Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Nov 19, 2011 21:02:26 GMT
From the BP Archive 2008
Jayne Wallace is the driving force behind the Psychic Sisters who opened a store within Selfridges in April 2006. This occasion was well documented and an excellent piece was posted by UKSkeptics
www.skeptics.org.uk/article.php?dir=articles&article=Selfridges_and_the_psychic_sisters.php
The main reason I bring Jayne back to the attention of us all is that I happened to find her in the guise of Agony Aunt in a magazine called Love It. Before you start wondering at my choice of reading I have to point out I was in the hairdressers and unless you take a book to read those magazines are all that’s left to shut your mind off to the ramblings of hairdressers (apologies to any hairdressers reading this, it's not personal) I mean do I really need to tell you how my hairdresser was so excited she’d bought a set of kitchen knives in the sale for £40 and how they magnetically stuck to her wall to complete the look of her kitchen?
Jayne has a column in Love It entitled Psychic Agony Aunt in which she uses her psychic ability to give advice.
Here are a couple of examples.
To me that is so generalised and using information that "Sharon" has given! The odds are in Jayne’s favour that the Grandmother has passed also. Of course her Mother was in pain! The person asking needs to hear their much loved Mother is free from pain and happy so Jayne obliges.
Cold reading from a distance! There can be no comeback for Jayne, the magazine will not be printing any letter from an irate reader stating that this is rubbish and the watch was found three weeks later in the fridge.
To add that the watch was found and gave strength to someone is a somewhat ridiculous statement. How did she find it? Was she sifting through the landfill? I mean for goodness sake!
Suddenly I had an urge to email her! I do love a good urge…. so I went to her website.
www.jaynewallace.co.uk/
and emailed
Email sent 28/08/08
Reply from Jayne 28/08/08
My reply 28/08/08
Reply from Jayne 30/08/08
My reply 01/09/08
From Jayne 01/09/08
My reply 01/09/08
Waited for reply
tapping fingers, toes .... my tap dancing improved no end by the way. Anyway I digress.
Impatient I am, so having waited a couple of days without a reply, I went onto Psychic Sisters site and tried to enrol on one of their Epping courses via email.
03/09/08
Reply!
03/09/08
Me again
03/09/08
No reply!! And I waited for a longer period of time too! So I sent another…
09/09/08
Reply 09/09/08
(Just to note I didn’t actually believe the “I have been away” because she had already stated “I will not answer your questions” also to add that the incorrect spellings in Jayne’s emails are as she sent them, saves me putting “sic” everywhere, it can be such a messy business!)
My final reply 09/09/08
Unsurprisingly I didn’t hear any more from Jayne. This lady is obviously making a lot of money from very little talent apart from her business talent. The success of the Selfridges store has led to the opening recently of a new store in Epping.
Making a great deal of money from readings in all shapes and forms including email reading.
Let’s have a look at that offer,
Email readings
The reason you need to give a birth date is so the reader can make general observations about you and the needs people may have at certain stages of their lives. A photograph will add to these observations.
Including words like vibrations, energies and crystals is just to make it sound mystical and mysterious.
£30 to be given a generalised piece of information which will probably apply to a large majority of your age group. Even if it doesn’t you’ve paid your money and are unlikely to complain but put it down to experience. If it does seem to apply to you then you possibly will be sucked in to pay out more money for generalisations under another guise.
Check these links to understand how we can fit most things to relate to us individually.
www.skepdic.com/barnum.html
www.skepdic.com/forer.html
These Psychic Sisters are very busy elsewhere too,
On the radio
Of course the magazines and not just Love It!
And the obligatory weekend breaks
Prices range between £324 - £365 per person
It is my opinion that this lady is making a lot of money from very little. I see no proof that her claims of psychic ability are genuine but instead she has created another money making machine taking from the grieving, the gullible and the naïve.
Amaris
Jayne Wallace is the driving force behind the Psychic Sisters who opened a store within Selfridges in April 2006. This occasion was well documented and an excellent piece was posted by UKSkeptics
www.skeptics.org.uk/article.php?dir=articles&article=Selfridges_and_the_psychic_sisters.php
The main reason I bring Jayne back to the attention of us all is that I happened to find her in the guise of Agony Aunt in a magazine called Love It. Before you start wondering at my choice of reading I have to point out I was in the hairdressers and unless you take a book to read those magazines are all that’s left to shut your mind off to the ramblings of hairdressers (apologies to any hairdressers reading this, it's not personal) I mean do I really need to tell you how my hairdresser was so excited she’d bought a set of kitchen knives in the sale for £40 and how they magnetically stuck to her wall to complete the look of her kitchen?
Jayne has a column in Love It entitled Psychic Agony Aunt in which she uses her psychic ability to give advice.
Here are a couple of examples.
Q My Mum passed away a couple of weeks ago and I can't stop thinking about her. She'd battled cancer for a few years and I hated seeing her in pain. I'm convinced when she died she still had some fight in her and wasn't ready to go. Can you tell me if she's free from pain and happier in the afterlife?
Sharon 39
A As I link into your Mum's energy I sense she was a very gentle lady. Loving and caring, she supported you all your life.
I know she was in pain and I can reassure you she was ready to leave this life. She was close to your Grandma and they are now together in the spirit world.
Try not to worry she's finally free of the pain and suffering she went through. She hates to see you sad so keep your chin up and start smiling again.
Your Mum hears you wish her goodnight and knows life is hard for you right now. Focus on your career-things are about to improve
Sharon 39
A As I link into your Mum's energy I sense she was a very gentle lady. Loving and caring, she supported you all your life.
I know she was in pain and I can reassure you she was ready to leave this life. She was close to your Grandma and they are now together in the spirit world.
Try not to worry she's finally free of the pain and suffering she went through. She hates to see you sad so keep your chin up and start smiling again.
Your Mum hears you wish her goodnight and knows life is hard for you right now. Focus on your career-things are about to improve
To me that is so generalised and using information that "Sharon" has given! The odds are in Jayne’s favour that the Grandmother has passed also. Of course her Mother was in pain! The person asking needs to hear their much loved Mother is free from pain and happy so Jayne obliges.
Q A few weeks ago I was redecorating my living room when I mislaid my most treasured possession, my silver watch. It was given to me when I was little by my uncle who has now sadly passed away, so it has great sentimental value. I kept the watch in a small oblong box and it has a heart shaped face. I'd only just had a new strap put on it when it went missing. Will I ever find it?
Margaret 42
A I'm sorry to tell you I sense the watch has been accidently thrown away. While you were decorating it was put in with the rubbish and I'm afraid you won't be getting it back. On the positive side it's been found by a young lady who treasures it greatly. She was feeling very low at the time and the watch has given her new strength. Linking into your Uncle's aura I'm getting a message that you shouldn't worry, he knows you didn't lose the watch on purpose and wants you to stop fretting about it.
Margaret 42
A I'm sorry to tell you I sense the watch has been accidently thrown away. While you were decorating it was put in with the rubbish and I'm afraid you won't be getting it back. On the positive side it's been found by a young lady who treasures it greatly. She was feeling very low at the time and the watch has given her new strength. Linking into your Uncle's aura I'm getting a message that you shouldn't worry, he knows you didn't lose the watch on purpose and wants you to stop fretting about it.
Cold reading from a distance! There can be no comeback for Jayne, the magazine will not be printing any letter from an irate reader stating that this is rubbish and the watch was found three weeks later in the fridge.
To add that the watch was found and gave strength to someone is a somewhat ridiculous statement. How did she find it? Was she sifting through the landfill? I mean for goodness sake!
Suddenly I had an urge to email her! I do love a good urge…. so I went to her website.
www.jaynewallace.co.uk/
and emailed
Email sent 28/08/08
Hi Jayne
I noticed you have an Agony Aunt page in a magazine called Love It. I was wondering how you can help these people psychically from a distance.
Hope to hear back from you.
Best Wishes
Amaris
I noticed you have an Agony Aunt page in a magazine called Love It. I was wondering how you can help these people psychically from a distance.
Hope to hear back from you.
Best Wishes
Amaris
Reply from Jayne 28/08/08
Don't no what you mean I do them readings its as easy as thant many thanks jayne
My reply 28/08/08
Hi Jayne,
Thanks for replying. Sorry, I probably didn't make myself clear. I meant that I thought it was usual to be in close proximity to a person or to hold something that belongs to them to do a reading and I just wondered how you can connect with people at a distance.
I'm just interested in the ability to do that.
Thanks
Amaris
Thanks for replying. Sorry, I probably didn't make myself clear. I meant that I thought it was usual to be in close proximity to a person or to hold something that belongs to them to do a reading and I just wondered how you can connect with people at a distance.
I'm just interested in the ability to do that.
Thanks
Amaris
Reply from Jayne 30/08/08
Hi that is one of the hardest questions I have ever had I cant explain how to do it, I have been doing it for many years so it comes natural to me I would recommend giving it a try xx
My reply 01/09/08
Hi Jayne
Again thanks for replying. I hope you don't mind me pointing out that this reply compared to the last seems to have been written by a different person judging by the grammatical content. Do you have a team who work specifically to answer emails? No offense meant as I know a busy office will do this.
I have one more question and hope you can help me with it. I have been on different websites looking at both sides of the argument of belief in these gifts. How would you explain to a sceptic whose opinion, as I've understood it, is that you are cold reading?
Hope you can help me in understanding your side of this argument/discussion as I'm very much interested in your gift.
Best wishes
Amaris
Again thanks for replying. I hope you don't mind me pointing out that this reply compared to the last seems to have been written by a different person judging by the grammatical content. Do you have a team who work specifically to answer emails? No offense meant as I know a busy office will do this.
I have one more question and hope you can help me with it. I have been on different websites looking at both sides of the argument of belief in these gifts. How would you explain to a sceptic whose opinion, as I've understood it, is that you are cold reading?
Hope you can help me in understanding your side of this argument/discussion as I'm very much interested in your gift.
Best wishes
Amaris
From Jayne 01/09/08
Hello I am the only one that responses to the email it may be that I was on my blackberry, I am sorry but I cant answer you questions as I am very busy try the sceptic people I am sure they will help you many thanks jayne
My reply 01/09/08
Hi Jayne,
Sorry I do understand that you must be very busy. The thing is I understand the sceptics viewpoint but I was asking for your views as a psychic on the accusations of cold reading, and how you could prove you weren't actually practising this method. Your replies in the magazine do compare with that of cold reading.
Best wishes
Amaris
Sorry I do understand that you must be very busy. The thing is I understand the sceptics viewpoint but I was asking for your views as a psychic on the accusations of cold reading, and how you could prove you weren't actually practising this method. Your replies in the magazine do compare with that of cold reading.
Best wishes
Amaris
Waited for reply
tapping fingers, toes .... my tap dancing improved no end by the way. Anyway I digress.
Impatient I am, so having waited a couple of days without a reply, I went onto Psychic Sisters site and tried to enrol on one of their Epping courses via email.
03/09/08
Hi
Am interested in an enrolment form.
Thanks
Am interested in an enrolment form.
Thanks
Reply!
03/09/08
Hi we only have 1 class this year that starts this Thursday in Eppng we don’t have the forms any more, I am not quite sure what you require from me or psychic sisters ? As we only get grilled by people that want to create problems and that is why I will not answer your questions all the best Jayne
Me again
03/09/08
Hi Jayne,
What I "require" is knowledge of your gifts and I thought by enrolling in a class I might gain some that way as you seem very closed to any questions regarding your work. How could I create problems unless there were something to create them from?
Best Wishes
Amaris
What I "require" is knowledge of your gifts and I thought by enrolling in a class I might gain some that way as you seem very closed to any questions regarding your work. How could I create problems unless there were something to create them from?
Best Wishes
Amaris
No reply!! And I waited for a longer period of time too! So I sent another…
09/09/08
Hi Jayne,
Having had no further replies from you I can only presume you have no argument to prove that your "gifts" are anything more than cold reading. I mistakenly thought the opportunity to silence critics of psychics/mediums would have been of great interest to you but your lack of response on this matter does tend to look like you have absolutely no proof to show you do get messages from the dead. You also claim you can "give a clearer understanding of many aspects of your life, including your past, present and future opportunities".
You have a lot of commodities for sale on your websites, charging what I personally consider to be, a lot of money.
Half an hour private reading £50
Phone reading £50
Email reading £30
Party bookings min 6 people £50 per person!
But the blow is lessened by the complimentary CD on the party bookings.
Why not give me a couple of paragraphs in an email to show your psychic ability or just one paragraph. I realise time is money for you.
Maybe you feel you have nothing to prove? After all you are making a lot of money without proof.
Oh can I just ask one more thing, do you have any qualifications in counselling or psychology to be given the responsibility of an Agony Aunt in any publication?
Best Wishes
Amaris
Having had no further replies from you I can only presume you have no argument to prove that your "gifts" are anything more than cold reading. I mistakenly thought the opportunity to silence critics of psychics/mediums would have been of great interest to you but your lack of response on this matter does tend to look like you have absolutely no proof to show you do get messages from the dead. You also claim you can "give a clearer understanding of many aspects of your life, including your past, present and future opportunities".
You have a lot of commodities for sale on your websites, charging what I personally consider to be, a lot of money.
Half an hour private reading £50
Phone reading £50
Email reading £30
Party bookings min 6 people £50 per person!
But the blow is lessened by the complimentary CD on the party bookings.
Why not give me a couple of paragraphs in an email to show your psychic ability or just one paragraph. I realise time is money for you.
Maybe you feel you have nothing to prove? After all you are making a lot of money without proof.
Oh can I just ask one more thing, do you have any qualifications in counselling or psychology to be given the responsibility of an Agony Aunt in any publication?
Best Wishes
Amaris
Reply 09/09/08
Hello I am not sure were you are coming from I have been away so that is why you got no response, I am sorry that you feel like that but no I don’t have noting to prove to you if you have any more questions the I feel tat you should sent them to Love It or News Internationals legal team they will answer any of your further questions
Many thanks
Many thanks
(Just to note I didn’t actually believe the “I have been away” because she had already stated “I will not answer your questions” also to add that the incorrect spellings in Jayne’s emails are as she sent them, saves me putting “sic” everywhere, it can be such a messy business!)
My final reply 09/09/08
Well my questions are aimed at you not the magazines you work for. I will presume due to your evasiveness that you do not have the talents you claim to have. I feel that in a way you have answered my enquiries!
Thanks
Amaris
Thanks
Amaris
Unsurprisingly I didn’t hear any more from Jayne. This lady is obviously making a lot of money from very little talent apart from her business talent. The success of the Selfridges store has led to the opening recently of a new store in Epping.
Making a great deal of money from readings in all shapes and forms including email reading.
Let’s have a look at that offer,
Email readings
Jayne or one of her Psychic Sisters will link into your email reading, by will work with their spirit guides allowing them to give messages and guidance throughout the readings.
When booking a reading please could you enclose your name, date of birth and photograph when possible, as this will allow us to get a stronger link to do your reading.
When booking a reading please could you enclose your name, date of birth and photograph when possible, as this will allow us to get a stronger link to do your reading.
The reason you need to give a birth date is so the reader can make general observations about you and the needs people may have at certain stages of their lives. A photograph will add to these observations.
Firstly open your mind and think of two questions that you need guidance on, once you have email these over to us. Then we will link into the vibrations and work with the energies that we will feel drawn to. We will then do a specific Tarot spread or use Crystals to give you guidance and insight.
Including words like vibrations, energies and crystals is just to make it sound mystical and mysterious.
Email readings cost ￡30 - via paypal]
£30 to be given a generalised piece of information which will probably apply to a large majority of your age group. Even if it doesn’t you’ve paid your money and are unlikely to complain but put it down to experience. If it does seem to apply to you then you possibly will be sucked in to pay out more money for generalisations under another guise.
Check these links to understand how we can fit most things to relate to us individually.
www.skepdic.com/barnum.html
www.skepdic.com/forer.html
These Psychic Sisters are very busy elsewhere too,
On the radio
BBC London 94.9FM
Psychic Sisters now have a regular monthly slot on The Late Show with Jumoké Fashola. They will be featured every last Thursday of the month starting at 10.30 pm till late. Jayne and one of the Psychic Sisters will be doing live readings and answering any question you may wish to put to them.
Psychic Sisters now have a regular monthly slot on The Late Show with Jumoké Fashola. They will be featured every last Thursday of the month starting at 10.30 pm till late. Jayne and one of the Psychic Sisters will be doing live readings and answering any question you may wish to put to them.
Of course the magazines and not just Love It!
Soul & Spirit Magazine
Why not have a read of the latest Spiritual and Holistic Magazine. Psychic Sisters have a fantastic monthly column were one of the team will be featured doing a reading for one of the Magazines many readers
Why not have a read of the latest Spiritual and Holistic Magazine. Psychic Sisters have a fantastic monthly column were one of the team will be featured doing a reading for one of the Magazines many readers
And the obligatory weekend breaks
Psychic Development weekend breaks
Why not come along and join Jayne Wallace & Lindy Murray on a fantastic Psychic development 3 day break with Warner luxury Holidays. Let the girls show you how to link into your Spirit Guides, work with Angel and Tarot Cards, show you how to do reading for friends & family, learn Healing & Relaxation techniques and get a clearer understanding of the Spirit world. They will also be holding a Ghost Hunt to allow you to sense energies in one of the most haunted hotels in the UK. Various date available
Why not come along and join Jayne Wallace & Lindy Murray on a fantastic Psychic development 3 day break with Warner luxury Holidays. Let the girls show you how to link into your Spirit Guides, work with Angel and Tarot Cards, show you how to do reading for friends & family, learn Healing & Relaxation techniques and get a clearer understanding of the Spirit world. They will also be holding a Ghost Hunt to allow you to sense energies in one of the most haunted hotels in the UK. Various date available
Prices range between £324 - £365 per person
It is my opinion that this lady is making a lot of money from very little. I see no proof that her claims of psychic ability are genuine but instead she has created another money making machine taking from the grieving, the gullible and the naïve.
Amaris
That's a double WOW in my book