{"product_id":"9781936239283","title":"Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Mark Edward is an equivocator, fibber, and mountebank. Which begs the question: if a liar admits to lying, can he be telling the truth? He is a literate, informative, intellectual, a student of the psychology of humans, a foe of those who would defraud the public for personal gain, and as an author and practicing psychic, he is first and foremost an entertainer.\"—Joel Moskowitz, International Brotherhood of Magicians\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMark Edward admits that for years he exploited believers who wished to connect with supernatural ideas and sad family members who missed dead loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow Edward is a magician who works the Haunted Castle in Hollywood and is also on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eSkeptic\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, where he reveals the means of psychic scamsters. This entertaining book is at once a confessional and instructional regarding human belief and those who exploit it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThough Edward believes that most practitioners of the psychic business are out-and-out scam artists, he also counters the skeptic belief that the supernatural is a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth skeptic and skeptical of skepticism, \u003cb\u003eMark Edward\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as a 900-number psychic, ghost hunter, and Hollywood Magic Castle medium. He has also worked vigorously to debunk psychic frauds and currently works on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eSkeptic\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feral House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137649721584,"sku":"9781936239283","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936239283_p0.jpg?v=1763657726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936239283","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}