Psychic Sylvia Browne on How Michael Jackson and Princess Di Are Doing in Afterlife

How could you first tell that you had a psychic ability?
I was doing things at age 3 ... I knew who was going to call, I knew who was going to come by. I remember at 5, sitting in my front room with my two great-grandmothers, and I saw their faces run. I ran from the room screaming. My dad grabbed me and took me to my grandmother, who was a working psychic at the time, and she said, "What you saw is them being called to God's House." And sure enough, in two weeks, they both died. So that was not a pleasant way to be introduced to the whole thing.

Wow. Not really, no. So is this gift hereditary?
We go back 300 years. It's actually validated by ancestry. I think it comes from God, but I also know that there's probably a genetic component to it. My son has it, my grandmother had it, her brother had it, my granddaughter has it, on and on it goes.

How can you tell if a psychic is the real deal?
Oh, please. Some of them play a guessing game. One "psychic" I saw got up there and was like, "Does anyone here drive a truck?" I was like, "C'mon!" That's what we call a generalized cold reading, like when someone says they're sensing the initial "D." Or to say you're going from darkness into light. It's just nuts.


Do you have any opinion on other psychics – like John Edwards or James Van Praagh?
I like John Edwards. Van Praagh is the one that I have trouble with. He constantly wants validation. He's always playing the guessing game. Nobody expects anyone to be 100 percent. Only God is.

What made you want to publish this book, 'Afterlives of the Rich and Famous'?
It was very strange. One night I was lying in bed and I was thinking about Clark Gable and his love affair with Carole Lombard. I asked my spirit guide (Francine) if they ever got together, and she said that they're very much in love "over here." When she says "over here," she means the Other Side. They rowboat together, they walk together. Then I started asking about Michael Jackson, and that's how it started. It was my own curiosity.

What is the number one misconception about the afterlife?
That there isn't one.

And if people do imagine one, they imagine a place with clouds...
Or sitting on a cloud with a harp. That's really stupid. In actuality, the afterlife is 3 feet above our ground level. People keep looking up to the sky, which isn't correct. When people see "ghosts," they always say they're floating. They're not actually floating, they're walking on their own solid ground. It has libraries, it has record centers, it has concert halls, it has everything except the negativity.


Obviously people are skeptical about the afterlife and psychic ability...
You know what? I don't care. Everybody is skeptical on everything. Who cares? If you know, between you and God, that you're doing the right thing, that your motives are pure, then who cares what anyone else says?

Now, about some of the specific celebrities in your book: Brittany Murphy, how's she holding up? Did she reunite with Simon Monjack when he passed?
Brittany initially said that she felt like she died prematurely, but then after that initial feeling, she said she was really happy to be there [in the afterlife]. When he died, she was right there to greet him. They had a lovely reunion. What people don't realize is you meet up with people from other lives as well, not just your current one. Your relatives are there, your pets are there.

And what about Michael Jackson? How has his transition been?
He said that he was very maligned in this life, and he's not holding any grudges. He feels a definite unfairness because they accused him of so many things. You've got to realize that he was like a [9-or-10-year-old in a man's] body. He felt more at home with children than people his own age. He's in a healthier body now. I can say that he probably never would have made it through those concerts he had planned before he died. He was sick.

How does Princess Diana feel about Prince William getting engaged?
She's thrilled. She thinks Kate is a wonderful person for William, because she has a tougher skin than she ever had. Di was very shy and everything hurt her feelings.

Do you have any predictions for the upcoming year?
I don't think Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are going to last. They may make it through this year, but I think they're pretty much doomed. I'm also concerned that Liz Taylor isn't going to make it through this year. And you know what? I don't know why they're keeping Zsa Zsa Gabor alive. They had to remove her leg, she had a stroke, she doesn't remember anything or anybody -- I don't believe in Kevorkian, but when it comes time, just let them go.

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