Can you learn to be a psychic/medium/clairvoyant or does it come naturally?

By paranominal
Published: July 8, 2009

Tagged with: Clairvoyancy, mediumship, Psychic Clairvoyant, Psychic Medium, Stupid Answers, Train

  1. Alicia S says:

    You weren’t kidding about the stupid answers especially from the bible thumpers!!!

    Everyone has the innate ability of some psychic gift. Unfortunately, most everyone has squashed that ability upon the belief that it is bad & evil. If you’re really interested, it is possible that you already have this gift and you just want to be able to enhance it, because you are already drawn to it.

    If you learn to meditate and open yourself you should start to be able to "hear", "see" and/or feel. I say hear & see with quotations because you usually don’t hear with your ears and see with your eyes, but rather inside your head, but you know it’s not your voice (no, I am not talking about schizophrenia – yes I’m talking to you, doubters…). Sometimes this will require lots of patience and faith. Don’t be discouraged – practice makes perfect. You might try asking for a message from one you know and trust that has passed on, your specific prefered diety, or guardian angel(s), and just listen.

    Be forewarned, once you’re able to hear/see/feel, it’s hard to turn it off. There are times you can tune it out, but that itself is a learned ability as well.

    On another note – most of the bible statements are messages from God; according to some of these statements, those messengers should have never been believed in for they received messages from a being that does not exist on this plane – talk about an oxymoron!

  2. scapegoat says:

    Usually it comes supernaturally!

  3. LISA M says:

    well my ex husband went to psychic school to learn how – and believe me if he can do it anyone can

  4. r u randy? says:

    Becoming a loony is something that takes time. Becoming a psychic/medium/clairvoyant loony is something that will take so much time it can’t be done – but of course the loony’s all believe it’s real.

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  5. Jeanmarie says:

    "Let no one be found among
    you who sacrifices his son or daughter in
    the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens,
    engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or
    spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is
    detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices
    the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you."
    (Deut. 18:10-12)
    2 kings 23: 24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household
    gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he
    did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had
    discovered in the temple of the LORD. "
    Lev 19:31, "’Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them.
    I am the LORD your God. ‘I will set my face against the person who turns to mediums and
    spiritists to prostitute himself by following them, and I will cut him off from his people.

    Isaiah 8:19, "When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and
    mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the
    living?
    1 chronicles 10:13,"13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against
    the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD, and also because he consulted a
    medium for guidance."

  6. James says:

    All you can learn is the art of deceit.

  7. jinz says:

    It’s like training to be a magician really.
    People are easy to trick, especially when they buy into this crap.

  8. anna says:

    Pickpockets are highly trained in their profession. And most "psychics" are a sophisticated form of pickpocket.
    If you have a gift of discernment, that is something you’re born with, but "mediums" misuse it.
    No serious spiritual person would take money for using their gifts.

  9. Orangepaint says:

    Psychic mediums are full of it.

    But if you seriously want to pursue a career in the trickery of supersticious peoples, look around for a school that teaches it.

    Or just google it or something.

  10. Sabre says:

    You can get trained, I know 3, just at the place I volunteer. But one is just ameture and another is a lecturer, the other is the wife of the lecturer and is pretty good at it. It would be better if you were born with it, but thats hard to come across.

    Personally, I dont know what I believe, but you didnt ask about that, so I won’t ponder of that any more.

  11. Martyn A says:

    Like any gift it can be enhanced, you just have to be patient and practise a lot.

  12. sam says:

    Its a gift you are born with – I think deep down we all have a little of it, but it has to be nurtured. later on in life i don’t think you can just train to do it – you have to have a feeling for it – i do palm reading and tarot and amazingly enough a lot of it runs true. I also have a sense about things and people as does my daughter and father -

  13. Paul S says:

    Google "cold reading" and you’ll learn how to become one of these psychic scammers.

    Why would you ask a question like this if you didn’t want stupid answers? You’re almost certain to hear from the two usual brands of stupidity, the psychic believers and the Christians who argue that it’s Satan’s work.

  14. John I says:

    Yes, the same way you can learn to be a con man and flim flam artist.

  15. P M says:

    Try asking this question just by looking at somebody, if you get an answer…you are gifted! if not, go get some friends……

  16. Squishy 4 Jesus says:

    Jesus does not approve of such things!

  17. BeautyBreak H says:

    "curiousity kills the cat "

  18. rajendra says:

    One learns.

  19. Wright Sense says:

    You’ll find a lot have trauma in their past. Experience such gives you new pathways in your brain which open the psychic skills.

    You can also develop the ability. It’s simply involves more use of your right brain lobe. Work on exercising that AND more so, developing your empathy.

    Two books I highly recommend are:

    How to Read the Aura by Ted Andrews – short but with lots of exercises.

    The Wisdom of the Mystic Masters by Joseph Weed – great visualization exercises in there also.

  20. Ray J says:

    NO SUCH THING!!!

  21. netidol says:

    Of course you can learn but this isn’t for everyone. It kind of depends on your personality type. You have to be wicked good at bluffing. If you have the ability to perform tricks or bluff in cards convincingly than you are half way in the door already, another part however pertains to how much of a quick thinker you are. If you’re the type of person who can have an answer for everything, and if you like attention, you’ve met most of the qualifications. Anyway, you know most of this or you wouldn’t already be trying to join a mediumship. Nobody is born with the ability to see the future or read minds, etc. The masters are the ones who simply have a very high level of intuition and can take a pretty good guess at an outcome. Sci-Fi and Fantasy writers are usually pretty good at this.
    If you ever find a real clairvoyant, be sure to have them predict the next Katrina, 9/11, etc. so they can save lives or something for a change. The reason that doesn’t happen is obvious. So I’d say your chances are good at getting in, it comes down to how bad you want it. Good Luck

  22. michael s says:

    hard to say….the only factual corelation made so far is that people within the design industry (the designers that is) tend to fair better in tests than normal folk (test being the one with cards depicting squares, triangle, cross and circles) one person has to guess what card the other one has…. apparenlty the normal hit rate is around 25%, but with design people its 60% success rate….. the question then becomes… can you train as a designer or are you naturally one…..and as desingers tend to be left handed (disproportionately higher than the general public)…is psychic talent connected to the left hand….and arguably does not the devil sit on you left had side???? Mmmmmm…. leave it alone no good will come from it! Arguable why the victorians in the piety trained all to use their right hand…however, have you not noticed that there was a higher occurance of stuttering people during this period of time…as training the brain against itself causes mental issues of insecurity…which can lead to psychosis… including beleiving you can do things you cant really do….. spooky its all connected!!!

  23. purplepeace59 says:

    I’ve had a multitude of psychic experiences and some spiritual. Now, I had a very serious, life threatening illness. As the illness progressed it compromised my nervous system and the worse it got the more of these types of experiences I had. Because of the nature of the illness my medical notes went out for research. At the time I kept a diary of everything I experienced and this has also been retrieved and examined. The premonitions and a whole lot of other things actually happened but do seem to co-ordinate with the disruption to brain function. I think scientist right know believe that this is a natural ability of the human being that can manifest when certain types of brain function occurs. Most people who experience it are not ill as I was. So yes it is natural. But a word of caution accessing different types of brain function is possible through meditation but is it advisable-take care.

  24. Suzanne says:

    Often it comes naturally & people are either born with it or develop "the gift" at a young age, but we are all psychic to a certain degree so you can certainly develop this ability with practice. I know it’s slightly different to what you want to do but I learned to be a psychic healer. I did a Reiki course & got to practicioner level, & then started the Master’s course but I couldn’t finish it as I began to be guided & the healing I was doing wasn’t Reiki anymore. I found I didn’t need to follow any of the Reiki guidlines as this totally guided healing method worked better for me. There is a whole world of spirituality out there. I believe that if you keep trying & have the right motives in your heart you will find what you are looking for. People are only given the psychic gift to help people, not so they can set up a get rich quick scheme. (I’m not saying this is your intention) Good luck!

  25. soulleeme says:

    Everyone has these gifts. How many times have you walked into a room where people may have been arguing and could just feel the tension? You may not of heard them but you know what was going on without the normal senses. How many times have you met someone and got a bad feeling about them? Another way of using these abilities. So many times you will just know something without knowing how you know. People wish to deny them but they are there. There are many great books out on developing your own abilities to be sharper and more accurate. I have listed some sites below that also teach how to do this. Please don’t be put off by all the negativity that some of the people here are throwing around. Trust yourself and what feels right to you. Good luck.
    Love & Light
    Sharon
    One Planet = One People

  26. JamesT says:

    Spirtitism is communicating with Demons, who are angels that have become enemies of the Creator (Jehovah God). That’s why the Bible teaches not to do it, because it would make you an enemy of God. Please don’t try…

    Revelation 20:8
    But as for the cowards and those without faith and those who are disgusting in their filth and murderers and fornicators and those practicing spiritism and idolaters and all the liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur. This means the second death.”

    Instead, learn about the truth, together with what the Bible really teaches, and then you’ll discover that things in the world aren’t quite how they appear to be.

    Revelation 12:9-12 (which has already happened)
    So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him…Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to YOU, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.”

    John 17:3
    This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.

    2 Peter 3:3-13
    3 For YOU know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires 4 and saying: “Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep [in death], all things are continuing exactly as from creation’s beginning.”

    5 For, according to their wish, this fact escapes their notice, that there were heavens from of old and an earth standing compactly out of water and in the midst of water by the word of God; 6 and by those [means] the world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water. 7 But by the same word the heavens and the earth that are now are stored up for fire and are being reserved to the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly men.

    8 However, let this one fact not be escaping YOUR notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. 9 Jehovah is not slow respecting his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with YOU because he does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance. 10 Yet Jehovah’s day will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a hissing noise, but the elements being intensely hot will be dissolved, and earth and the works in it will be discovered.

    11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought YOU to be in holy acts of conduct and deeds of godly devotion, 12 awaiting and keeping close in mind the presence of the day of Jehovah, through which [the] heavens being on fire will be dissolved and [the] elements being intensely hot will melt! 13 But there are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his promise, and in these righteousness is to dwell.

  27. patsy says:

    We all posses it but in different strengths and it can come out in dif ways at dif times of our lives.In women in particular it is what we no as intuition some of us are stronger on intuition than others.If you have ever said to yourself! oh i knew that was going to happen,or i knew that was coming,or even the DEJA VU feelings we all get may all be part n parcel of the same thing.A sixth sense/Nothing odd about that.Woman have often said that theirs, as mine did,got stronger or to the point of being aware of what it was,when they started menstruation(periods).And when people are going through a life changing incident it can then become noticeable, or for them to realise it for what it is.Yes it can be harnessed but you need to go somewhere were you can learn through others that can advise you and point out to you the diff consequences involved.You may decide that its not what you expected it to be like and learn that it has its down falls as well as its benefits.You may not always want to know what is going to happen in yours or anyone Else’s life.as you may not like the answer,and maybe too much for you to deal with psychologically.So get other advice,is my advice,as i dont actually practice mine in a big way.I chose it that way because i see and know more than i want to already and its too much for me somtimes.Though i will help freinds and family when they ask.And i would never take money for giving my help.It is a gift of sorts but not meant to help you receive gifts of materialism ,in my belief anyway.
    GOOD LUCK HOPE I HELPED SWEETHEART.

  28. Ichmír Alanròth says:

    Yes you can.
    All theese are psychic powers of our unconscious, our seventh sense that everyone had from the start of mankind.
    All thoose powers are a mixture from the same source, the third eye / pineal gland that is in between our eyes, a bit up on our forehead.
    If you awaken this third eye, you will regain thoose natural powers. The first things happening uses to be seeing auras, energies; precognition (getting a phrase our act in your head a short moment before someone says it / does it) then later it goes on to clairovoyance and thoose acts of mediumship, it is even possible to see through things like walls or material. The eye also works as a normal eye, and blind people often develope the third eye unconsciously, therfore they may see small things without their two eyes like energies of other people et.c…
    Technique::
    Sit in a meditative position, focus on your lower forehead, between the eyes. Visualize a golden light there. Put your tounge on the roof of your mouth; and as you close your eyes roll them upwards looking at the position. The third eye feeds of your attention. Do this a 30 min a day and you’ll be a medium in no time.

  29. Mr Goodhi © says:

    that stuff is all make believe

  30. Orlando says:

    Everyone has psychic potential it is just a case of finding the right medium to work in. Imagine you are learning to dance or play music. Some people aren’t good singers but are incredible at playing the guitar. If you have a gift for the visual you might like to work with the Tarot. If you have the gift of nurturing you may be a good healer. As an ethereal process it is just finding a channel. It is also a creative talent so explore this potential within yourself and you will start to find the magic.
    For clairvoyancy the best way to start is take an image or symbol and meditate on it for a short while. Take note of the responses you have in a book. They don’t have to make sense straight away, then go back to these notes a few days later. You will also find that images are relayed to you when you’re least expecting it. Stay true and good luck.

  31. J J says:

    Now here’s a thing… I was born a Medium… have been one all my life… was recorded as such by the the Church of England in 1973… by the then bishop of Peterborough… and I hated the title… and didn’t want my gifts because they scared me and everyone around me… because I picked up their fear and let it affect my abilities until I was 28 years old… and then I overcame fear and accepted what I am.

    I have never… and will not… join any organisation that puports to ‘teach’ it… but I can tell you that EVERYONE is psychic to a degree… that Mediums… are both psychic and mediumistic… and if like me… they’re also spiritualists as well (not the churchy spiritualists… but spiritualists in that they can speak with the dead… all these things are a gift not to be taken for granted or used for selfish ends… I will not use my gifts to make money) but psychics… are seldom mediums.

    I know… difficult to grasp… but that’s the way it is.

    I was sceptical about other Mediums who advertise their services for gain… and many are con artists… but… some are good and genuine. It takes one to know one!

    You wouldn’t want the life I have had… it’s weird to say the least… and I kept a low profile even though I was front paged in 1973… because the church asked me to speak about my experiences…. I only agreed to use my Christian name… to stop people dabbling with the occult… which is dangerous… and because (like some in here) have bad things to say about Mediums…

    So I kept quiet and only used my gifts when they decided to encroach if I was with someone who spirit knew… was in need of spiritual advice… and I can shock myself as well as them when suddenly I know too much about their lives… yet we’ve never met… since… it really doesn’t give me any choice… I never know it’s coming when it does!

    Sometimes it’s light and easy… funny too… sometimes it isn’t… and sometimes it’s deadly serious and you have to decide on just how much to say… or not… for example… you DO NOT ever tell a person they are going to die… even when you know they are… you just beat yourself to bits when they do…

    It is not a game… it is not a lie… it happens… and whether you who doubt like it or not… you are spirits inside physical bodies… and one day you will know that you are… when you leave the burden of your bodies and connect back to your maker.

    If god had not meant for me to have such gifts… they wouldn’t happen… but using them without loving others first and caring for the way you use them… using them as a career option to make money… I don’t agree with that… and I never will be able to.

    A 62 years old Medium from birth who didn’t want to be one… but slowly realised over time… that they can and have been beneficial to many other souls.

    God bless everyone!

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  32. Lady K says:

    You can learn if you don’t mind becoming a manipulative, lying sack of horse crap.
    No one is born with the "gift", it is entirely imagined by the person as a means of exploiting the fears, insecurities and grief of people who are too freakin gullible to see a scam when it’s smacking them square between the eyes.
    Just look at the people who claim to be psychic and who make a very public living from it with TV shows etc.
    Derek Acorah, Colin Fry and so on, they are just so full of it.
    Why do people buy this rubbish when it is so obvious that they are winging it with guesses and obscure references that the person feels obliged to accept and not question.
    If there really was such a gift, do you think it would be given to people who are so creepy that they wouldn’t look out of place in an episode of Crimewatch?

  33. Beth Layne says:

    You can, indeed, learn. Psychic abilities are gifts, just as any other gift. One who desired to play the piano, and help others through beautiful music, knew nothing about music until he decided to learn. (nor did he know he was gifted with immense musical talent) The same is true for all things. We are attracted to certain interests for a reason. They are clues to our gifts and talents and the keys to being true to ourselves, as well as how best we may serve others.

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  35. One who cares says:

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  36. alarni says:

    i just want to say a message to all the shallow minded people in here,who havent answered his question seriously.
    GET A F*&!*$# LIFE.
    And to the question, If youve herd of the saying “you can do anythink u put ur mind to, then yes i belive you can do it.
    It just takes practice and patience like
    any other career. you hav to take time to meditate daily to exercise the unconcious part of you mind. If somethink hasnt been used, u have to excersises it to wake it up. And yes i dont see nothink wrong with using it as a career, as u need to live too. As they say u should choose a career that makes u happy. As long as your a kind hearted person deep down and take time to do free readings for the people that can’t afford it i think its fine. I dont see nothink wrong in taking money off people who can afford it.