When I was stationed in Louisiana, I worked with a young guy grew up in the south, and he had a passion for psychics/fortune tellers/seers.
At least once a month, he'd go to some 'Madam Glenda-type' who had a garage set up in the home with the crystal ball stuff.
After this first came up.....I asked some questions. Being from Alabama....I had noted one or two of the area where I grew up....but my dad had remarked if you needed some advice on things, or some future 'talk'....just give him a dollar and he'd 'guide' me.
The 'Madam' charged around $20, and if you wanted more than the 10-minute session....it'd go up to $40.
So I asked if there was some gimmick to it, and he said she'd always have a minute or two of small talk.....asking about his frets, or worries.
At least one year in my old junior high school....as part of the Halloween 'fest', they had one room set up with a gal or two from the 9th grade....dressed up as a witch-type, and you paid a quarter at the door. Someone would sit you down in a pretty dark room, with a non-scent candle burning, then the teenage gal would give you your future.
It was about a 90-second session, and from I can remember.....I was destined for great things....would walk on foreign soil (I thought she meant Mexico)....and would be successful. It was all BS....but for a quarter and 90 seconds....it was entertaining BS.
I always thought my Louisiana associate needed confidence building, and the 'Madam' was giving him what he needed.
So I read today.....Google more or less....admitted that their 'Alexsa' software program is hackable. In simple terms.....hackers can get to the speaker in your house....to hear your woes and complaints.
It wouldn't take much then....for a smart person to come up to the house door....say they are a 'Madam-Wanda-type' and they could feel demons at work in the house.....then describe your problems and worries.
Naturally, you'd be real stupid and think they got the psychic powers. Then they'd let you know for $100 to $200....at your door....they can forecast things, and offer advice.
Some folks....like my brother (the electrical engineer) would laugh and just offer them a beer before they leave. Others? They'd pay the money and get some reading....to settle their mind.
Where are you from in Alabama? I was born and raised in "the cradle of the confederacy" Montgomery, AL. Now, I live in South Texas on the border of Mexico.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience with "psychics", they all need you to give them information, before they can give your fortune. When you watch TV shows with a psychic, the "psychic" always, throws out generic descriptions of a family member, then asks for additional identifying information; such as birth dates, nicknames, and so on....I always thought to be strange that they would need extra information. After Google came out many, many years ago, it made sense. The demons have access to a celestial database, but they have to qualify the target, to be able give details to the "person asking questions".
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ReplyDelete“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
Why is it whenever, I visit, a Northern state, and I ask for Jim Beam, at the bar, I am always greeted with, " We do do not sell champagne, sir!!!!! It is definitely a dialect question that I cannot seem process.
ReplyDeleteApparently Jim Beam spoken in southern ventricular sounds exactly like champagne in Northern ventricular??!!! Go figure!!
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