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But You Knew That Already: What a Psychic Can Teach You About Life
Meet America's new psychic star, Dougall Fraser-he's the Queer Guy with the Third Eye, the Psychic in the City. America's next big clairvoyant shares insights about destiny, love, and intuition and the surprising truth about what really happens behind the scenes in the psychic industry.
Crowned "Best Psychic" by the Dallas Observer, this talented clairvoyant and his hair-raising predictions have been featured on hundreds of national and local television and radio shows. In his entertaining mix of memoir, spirituality, industry exposé, and psychic self-help, he'll sort out truth from fiction, hilariously uncovering the psychic trade's sleights of hand and mind. Fraser helps readers learn that they, too, have access to a whole range of psychic abilities-and he's just the one to show them the tricks of the trade.
Fraser's fresh voice, irreverent humor, and dead-on predictions are destined to turn a whole new audience of would-be skeptics into willing and eager cosmic converts. Psychic Dougall Fraser is poised to become the next big, breakout author in a category of blockbuster hits.
Crowned "Best Psychic" by the Dallas Observer, this talented clairvoyant and his hair-raising predictions have been featured on hundreds of national and local television and radio shows. In his entertaining mix of memoir, spirituality, industry exposé, and psychic self-help, he'll sort out truth from fiction, hilariously uncovering the psychic trade's sleights of hand and mind. Fraser helps readers learn that they, too, have access to a whole range of psychic abilities-and he's just the one to show them the tricks of the trade.
Fraser's fresh voice, irreverent humor, and dead-on predictions are destined to turn a whole new audience of would-be skeptics into willing and eager cosmic converts. Psychic Dougall Fraser is poised to become the next big, breakout author in a category of blockbuster hits.
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288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
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April 9, 2023
THE ‘PSYCHIC WHO TALKS TO THE LIVING’ TALKS ABOUT HIS LIFE
Psychic Dougall Fraser wrote in the Introduction to this 2005 book, “I cannot read your mind… As a professional psychic and clairvoyant, I have the ability to see your strengths and weaknesses. When I am centered, I am able to perceive your hopes and dreams. More importantly, I can guide you in making them happen… I have worked in the New Age community for more than 10 years… I have read for every kind of person… And now I am ready to tell you all about it… I do not talk to the dead; think of me as the psychic who talks to the living. I have been given the ability to instantly perceive many of your characteristics and desires---both positive and negative---just from the sound of your voice… This is my story.”
He recounts an experience at an all-boy summer camp with four other boys: “The words poured out of my mouth… I continued moving through the circle, giving the first psychic readings of my life. I was able to see, perceive, and hear inside my head intimate details about each boy’s life. I didn’t understand what happened to me that night. I still don’t, but I knew it was divine. I saw things that I’d never seen before. Some people believed me, and some didn’t. Opinions and expectations of me changed, in some dramatically.” (Pg. 44-45)
In high school, “I kept trying to prove I was straight… I even had a girlfriend for a while… to my knowledge, I am the only person from that class living an openly gay life…” (Pg. 54)
He recalls, “I became completely obsessed with all forms of meditation… Mom joined me for one of these classes… for Osho, or Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh… His devotees all wore robs and … a beaded necklace with Osho’s picture on it. This was not for me… I did, however, learn from Osho… He was the first person I’d heard of who talked about dancing or singing or laughing during meditation…. I thought his whole approach was very unique.” (Pg. 54-56)
When he was fifteen, he took a group trip to Sedona: “Of course, I gave readings to my fellow travelers… I started to really believe that I had a true gift for reading. People on the trip to Sedona were astounded by my accuracy… The women on my trip were all extremely encouraging. They’d smile and tell one another proudly, ‘He’s so evolved.’… This evolution was all too much for my suburban classmates, and the torture at school continued. Admittedly, I was over-the-top with this stuff.” (Pg. 60-61)
He continues, “High school had become intolerable to me, the guru, by age 16… I knew I couldn’t support myself yet as a psychic… So I devised a plan, one that depended on my divorced parents not communicating too closely with each other… ‘Obviously I can’t live with either parent… I want to move to Dallas to be closer to Tarrin---who had graduated from college… but I want my own apartment.’ I was stunned when they agreed to everything I asked.” (Pg. 65-66)
He recalls, “I was watching and learning and practicing. I was good at making predictions; it came easily to me, and I still like that I would impress people with this skill. My ability made me feel special. Superhuman.” (Pg. 76)
Later, “Reading at psychic fairs was much like being a short-order book. It was fast and furious. People wanted their answers, and they wanted them NOW. Families would come in together and race from psychic to psychic, looking for the answer they wanted to hear.” (Pg. 100)
In the late 1990s, “the psychic phone lines were tremendously popular… I thought it seemed like the ideal job for a psychic… I called the Kenny Kingston Psychic Hotline and got hired on the spot over the phone… They couldn’t have cared less if you were psychic…” (Pg. 106) But later, “I felt like a hooker… I believe that working one of those lines is one small step above being a prostitute.” (Pg. 114)
He reports, “It had never seemed possible to be psychic and yet live a well-balanced, successful life. I was now doing that… Eventually I settled on five sessions a day… It gave me time to run the business end and also to sleep late… I struggled to reconcile the two halves of my being---spiritual guru and successful young single guy.” (Pg. 133-135) But ultimately, “I swore to myself I would never do another party… I certainly wasn’t going to be the whipping boy for these people. I knew it was time to leave Dallas and live on a different level.” (Pg. 167)
He explains, “I had carried my … [tarot] cards with me everywhere since I was 12 years old. My cards were to me that that blanket was to Linus. The whole tarot card or crystal thing is fascinating to me. I now think it goes back to people’s not wanting to take responsibility for themselves…. Look, if someone gives you a reading and tells you the cards don’t lie, that just not true. The cards lie all the time!” (Pg. 173-174)
He states, “As I tell clients over and over, the universe wants to see effort; it will return your energy tenfold…. I had to remove my stubbornness because it was standing in the way of my success.” (Pg. 190)
He admits, “I do not like talking to the dead. I understand the importance of connecting with a loved one and wanting to know definitively that there is life after death. But to do that on a daily basis, quite frankly, would bore the hell out of me.” (Pg. 212)
He says, “I’d like to think of myself me as the Marianne Williamson or the Suze Orman of the psychic world, rather than a psychic detective… There are so many people out there who claim to be professional psychics and are really just out to scam people and make a quick buck that the whole psychic world is an easy target. I am not one of those people, but you never know that people are thinking.” (Pg. 246)
Not a book filled with loads of ‘spiritual insights’ (it’s really more of an autobiography), it may appeal to some.
Psychic Dougall Fraser wrote in the Introduction to this 2005 book, “I cannot read your mind… As a professional psychic and clairvoyant, I have the ability to see your strengths and weaknesses. When I am centered, I am able to perceive your hopes and dreams. More importantly, I can guide you in making them happen… I have worked in the New Age community for more than 10 years… I have read for every kind of person… And now I am ready to tell you all about it… I do not talk to the dead; think of me as the psychic who talks to the living. I have been given the ability to instantly perceive many of your characteristics and desires---both positive and negative---just from the sound of your voice… This is my story.”
He recounts an experience at an all-boy summer camp with four other boys: “The words poured out of my mouth… I continued moving through the circle, giving the first psychic readings of my life. I was able to see, perceive, and hear inside my head intimate details about each boy’s life. I didn’t understand what happened to me that night. I still don’t, but I knew it was divine. I saw things that I’d never seen before. Some people believed me, and some didn’t. Opinions and expectations of me changed, in some dramatically.” (Pg. 44-45)
In high school, “I kept trying to prove I was straight… I even had a girlfriend for a while… to my knowledge, I am the only person from that class living an openly gay life…” (Pg. 54)
He recalls, “I became completely obsessed with all forms of meditation… Mom joined me for one of these classes… for Osho, or Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh… His devotees all wore robs and … a beaded necklace with Osho’s picture on it. This was not for me… I did, however, learn from Osho… He was the first person I’d heard of who talked about dancing or singing or laughing during meditation…. I thought his whole approach was very unique.” (Pg. 54-56)
When he was fifteen, he took a group trip to Sedona: “Of course, I gave readings to my fellow travelers… I started to really believe that I had a true gift for reading. People on the trip to Sedona were astounded by my accuracy… The women on my trip were all extremely encouraging. They’d smile and tell one another proudly, ‘He’s so evolved.’… This evolution was all too much for my suburban classmates, and the torture at school continued. Admittedly, I was over-the-top with this stuff.” (Pg. 60-61)
He continues, “High school had become intolerable to me, the guru, by age 16… I knew I couldn’t support myself yet as a psychic… So I devised a plan, one that depended on my divorced parents not communicating too closely with each other… ‘Obviously I can’t live with either parent… I want to move to Dallas to be closer to Tarrin---who had graduated from college… but I want my own apartment.’ I was stunned when they agreed to everything I asked.” (Pg. 65-66)
He recalls, “I was watching and learning and practicing. I was good at making predictions; it came easily to me, and I still like that I would impress people with this skill. My ability made me feel special. Superhuman.” (Pg. 76)
Later, “Reading at psychic fairs was much like being a short-order book. It was fast and furious. People wanted their answers, and they wanted them NOW. Families would come in together and race from psychic to psychic, looking for the answer they wanted to hear.” (Pg. 100)
In the late 1990s, “the psychic phone lines were tremendously popular… I thought it seemed like the ideal job for a psychic… I called the Kenny Kingston Psychic Hotline and got hired on the spot over the phone… They couldn’t have cared less if you were psychic…” (Pg. 106) But later, “I felt like a hooker… I believe that working one of those lines is one small step above being a prostitute.” (Pg. 114)
He reports, “It had never seemed possible to be psychic and yet live a well-balanced, successful life. I was now doing that… Eventually I settled on five sessions a day… It gave me time to run the business end and also to sleep late… I struggled to reconcile the two halves of my being---spiritual guru and successful young single guy.” (Pg. 133-135) But ultimately, “I swore to myself I would never do another party… I certainly wasn’t going to be the whipping boy for these people. I knew it was time to leave Dallas and live on a different level.” (Pg. 167)
He explains, “I had carried my … [tarot] cards with me everywhere since I was 12 years old. My cards were to me that that blanket was to Linus. The whole tarot card or crystal thing is fascinating to me. I now think it goes back to people’s not wanting to take responsibility for themselves…. Look, if someone gives you a reading and tells you the cards don’t lie, that just not true. The cards lie all the time!” (Pg. 173-174)
He states, “As I tell clients over and over, the universe wants to see effort; it will return your energy tenfold…. I had to remove my stubbornness because it was standing in the way of my success.” (Pg. 190)
He admits, “I do not like talking to the dead. I understand the importance of connecting with a loved one and wanting to know definitively that there is life after death. But to do that on a daily basis, quite frankly, would bore the hell out of me.” (Pg. 212)
He says, “I’d like to think of myself me as the Marianne Williamson or the Suze Orman of the psychic world, rather than a psychic detective… There are so many people out there who claim to be professional psychics and are really just out to scam people and make a quick buck that the whole psychic world is an easy target. I am not one of those people, but you never know that people are thinking.” (Pg. 246)
Not a book filled with loads of ‘spiritual insights’ (it’s really more of an autobiography), it may appeal to some.
March 16, 2010
I was expecting a book on how to tap into your own psychic ability given the name of the book. But instead it was about his story growing up and realizing he was psychic (and gay) which made for a challenging childhood as no one understood him. He quickly became successful as a psychic and the rest of the book is basically him bragging about how successful and rich he became. There was a tiny bit of his inner struggle having a gift and using it to make money instead of for some better purpose. So I was very disappointed in this book and would not recommend it.
May 26, 2017
What an enjoyable read !!
What an enjoyable and authentic author ! So rare to find the candid stories and musings -- I was literally laughing out loud !! No fluff whatsoever !! Dougall Fraser - I'm in love !!! Highly recommend !!!
What an enjoyable and authentic author ! So rare to find the candid stories and musings -- I was literally laughing out loud !! No fluff whatsoever !! Dougall Fraser - I'm in love !!! Highly recommend !!!
July 1, 2020
Just fine. An easy quarantine read.
July 29, 2010
An excellent autobiography by psychic reader Dougall Fraser. It is a story of a young man as well as a story of a psychic. The author vividly illustrates the world in his eyes to us, a world in which people come with an aura that can be read. It is a life story that is full of everyday struggles and joys, but with a psyhic twist to it.
I really liked this book
I really liked this book
August 24, 2012
Not sure how to categorize this one...a quirky coming of age autobiography.
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