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[DJ Jo-D]

Does anyone believe in these types of healing? Anyone had any?

I was told about the Pendulum(crystal) one before and it sounds quite insteresting.

What is Reiki? - The Reiki Association
Sheila Hollingshead's Pendulum Healing and Energy Therapy

Also anyone been to psychic...? experience...recommendations?

[Adam Easy Wishes]

What a fucking crock of shit (in my opinion ).

[Shaki]

Originally Posted by DJ Jo-D

recommendations?

Yes, save your money and spend it on some books :-P

Science For Beginners -- Internet Linked -- Usborne Science Books

[Tam o' Shantie]

I have found Pendulum to be quite bad for my health, since whenever I hear their music I run to the nearest wall and repeatedly smash my face against it until I lose consciousness.

[ca_gere]

Your kneebone's connected to your... thighbone
Your thighbone's connected to your... hipbone
Your big toe's connected to your... boaby... wait what? no it isn't!

It's pyschosomatic more than anything I reckon. Being put in a relaxing environment where someone speaks softly to you and touches your body will make you feel better whatever the philosophy behind it.

[Tam o' Shantie]

Originally Posted by ca_gere

Being put in a relaxing environment where someone speaks softly to you and touches your body will make you feel better whatever the philosophy behind it.

Regardless of whether the service is being provided by a level 5 Raiki shaman-ess or a toothless hooker, the effect on your wallet is similar too. The difference is that you have to embarassedly put the blame on "those bloody crystals being too strong" in the former instance when you inevitably blow your load.

[TelecasterSam]

I agree with Adam.......

Its a heap of shite imo

same as bloody Feng fucking Scwaaaaaayyyyy !

[Swingin' Ryan]

Faith/Holistic healing and Psychics are two of my biggest pet hates and I've spent a fair amount of time reading about/researching both, so let me save you a bit of money.

On the subject of 'alternative medicine', scientists have worked for hundreds of years to finds cures and treatments for every ailment known to man (they haven't found every cure but they've done a lot more than Holistic Medicine). These are treatments that although not 100% effective in every case, are rigorously tested to ensure they have basis in scientific fact and logic.
Holistic/alternative medicine is a mixture of guess work, spiritual pseudo-science and pure fiction which is propagated entirely by the 'placebo' effect and sheer desperation. If you have a genuine ailment, be it physical or psychological, see a GP.

On the subject of psychics, there is not a single shred of evidence to support anything they do. Ask yourself one question when you watch a psychic...'why do they say things like 'I'm getting name starting with B' or 'Is there something to do with your dead uncle and a hat' instead of giving a full name and address. Why on Earth would the dead be trying to trick the living with cryptic clues? It's all done through a combination of cold reading and linguistic trickery. If you want a Psychic reading, I'll do it for you and charge you half the price of whoever you plan on going to will and I'll probably get a fair amount right through pure guess work.

Watch anything by Derren Brown as an example, he does exactly what 'psychics' do yet openly explains it's done by nothing more than trickery and psychology.

If you need further convincing watch these documentaries by Richard Dawkins, the first dealing with psychics etc, the second with alternative medicine.

Richard Dawkins - The Enemies Of Reason - Part1 - Slaves to Superstition

Richard Dawkins - Enemies Of Reason - (Part 2)

On the subject of hypnosis, it's a very different thing. Hypnosis is undoubtedly real but it can only be used for a number of very specific issues, so it would depend entirely on what problem you have.

[The Sloth]

people have tried to demonstrate it to me and it failed, it's one of those things where you have to believe it to make it work...

[Le Stu]

Originally Posted by Tam o' Shantie

I have found Pendulum to be quite bad for my health, since whenever I hear their music I run to the nearest wall and repeatedly smash my face against it until I lose consciousness.

Well, it doesn't work for everyone but Pendulum can stimulate the cheese chakra. I'd suggest trying one of their many similar mantras after consuming a nice piece of brie:

"dooble durble weeb worb, wooble deeble nurb."