Famous Psychics
Throughout the decades and even the centuries, the world has known a number of famous psychics from the most popular and renowned mediums to the unskilled scam artists who give all psychics a bad name. The following overview covers some of the more famous psychics that many people around the world consider as not only authentic, but also remarkable.
An Overview of the World's Famous Psychics
Generation after generation, there are people who are born with specific gifts of mental perception. Those gifts may include one or several of the many types of psychic abilities. In those cases, where the psychic abilities are authentic, the typical first reaction is disbelief, skepticism and sometimes even ridicule or persecution. Ultimately, when the evidence supporting psychic ability cannot be discredited or debunked, authentic psychics are usually met with stunned disbelief and awe.
The following are three of the most famous psychics. These remarkable seers, mediums and clairvoyants offered profound readings and predictions that came true. Many generations have come to accept that these particular psychics represent the "real deal".
Nostradamus
His birth name was Michel de Nostradame, but the entire world recognizes him as Nostradamus. He was born on December 14, 1503 in France, and his parents sent him to Montpellier to study medicine in 1522. He became well known throughout that region for his adept treatment of victims of the plague. By 1534, Nostradamus married and had two children. However, the plague took the lives of his wife and children; an event that surely changed his life in a profound way. By the mid 1500s, Nostradamus was using his astrological teachings in combination with other unique methods to practice clairvoyance. He took notes of those predictions in the form of what he called "quatrains" or verses. A hundred verses made up a section of writing that he termed a "Century". His first prediction to come true was in 1555 when he predicted when and how King Henry II would die. He wrote, "He will pierce his eyes in their golden cage". During a tournament, a spear pierced the king's gold helmet and entered his eye, killing him. This accurate prediction preceded many others, making Nostradamus one of the most famous "seers" throughout history.
Edgar Cayce
In most ways, Edgar Cayce was a very regular man. Born in Kentucky in 1877, Cayce had a relatively normal childhood, other than being able to see and interact with spiritual beings. When he grew up, he got married, had children and even attended church where he taught Sunday school. As he grew older, Edgar Cayce realized that he could put himself into a trance by lying on a couch with his hands folded over his stomach. While in this state, a person in the room would ask him a variety of questions, covering many different topics. Those topics included the future, secrets of the universe, and sometimes simply what someone many miles away was doing or what would occur in her or his life. According to the Edgar Cayce organization known as the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), Edgar Cayce's readings covered over 10,000 topics and contain 14,306 readings. Some of his famous prophecies that came true included:
- The 1929 stock market crash
- World War II
- The shifting of the earth's poles
- The ability of medical science to diagnose illnesses with just a drop of blood
There are many other Edgar Cayce predictions related to climate changes and major storms that appear accurate, but are often interpreted to fit a particular reading, rather than using the reading to predict the event. Even so, many of Cayce's predictions were detailed, specific and, in the end, turned out amazingly accurate. Edgar Cayce died in 1945, but his prophecies live on.
Jean Dixon
One of the more contemporary, famous psychics was Jean Dixon. Born in Wisconsin on January 3, 1904, Jean Dixon grew up in a Catholic family and always described her psychic abilities as gifts from God. Her reputation as an accurate psychic grew when she offered readings to World War II servicemen in Washington while living there with her husband. Her documented predictions included:
- That actress Carole Lombard would die by plane crash in 1942
- The election of John F. Kennedy in 1960
- The assassination of JFK in 1963
- The assassination of Robert Kennedy
Some of her predictions that never came true included:
- World War III would start in 1958
- Walter Reuther (labor party) would run for the presidency in 1964
- The Soviet Union would be the first to land on the moon
Jean's fame led to many celebrities seeking her advice. Most notably, Ronald and Nancy Reagan relied on Jean Dixon for occasional insight into the future. Jean Dixon passed away in 1997, and she is still referred to as one of the most famous American psychics of all time.
Authentic Psychics Or Frauds?
One thing that always seems to hold true when it comes to any famous psychic is that the predictions are not always true. Even many of Nostradamus' predictions remain unfulfilled, although many followers try to fit modern events into the puzzle of his quatrains. On the other hand, a significant number of predictions by all of the most famous psychics have come true. This uncertainty of prophecy doesn't mean that these psychics are not authentic; it only means that psychic ability is poorly understood and is certainly nowhere near what one would call a perfect science. Until humanity truly understands how and why our mental functioning often seems to interact with the physical world around us, the field of psychic abilities will remain unpredictable.
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