Inbaal
Encyclopedia
Inbaal is an Israel
i-born British
psychic
and Wicca
n Priestess. She has been seen on television
programs such as Big Brother's Little Brother, House Busters and Most Haunted
. She has also been Elle magazine's astrologer in the UK and has acted as guest asrologer for Elle magazine in Japan on several occasions.
Inbaal originally became interested in becoming a witch during the 1990s, sparked by a love of Tarot
cards. From there she developed her skills as a psychic and tarot reader.
, Elle
, News of the World
, the Daily Mail, and various others.
She predicted more evictions correctly than any psychic on the panel.
Articles in magazines such as Woman&Home and Here's Health described Inbaal's psychic readings alongside other psychics, and her reviews have been positive, praising both her accuracy and kind manner.
She has also featured as a regular psychic presenter on Sky TV in the UK on the Psychic and Soul channel, and on the Psychic Interactive
channel's various programmes.
In 2007, The Observer
ran a betting competition, each week pitting a psychic against a reader or a zoo animal, and a professional sports pundit, to see who would make the highest profit from an allocated £500 with their respective sports predictions. The competitors were replaced every month.
At the end of a year, it transpired that Inbaal has done better than any of the other psychics.
As the top psychic in the competition, she was invited back for a champion-of-champions round in 2008, where she came second to Jenny McCririck, a professional sports pundit, despite having a higher hit rate than her.
She appeared on Channel 4's 4thought.tv programme strand on 30 July 2010, speaking on Wicca and spells from an urban witch perspective.
She has been featured as a speaker at the annual Witchfest festival
s put on by the Children of Artemis
, She also appeared on the cover of Witchcraft & Wicca Magazine.
, the Mail on Sunday ran a story entitled Exposed: TV's bogus 'psychics. This focused on what the paper described as "so-called psychics" whose premium rate phone lines were promoted on the Psychic Television
programme delivered via SkyTV. A journalist from the paper reported that when presented with a fictional story about a brother who had died in a car crash, Inbaal was able to give a detailed physical description of the non-existent individual.
In 2009 The Guardian
newspaper in the UK asked Inbaal to predict the ultimate fate of five Premiership football teams at the end of the season. It transpired that she made one correct and four incorrect predictions, but claimed that she had been asked by the newspaper not to make the "obvious choices".
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i-born British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
and Wicca
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
n Priestess. She has been seen on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
programs such as Big Brother's Little Brother, House Busters and Most Haunted
Most Haunted
Most Haunted is a British paranormal documentary reality television series. The series was first shown on 25 May 2002 and ended on 21 July 2010. It was broadcast on Living and presented by Yvette Fielding. The programme was based on investigating purported paranormal activity...
. She has also been Elle magazine's astrologer in the UK and has acted as guest asrologer for Elle magazine in Japan on several occasions.
Inbaal originally became interested in becoming a witch during the 1990s, sparked by a love of Tarot
Tarot
The tarot |trionfi]] and later as tarocchi, tarock, and others) is a pack of cards , used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games such as Italian tarocchini and French tarot...
cards. From there she developed her skills as a psychic and tarot reader.
Notable Appearances
Inbaal has been featured by various major publications, including GQ, The TimesThe Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
, News of the World
News of the World
The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...
, the Daily Mail, and various others.
Predictions in the Media
From May to July 2003, Inbaal appeared on Big Brother’s Little Brother, where she was part of the "Eviction Prediction" panel every Friday, her job being to predict who was to leave the house, using only her psychic ability.She predicted more evictions correctly than any psychic on the panel.
Articles in magazines such as Woman&Home and Here's Health described Inbaal's psychic readings alongside other psychics, and her reviews have been positive, praising both her accuracy and kind manner.
She has also featured as a regular psychic presenter on Sky TV in the UK on the Psychic and Soul channel, and on the Psychic Interactive
Psychic Television
Psychic Today is a satellite-based interactive television channel that offers direct access to psychics, mediums, astrologers & tarot readers. Psychic Today gives its audience direct access to predictions and readings through various means of live participation...
channel's various programmes.
In 2007, The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
ran a betting competition, each week pitting a psychic against a reader or a zoo animal, and a professional sports pundit, to see who would make the highest profit from an allocated £500 with their respective sports predictions. The competitors were replaced every month.
At the end of a year, it transpired that Inbaal has done better than any of the other psychics.
As the top psychic in the competition, she was invited back for a champion-of-champions round in 2008, where she came second to Jenny McCririck, a professional sports pundit, despite having a higher hit rate than her.
Media Wiccan
In 2004 she appeared on the Living programme Most Haunted for an episode entitled "Witchfinder General".She appeared on Channel 4's 4thought.tv programme strand on 30 July 2010, speaking on Wicca and spells from an urban witch perspective.
She has been featured as a speaker at the annual Witchfest festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
s put on by the Children of Artemis
Children of Artemis
The Children of Artemis is a UK-based Witchcraft membership organisation that organises Witchfests; regular Wiccan and Witchcraft themed festivals and conferences, periodically held in London, Glasgow and Cardiff. They publish the magazine Witchcraft & Wicca.-History:The Children of Artemis first...
, She also appeared on the cover of Witchcraft & Wicca Magazine.
Criticisms
In 2005 , only two years after recommending Inbaal in their 'You' magazine supplement, and a year after recommending her in the 'Weekend' magazine of their sister publication the Daily MailDaily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
, the Mail on Sunday ran a story entitled Exposed: TV's bogus 'psychics. This focused on what the paper described as "so-called psychics" whose premium rate phone lines were promoted on the Psychic Television
Psychic Television
Psychic Today is a satellite-based interactive television channel that offers direct access to psychics, mediums, astrologers & tarot readers. Psychic Today gives its audience direct access to predictions and readings through various means of live participation...
programme delivered via SkyTV. A journalist from the paper reported that when presented with a fictional story about a brother who had died in a car crash, Inbaal was able to give a detailed physical description of the non-existent individual.
In 2009 The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper in the UK asked Inbaal to predict the ultimate fate of five Premiership football teams at the end of the season. It transpired that she made one correct and four incorrect predictions, but claimed that she had been asked by the newspaper not to make the "obvious choices".