Nobody can deny the amazing spiritual and paranormal gifts possessed by world-renowned psychic and medium, Sylvia Browne. She can talk to the dead, she can see into the past, she can foresee the future—she’s even seen Heaven itself. She is probably the most amazing person ever to be born on this Earth besides Jesus Christ and possibly Dale Earnhardt. One need only tune into the Montel Williams Show any Wednesday afternoon to see proof of that.
Despite her greatness on television, many of you still don’t know the full extent of her teachings. Browne has penned numerous books and is the founder of The Society of Novus Spiritus, a Gnostic Christian organization that tries to follow the same philosophies that Jesus himself did.
One of the most wonderful things about Sylvia’s teachings, other than her precise descriptions of heaven, angels, and the spirit world’s intricacies, is that she focuses on love and the white light of peace and harmony. The more I found out about her and her church, the more I knew it would mesh seamlessly with my own Jediism and Evangelical Christianity. I’ve always felt that one can’t have to many synchronous faiths, (so long as none of them are Judaic derivatives), and this one would fit nicely into my collection.
After learning more about some of her philosophies, I decided I would like to meet some of her followers. A quick Google search led me to an online forum run by Sylvia’s son’s girlfriend and endorsed by Sylvia herself, the Go Silvia Brown message board. I quickly signed up and jumped in to the fascinating conversations with some amazing people (or so I thought).
At first I was amazed by how open and loving the members of this community were. It reminded me very much of my experiences in the Jedi realist communities. Everyone was very supportive and very loving. I opened up my soul and shared like I haven’t shared in years. I told some stories of my past, my validations, divulged that my spiritual totem was the noble platypus, and explained some of the things that led me to Sylvia and her fan site.
The love fest didn’t last long though. Like with most aging hippies, their anger, contempt, and genuine hatred of others fueled the fire that quickly devoured any love and understanding they’d previously shown me. For the short time I participated on their forums, I endured a well-coordinated gang rape of my ideas. They attacked my Jedi beliefs, my heritage, even the way I spoke. Clearly the message of love had been forgotten and in its place was a mob dedicated only to my virtual destruction.
The emotional brutality I experienced at the hands of these so-called peaceful people became unbearable. Eventually I gave up hope of fitting in with this group and gave up completely. Though I did meet some nice people there, there are truly some dark souls who follow this wonderful woman’s teachings. They will all be in my prayers of course, but if you’re interested in finding out more about Sylvia Browne and her amazing gifts I’d encourage you to focus on the woman herself and stay clear of her ruthless, blood-sucking fans.
Update: It turns out some of the people on the site were not true Sylvia fans, but bored Skeptics looking to cause trouble. In finding this out, the administrator of the site took action to see that these people weren’t allowed to post anymore. Unfortunately, she elected to “promote” two of the least-loving, most-angry users on the site to help her. These two individuals followed me around mercilessly poking fun at me, usually for being a Jedi.
As I’ve said before, if Jediism were called something else we probably would have a much easier time practicing our faith. But calling it something else would not only be disingenuous to the proud heritage of our beliefs, but also not be true to we Jedi whose struggle to explain our beliefs is part of our growth.
Update #2: They banned me from participating in the forums. I believe they did this because I am a practicing Jedi.