MISS CLEO: Banned in Oklahoma
The operators of Miss Cleo’s Psychic Readers Network have agreed to cease soliciting business from consumers in Oklahoma as part of an agreement with the state attorney general’s office. [DMNews article excerpt]
WATCH SAMPLES OF MISS CLEO AT WORK
PUCKETT’S GHOST IN OKC?
Real Ghost? Hoax?
DESPITE MORE MEDIA EXPOSURE THAN JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER GHOST STORY IN OKLAHOMA HISTORY, SUBSTANTIVE EVIDENCE STILL DOESN’T EXIST TO CONFIRM SPIRIT ACTIVITY AT PUCKETT’S GARAGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2002.
PSYCHIC DETECTIVE FAKE IN OK?
PSYCHIC JEFF BAKER–CHARGES $450 PER HOUR
[Oklahoma is Not "OK" for Psychic]
Denver’s alleged psychic Jeff Baker claims to have found every one of the approximately 100 missing bodies he’s telepathically searched for. Baker, a top-four-contestant on Lifetime’s “America’s Psychic Challenge,” volunteered his services to the Woodward, Oklahoma, Sheriff’s Department to assist in finding the presumed-dead body of 6-year old Logan Tucker – for the purpose of family closure. As usual, I went on local TV to call his antics immoral. Baker led authorities to six areas where he thought the body could be buried. Despite his playing the numbers game – success rate increases for each additional area searched – Baker failed to find the body. So now his record is 100 out of 101, apparently.
But he didn’t leave Oklahoma. He next traveled to Tulsa to find a 13-year old girl named Cori Baker, no relation and also presumably dead. Baker, at a news conference, announced that he had contacted the dead girl from beyond the grave and that he was “very, very confident” he would find her. In fact, he said it might take a few hours or all day to find her. He began this search on February 13. On February 29, I contacted the Tulsa Police Department, who told me the girl had not been found. Surprise, surprise. I guess Oklahoma is a difficult place for Baker. Oh, well – I suppose 100 out of 102 isn’t bad, huh?
CHAKRA CRAPOLA?
Chakra
According to kundalini yoga, a chakra (pronounced chuckrah and meaning wheel or circle in Sanskrit) is a center of prana or energy. It is said that there are several of these that begin at the base of the spine and end at the top of the head. Kundalini yoga uses physical postures and concentration to increase and focus prana to make union with the Absolute.
In theosophy, the chakras are said to reside in the astral body.
New Age gurus think chakras have colors and give rise to auras that reveal one’s spiritual and physical health, as well as one’s karma. The “third eye,” or chakra known as ajna, is thought to be the way to ESP.
The alleged energy of the chakras is not scientifically measurable, though some have tried to connect the chakras with physical organs such as the pineal gland and the thymus.
[from "The Skeptic's Dictionary"]
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Because of the lack of research to support the claims of chakra proponents, I put this in the category of “feel good” stuff. It makes supporters feel good to talk in new wavy language and be diagnosed by new wavy “experts.” Smoke & Mirrors……
