Spiritual messages provide a sense of closure

By Amos Johnson

Over 20 people gathered at White Feather on Ottawa street last month in hopes of receiving a message from their deceased loved ones.

White Feather Holistic Arts is a local store which offers healing and spirituality. The store has items such as healing crystals, jewellery, candles, singing bowls, artwork, spiritual books, instruments and CDs.

White Feather hosts a variety of events, including meditation, drum lessons and psychic readings. One of their recent events took place on Jan. 13 with more than 20 people waiting to hear from the psychic medium.

Caitlyn Lloyd, 27, is an employee at White Feather and described how the event affected her.

“A lot of times, whatever Dave (psychic medium) says can be meaningful to more than one person. He was describing characteristics and it fit for this one woman in the crowd, but it also fit for me. This person passed away from cancer and my grandfather passed away from cancer. So he was able to even point out something for me, so it was very nice,” Lloyd said.

David Schultz, 57, is a psychic medium who moved from one-on-one readings to demonstration events such as this.

“It’s a really good opportunity for people to see, even if you don’t get a message. If they do get a message, just a few words can be very healing for some people,” said Schultz.

“It’s a connection, a reconnection, a reminder. They’re here, they’re just not here in the physical form,” Schultz said.

According to Lloyd, the reason some people do not receive a message is because it may not be the right time for them to hear it.

Chris Carreira is a psychologist and believes there is a good reason why people may look to a psychic for guidance.

“I think it comes from desperation, to have answers. I think that it can bring people closure at times,” said Carreira.

According to a study conducted by Macleans in March of 2015, 42 per cent of Canadians say they believe in the ability to communicate with the dead.