Symbolic Forest : psychic

Crystal balls

In which Mario Reading tries to predict the future, and fails

Published at 8:54 pm on January 20th, 2006

Filed under: Media Addict, Unbelievable.

Today, author Mario Reading is in the news. Lucky for Mario Reading, because it gives him a chance to ~~plug~~ advertise his new book, a new translation and interpretation of Nostradamus. It’s the book, in fact, that’s newsworthy. It claims that in a couple of years’ time, someone will try to assassinate George Bush, and if they are successful he will be succeeded by his brother, who will take revenge with terrible results. Reading’s American distributors are rather upset about the prophecy – you’d think he would have seen the fuss coming.^*

Ghost story non-update

In which we try to double-check a psychic’s work

Published at 9:15 pm on January 8th, 2006

Filed under: The Family, Unbelievable, In With The Old, The Old Office.

If you’re not just a regular reader, but the sort of regular reader who reads all the comments too, then you’ll have noticed that Colleague M dropped by the site the other day to let me know that her sister Lydia had been asking for its address. “I think she’ll be upset,” said M, though, “to find you haven’t written about her for some time.”

Keyword noise: census, Colleague M, genealogy, ghosts, psychic, history, research.

If I told you what you were thinking, would you believe me?

In which we consider being evil

Published at 9:58 pm on December 19th, 2005

Filed under: Unbelievable, The Old Office.

The other day, Tim Boucher linked to Colleague M’s ghost story, in which M’s sister Lydia had a bit of trouble with a pair of argumentative ghosts apparently haunting her house. When I first heard about the ghosts, I was hoping I’d be able to post regular updates on the story; but there don’t seem to have been any updates recently. I asked M if anything had happened, and was told that everything has settled down quietly again. No more ghostly voices on the phone, no more things going missing, no more possibly-possessed cats. So, Lydia is able to sleep at night again.

Keyword noise: Colleague M, fraud, ghosts, ghost stories, gullible, misleading, psychic.