar scientific accuracy test … they fail to get anywhere NEAR the results that the mediums received (and these are objectively measured results from both believers and skeptics alike, and agreed upon before these tests are run).
For examples of this?
Check out Dr. Gary Schwartz's work with mediums like John Edward, George Anderson and others at the University of Arizona. (which later became part of the HBO documentary on life after death … and the book, "The Afterlife Experiments")
Or the Windbridge Institute's work on the very same topics, right now in 2013.
Or the University of Virginia's work on psychic mediums and the accuracy of what comes through during psychic sessions.
The truth is, there is an OVERWHELMING amount of evidence that supports the idea that psychic mediums are genuine. NOT all of them. And certainly some are superior to others. But to discount the idea that some psychics or mediums are getting accurate information from a source we don't yet understand … be it from SPIRIT, or somewhere else, is downright deceptive! (because they ARE … and no matter how loud the skeptics and debunkers may be, the facts are the facts)
The only way YOU are going to know for sure?
Get a reading. Or, explore with an open mind. Embrace the magic … and bask in the mystery of it all.
I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. JB Haldane, Evolutionary Biologist. "When I'm Dead"
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Is the Long Island Medium genuine? Is she really psychic? Do spirits really communicate with the living … and if so, HOW so? In this article we are going to take a quick and easy look at the Long Island Medium and the whole idea of spirit communication and see if we can shed a bright and illuminating light on the REAL truth behind both the famous celebrity medium, and the idea of afterlife communication overall.
Curious to know more? Continue reading as we take a closer look immediately below!
Filed Under: Theresa Caputo Was "Famous" well Before She Was Famous!
As a long time spiritual researcher and professional myself, I have long been familiar with her work, well before TV and book deals made her internationally famous. As a matter of fact, there is a very well known local non profit organization in Long Island New York called the Forever Family Foundation that helps parents and spouses grieve after losing a loved one. Theresa was well known for doing FREE readings on their weekly call in radio show, and her accuracy and insight even back then, was sometimes SO spectacular that it was hard not to be blown away, even if you are a hard core cynic and skeptic.
Filed Under: She has had her brain "scanned" during readings by some of the most famous neuroscientists in the world
Most notably, Dr. Amen, whose brain studies and imaging techniques are considered on the cutting edge of understanding how our brains behave while doing daily tasks. Using an FMRI machine, and filmed for TV, Theresa Caputo's brain waves showed all sorts of unusual rhythms that were highly irregular, when in fact, she claimed to be in touch with spirit. While no Dr. is going to publicly state that this is evidence of spirit communication, Dr. Amen DID say that these readings were highly irregular, and highly suggestive of something very special was happening in her brain during this spiritual state of "mind".
Filed Under: There HAVE been many evidential studies of well known mediums that DO suggest that there is an "afterlife" or an energetic imprint that we ALL leave behind when we die.
Regardless of whether you believe in an afterlife or not, you can't simply dismiss the hundreds of studies that have been done of afterlife communications – from near death experiences, to out of body experiences, to death bed visions, to apparitions and ghost sightings , to mediumistic communications and all sorts of other extraordinary abilities that should NOT be possible.
Of course many DO dismiss these sorts of studies, simply because they don't read them, or think that any idea of an afterlife is SO incredibly silly that it doesn't deserve any attention at all. Of course, that sort of close mindedness is NOT going to get you any closer to the truth … where keeping an open mind and watching mediums like TV without bias often WILL!
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How does Theresa Caputo, the Long Island Medium, actually GET her information? Is it ESP, telepathy or just good old fashioned spiritual communication? What about cold reading or fishing for answers … something that many of the skeptics like to argue? Or is it possible that the show is edited to make it LOOK like she is getting far more "hits" than she actually is?
As a psychic and paranormal writer and researcher, I have to be honest … there is NO more exciting time to be involved in this field than right now!
Why?
Because interest in psychic, spiritual and even paranormal phenomena is at an all time high, and people can't seem to get ENOUGH when it comes to topics that were once considered taboo.
What may surprise you is this:
As someone who makes a living in this field, I DON'T believe all of the famous psychics and mediums are really doing anything very special or impressive.
Many of them, in my view are "guilty" of some of the things that the skeptics and cynics claim, and I like to think of myself as extremely open minded with EVERY medium I study … but NOT so open minded that my brains fall out every time I hear something that sounds good.
Theresa claims to be getting her information from the world of spirit … and NOT from ESP or telepathy or reading the minds of her clients, and I believe that this is truly what she is doing.
And while I know that some of the TV show is certainly edited for brevity, levity and overall entertainment, the overall tone of the show is true.
How am I so sure?
I've been watching the Long Island Medium LONG before she actually became who she "is" today, and well before she was on TV at all.
As a matter of fact, there is a well known non-profit organization that works with grieving families on the East Coast called "The Forever Family Foundation", and Theresa was demonstrating her psychic abilities publicly there WELL before her more recent "overnight" success.
As someone who believes in mediumship through personal experience with 100% certainty, I can tell you that her gifts, BEFORE TV were often more impressive than the stuff you see on the show.
That said, as with all psychic mediums, she certainly has her detractors, and there are people who will never believe ANY of this is real, simply because they refuse to believe in spiritual realities outside of the physical. One famous skeptic recently said, and I paraphrase –
"EVEN if the spirit of my very own Mother showed up and spoke to me for 30 minutes, I still wouldn't believe it was real."
Ultimately, the ONLY way to prove psychics, or spiritual experiences are real, is to seek them out for yourself. What I can promise you is this: If you have an open mind, and search for the truth, you WILL find it. And what you WILL find, will change you forever … much like it did me, I promise!
This article is brought to you by Kokula Krishna Hari Kunasekaran! Visit Website or Follow back at @kkkhari
What do mediums REALLY do? Are they cold reading? Guessing? Are their "clients" really planned in the audience … or is it possible they really ARE speaking to the dead? Any of these questions sound familiar? If you are anything like the millions of people who are watching popular celebrity mediums on TV and NOT sure what to make of them, the truth is … you are NOT alone. Trying to decide WHAT a psychic or medium may be doing to get such accurate information is very tough … especially when the "easiest" explanation is one that is too difficult to accept for many: that they really ARE speaking to spirits and communicating with the dead.
Does that mean that ALL psychic mediums really CAN communicate with the deceased?
Absolutely not. If there is one thing I've learned after 20 years of studying this field both personally and professionally alike it's THIS: Just because there are some people who have genuine gifts that are very difficult to explain away using conventional scientific means, does NOT mean that everyone who claims they have that ability really IS doing what they say. (in other words – I DO believe with 100% certainty that we live on after physical death … and that we CAN communicate with the living thereafter, but I do NOT believe that every well known medium is genuine, or really does what they promise)
What about the Long Island Medium?
The truth is, I was following her career well before she was a household name … and some of the stuff she was able to do back then would have convinced ANY open minded skeptic, as it was too difficult to explain using the normal critiques .
For example? Well before she was a well known medium – as part of a charity radio drive, I watched Theresa Caputo on the phone, answering questions from bereaved parents in NY, with about 50% of the readings being so amazingly accurate, that you would have had to have more than 20 sets of parents who lost a child be "in on it" simply to make her look good … which is extraordinarily far fetched. (these were people who had lost children who were participating in a grief counseling session where the readings, or mediumistic part of the program did begin until later)
The truth is, whenever a psychic or medium gets famous … and starts earning big money and large amounts of publicity, the skeptics, cynics and debunkers tend to come out in droves to criticize their motives, their abilities and the entire idea that an afterlife is even possible.
But, did you know that Thomas Edison, the most famous and innovative inventor of the last 200 years was actually working on what he called a "spirit phone" to communicate with the dead, in the last years of his life? (he never completed it, but believed that every human being had a soul or spirit or energetic source that would not be destroyed by death, and that if true … this energy SHOULD be able to communicate with the living, once it transitioned to the other side)
Many famous mediums, including the Long Island Medium, have subjected themselves to scientific scrutiny as well … including having their brain waves measured during a reading (The LI Medium did this recently on national TV) as well as having all sorts of other experiments done to measure their accuracy, their preparation, and what how much of what they see really IS "true" from an objective point of view)
The bottom line?
If you've ever seen a really good medium face to face, or had a personal experience with someone who has crossed over, you start to have a different opinion about what is possible, when it comes to communicating with the dead. I myself was a lifelong skeptic until I had a personal "encounter" with a friend who appeared to me at the moment of his sudden and unexpected death, 1000 miles away, simply to stand at the edge of my bed, smile and wave goodbye.
Once that happens … regardless of how skeptical you may be, a whole new world of magic, and mystery and meaning opens us. And when that does … regardless of how much you may resist it, the world of psychic mediums becomes much more interesting to explore, and the PROOF that they are real, at least the really good ones … becomes much harder to ignore !
Source by Samantha P. Sanderson
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Does Theresa Caputo really talk to spirits?
Is she the genuine article… or is she simply doing cold reading tricks that gullible people believe, simply because they WANT to believe? What do REAL scientists say about psychics and mediums, and people who purport to communicate with spirits on the other side? Is it all new age nonsense, or is there real science that supports the idea that the afterlife is real, and that we all go there after THIS life is done?
The truth is, we get a lot of questions about famous psychic mediums like Theresa Caputo, John Edward, George Anderson, Kim Russo and others of similar stature.
Some interesting facts about Theresa Caputo:
Well before she was a household name, she built a reputation in NY doing live (and often, free) readings on the radio, for the well known grief organization called “The Forever Family Foundation”, a non profit dedicated to helping grieving families overcome loss.
And while she is certainly not always 100% accurate, well before the TV show, she had stumped skeptics, and scientists who would listen in… hoping to catch some sort of trickery, fraud or common cold reading technique.
The funny thing is, while listening to her years back, before she was a well known celebrity, I couldn’t help but be impressed and the incredible amount of super specific information that used to come through during her live readings with total strangers… making it very difficult to explain away as fraud, fakery or good guesses.
(and to be totally honest with you, quite often… FAR more evidential and interesting than the stuff that comes through on TV)
So what about the skeptics and cynics and those that debunk ALL psychic phenomena?
Honestly? They are wrong. (and I know… as I used to be one of them!)
The truth is, EACH psychic, clairvoyant or medium has to live on the basis of their own merits, and their own readings… the fact is, while skeptics like to argue they are all doing cold reading tricks, in just about EVERY case, those very same skeptics can’t do the very things that they claim are so EASY for the psychics to do.
In other words… you’ll see a famous skeptic claim that the medium is just doing “cold reading”… and that it’s super easy to do, and is just a guessing game.
Then –
When they’re actually asked to DUPLICATE or replicate the results that the mediums get, in front of the same audience, or for a similar scientific accuracy test… they fail to get anywhere NEAR the results that the mediums received (and these are objectively measured results from both believers and skeptics alike, and agreed upon before these tests are run).
For examples of this?
Check out Dr. Gary Schwartz’s work with mediums like John Edward, George Anderson and others at the University of Arizona. (which later became part of the HBO documentary on life after death… and the book, “The Afterlife Experiments”)
Or the Windbridge Institute’s work on the very same topics, right now in 2013.
Or the University of Virginia’s work on psychic mediums and the accuracy of what comes through during psychic sessions.
The truth is, there is an OVERWHELMING amount of evidence that supports the idea that psychic mediums are genuine. NOT all of them. And certainly some are superior to others. But to discount the idea that some psychics or mediums are getting accurate information from a source we don’t yet understand… be it from SPIRIT, or somewhere else, is downright deceptive! (because they ARE… and no matter how loud the skeptics and debunkers may be, the facts are the facts)
The only way YOU are going to know for sure?
Get a reading. Or, explore with an open mind. Embrace the magic… and bask in the mystery of it all.
I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. JB Haldane, Evolutionary Biologist. “When I’m Dead”
This article is brought to you by Kokula Krishna Hari Kunasekaran! Visit Website or Follow back at @kkkhari
Is the Long Island Medium genuine? Is she really psychic? Do spirits really communicate with the living… and if so, HOW so? In this article we are going to take a quick and easy look at the Long Island Medium and the whole idea of spirit communication and see if we can shed a bright and illuminating light on the REAL truth behind both the famous celebrity medium, and the idea of afterlife communication overall.
Curious to know more? Continue reading as we take a closer look immediately below!
Filed Under: Theresa Caputo Was “Famous” well Before She Was Famous!
As a long time spiritual researcher and professional myself, I have long been familiar with her work, well before TV and book deals made her internationally famous. As a matter of fact, there is a very well known local non profit organization in Long Island New York called the Forever Family Foundation that helps parents and spouses grieve after losing a loved one. Theresa was well known for doing FREE readings on their weekly call in radio show, and her accuracy and insight even back then, was sometimes SO spectacular that it was hard not to be blown away, even if you are a hard core cynic and skeptic.
Filed Under: She has had her brain “scanned” during readings by some of the most famous neuroscientists in the world
Most notably, Dr. Amen, whose brain studies and imaging techniques are considered on the cutting edge of understanding how our brains behave while doing daily tasks. Using an FMRI machine, and filmed for TV, Theresa Caputo’s brain waves showed all sorts of unusual rhythms that were highly irregular, when in fact, she claimed to be in touch with spirit. While no Dr. is going to publicly state that this is evidence of spirit communication, Dr. Amen DID say that these readings were highly irregular, and highly suggestive of something very special was happening in her brain during this spiritual state of “mind”.
Filed Under: There HAVE been many evidential studies of well known mediums that DO suggest that there is an “afterlife” or an energetic imprint that we ALL leave behind when we die.
Regardless of whether you believe in an afterlife or not, you can’t simply dismiss the hundreds of studies that have been done of afterlife communications – from near death experiences, to out of body experiences, to death bed visions, to apparitions and ghost sightings, to mediumistic communications and all sorts of other extraordinary abilities that should NOT be possible.
Of course many DO dismiss these sorts of studies, simply because they don’t read them, or think that any idea of an afterlife is SO incredibly silly that it doesn’t deserve any attention at all. Of course, that sort of close mindedness is NOT going to get you any closer to the truth… where keeping an open mind and watching mediums like TV without bias often WILL!
This article is brought to you by Kokula Krishna Hari Kunasekaran! Visit Website or Follow back at @kkkhari