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Doris Collins

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Doris Collins (1918-2003) was aBritishspiritualist andpsychicmedium.[1]

Biography

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Collins was born on 10 February 1918 inEssex, England and was the youngest of a family of nine children. From a young age Collins claimed to be able to see spirits apsychic ability she said to have throughout her life.[2] She attended a Spiritualist church and in 1958 became the president of Woodford National Spiritualist Church in Essex. She became a resident at theSpiritualist Association of Great Britain and made trips to theUnited States,Australia and touredGreat Britain offering her mediumship services to people for money.[3]

She wrote three books on SpiritualismA Woman of Spirit (1985),The Power Within (1988) andPositive Forces (1991).

Skepticism

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Collins has been described as acold reader by thescientific community.[4]James Randi examined a videotape of her mediumship from one of her shows and caught her cold reading.[5]

References

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  1. ^Jenny Randles, Peter Hough. (1994).The Afterlife: An Investigation Into The Mysteries of Life After Death.Berkley Books.ISBN 978-0425142127
  2. ^Doris Collins. (1985).A Woman of Spirit: The Autobiography of a Psychic. HarperCollins Publishers.ISBN 978-0583136426
  3. ^Doris Collins (1918-2003)Archived August 9, 2012, at theWayback Machine
  4. ^Jonathan C. Smith (2009).Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker. Wiley-Blackwell.ISBN 978-1405181228
  5. ^James Randi. (1997).An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. St. Martin's Griffin.ISBN 978-0312151195

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