Rosemary Altea
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Rosemary Altea is a New York Times best - selling author and psychic
medium. She has appeared on various televisions shows, including Larry King Live
, The Oprah Winfrey Show
"20/20," "Unsolved mysteries", "Prime Time, with Diane Sawyer," "Politically Incorrect," "Leeza," "The View," and Fox and friends. She has written many international best selling books and runs a registered charity (a spiritual healing organization) called the RAHEF.
believes modern day self-proclaimed mediums like John Edward
, Sylvia Browne
, Rosemary Altea and James Van Praagh
are avoiding the Victorian tradition of dark rooms, spirit handwriting and flying tambourines as these methods risk exposure. They instead use “mental mediumship” tactics like cold reading
or gleaning information from sitters before hand (hot reading
). Group readings also improve hits by making general statements with conviction, which will fit at least one person in the audience. Shows are carefully edited before airing to show only what appears to be hits and removing anything that does not reflect well on the medium.
Transcripts
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...
medium. She has appeared on various televisions shows, including Larry King Live
Larry King Live
Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
, The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
"20/20," "Unsolved mysteries", "Prime Time, with Diane Sawyer," "Politically Incorrect," "Leeza," "The View," and Fox and friends. She has written many international best selling books and runs a registered charity (a spiritual healing organization) called the RAHEF.
Early life
Altea was born in Leicester, England to Lilian and William Edwards, and has two brothers and three sisters. Her formal education ended at the age of 16 when she left school and then got married when she was 19. Altea is divorced and has one daughter, Samantha Altea, born in 1970.Career
In 2009 Altea discovered that her personal assistant, Denise M. Hall, had stolen well over the recorded amount of $200,000 from her. Hall did this using four credit cards to obtain cash advances, forged cheques and gave herself unauthorized electronic paychecks all under Altea's name. Altea always spoke about the notion that she was unable to "get insights" into her own life, or her daughter's life because it was too close to her—it seems that her assistant took advantage of this fact.Criticism
Investigator Joe NickellJoe Nickell
Joe Nickell is a prominent skeptical investigator of the paranormal. He also works as an historical document consultant and has helped expose such famous forgeries as the purported diary of Jack the Ripper. In 2002 he was one of a number of experts asked by scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr...
believes modern day self-proclaimed mediums like John Edward
John Edward
John Edward McGee, Jr. is an American television personality and professional psychic medium. He is best known for his TV shows Crossing Over with John Edward and John Edward Cross Country....
, Sylvia Browne
Sylvia Browne
Sylvia Browne is an American author who describes herself as a psychic and spiritual medium...
, Rosemary Altea and James Van Praagh
James Van Praagh
James Van Praagh is a self-proclaimed medium who has written several books on spirituality and spirit communication.-Early life and career:Van Praagh was born in Bayside, New York and is the youngest of four children...
are avoiding the Victorian tradition of dark rooms, spirit handwriting and flying tambourines as these methods risk exposure. They instead use “mental mediumship” tactics like cold reading
Cold reading
Cold reading is a series of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, illusionists, and con artists to determine or express details about another person, often in order to convince them that the reader knows much more about a subject than they actually do...
or gleaning information from sitters before hand (hot reading
Hot reading
Hot reading is the use of foreknowledge when giving a psychic reading in stage magic performances, or in other contexts. The reader can gain information about the person receiving the reading through a variety of means, such as background research or overhearing a conversation...
). Group readings also improve hits by making general statements with conviction, which will fit at least one person in the audience. Shows are carefully edited before airing to show only what appears to be hits and removing anything that does not reflect well on the medium.
Books
- The Eagle and the Rose: A Remarkable True Story. Warner Vision, 1996 ISBN 0446603643
- Soul Signs: An Elemental Guide to your Spiritual Destiny. Rodale Books, 2004 ISBN 1579549489
- You Own the Power: Stories And Exercises To Inspire And Unleash The Force Within. Harper Paperbacks, 2001. ISBN 0060959363
- Proud Spirit: Lessons, Insights & Healing From 'the Voice Of The Spirit World'. Harper Paperbacks, 1998 ISBN 0688160670
- Give the Gift of Healing: A Concise Guide to Spiritual Healing. Harper Paperbacks, 2004 ISBN 0060738111
- A Matter of Life and Death: Remarkable True Stories of Hope and Healing, Tarcher, 2007 ISBN 1585425532
External links
- Rosemary Altea – Official website
- Rosemary Altea on IMDB
Transcripts
- Larry King Live: Rosemary Altea Discusses `You Own the Power' March 15, 2000
- Larry King Live: Spiritual Medium Versus Paranormal Skeptic (Altea verses James RandiJames RandiJames Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation...
) June 5, 2001 - Larry King Live: Interview With Rosemary Altea December 13, 2002
- Larry King Live: Have Psychics Gone Too Far? January 26, 2007 (Altea and James Randi)