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Diagram by the French esotericist Paul Sédir to explain clairvoyance [1]. Clairvoyance (/ k l ɛər ˈ v ɔɪ. ə n s /; from French clair 'clear' and voyance 'vision') is the claimed ability to acquire information that would be considered impossible to get through scientifically proven sensations, thus classified as extrasensory perception, or "sixth sense".
She claimed to have investigated over 1,000 mediums and never found one who was not a fraud. [28] For example, the various mediums had claimed to communicate with over three dozen non-existent deceased husbands, despite Mackenberg being single. [ 6 ]
Bob Nygaard is an American private investigator (PI) specializing in the investigation of confidence crimes, most notably psychic fraud.He has been instrumental in the arrest and conviction of numerous psychics, helping their victims obtain justice including financial restitution amounting to millions of dollars.
A psychic is a person [a] who claims to use powers rooted in parapsychology, such as extrasensory perception (ESP), to identify information hidden from the normal senses, particularly involving telepathy or clairvoyance; or who performs acts that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, such as psychokinesis or teleportation.
Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near-death experiences, synchronicity, apparitional experiences, etc. [1] Criticized as being a pseudoscience, the majority of mainstream scientists reject it.
Edgar Cayce (/ ˈ k eɪ s iː /; March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945) was an American clairvoyant who claimed to diagnose diseases and recommend treatments for ailments while asleep. [1]
While advocates of mediumship claim that their experiences are genuine, the Encyclopædia Britannica article on spiritualism notes in reference to a case in the 19th century that "...one by one, the Spiritualist mediums were discovered to be engaged in fraud, sometimes employing the techniques of stage magicians in their attempts to convince ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Israeli-British illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic (born 1946) Not to be confused with Uzi Geller. Uri Geller Geller in 2009 Born (1946-12-20) 20 December 1946 (age 78) Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) Occupation(s) Performer, illusionist, self-proclaimed psychic Years ...