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I am a Psychic Evidential Medium, Paranormal Investigator, Reiki Practitioner and Tarot Reader based in the North East of England.
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Psychic Mediumship and Tarot readings are subject to interpretation and should not be taken as absolute. All readings given by Psychic Medium Donna French are for entertainment purposes only, and no guarantee can be given as to the accuracy of a reading. The contents of a reading are not legally binding. Readings are not meant to replace the services or advice of a doctor, psychiatrist

, counsellor, financial advisor, solicitor or any other trained professional. It will not force you to follow a particular course of action or attempt to exert any form of control over your free-will and common sense. You are responsible for the choices you make in your life. Therefore, choices, consequences and/or actions made by you based on your reading are solely your responsibility and have not been forced upon you. Readings for a 3rd party will not be accepted, due to the unethical nature of connecting to a persons energy without their knowledge or permission. Please use your own common sense and judgment at all times. It is only with the complete understanding and acceptance of the above that your reading will take place. Psychic Medium Donna French does not offer readings to anyone under 18 years of age. By accepting this reading, you confirm you are 18 years of age or over.

18/05/2026

🍳 Culinary Witchcraft: The Magic in Your Kitchen 🌿✨

As a psychic medium, I’m often asked how to maintain a high vibration at home. My favorite answer? Look no further than your kitchen. Culinary Witchcraft is the ancient practice of turning everyday nourishment into a spiritual act. It’s about realizing that your stove is a modern hearth and your wooden spoon is a wand. 🥄🕯️

The Kitchen Altar
Your kitchen is the heart of the home’s energy. You can create a "working altar" right on your countertop. A small jar of salt for protection, a bowl of fresh fruit for abundance, or a simple sprig of dried rosemary hanging over the door can shift the frequency of the room. When the heart of the home is spiritually aligned, the rest of the house follows.

The Magic of Spices
Every ingredient carries a spiritual "signature." When you cook with intention, you are literally infusing your food with these properties:

Cinnamon: For success, healing, and "speeding up" manifestations.

Black Pepper: For banishing negativity and protecting the home.

Basil: For love, peace, and financial steadying.

Garlic: A powerhouse for warding off low-vibrational energy and "psychic vampires."

Intentional Cooking
The secret ingredient isn't just love—it’s presence. When stirring a pot of soup, stir clockwise (deosil) to invite in healing and positive energy. If you’re making a sauce to "clear the air" after a heavy day, stir counter-clockwise (widdershins) to banish the lingering stress.

The Investigator’s Tip:
If you feel a "heavy" presence in a house, try baking something with cloves or rosemary. The aromatic molecules carry the plant’s protective spirit into every corner of the room, effectively "smoking out" stagnant or unwanted energy in a way that feels natural and grounding.

Cooking is one of the few rituals we perform every single day. Why not make it magical? By treating your kitchen as a sacred space, you nourish both the body and the soul.

What is your "go-to" spice when you need to shift the mood in your home?

17/05/2026

🌕 Moon Phases: Timing Your Magic with the Lunar Cycle 🌑

As a psychic medium and investigator, I’m constantly watching the sky. The Moon is the Earth’s natural amplifier; it doesn't just pull the tides, it pulls on our intuition and the strength of our spiritual workings. If you want your intentions to land, you have to ride the right lunar wave.

🌑 The New Moon: The Seed (Planting)
This is the "dark" phase—a time for introspection and shadow work.
Best for: New beginnings, setting fresh intentions, and "seeding" a project.
Everyday Tip: Cleanse your space and start a new habit. It’s the best time to "program" a new crystal for a specific goal.

🌒 Waxing Moon: The Growth (Building)
As the moon grows from a sliver to a half-circle, energy is building.
Best for: Manifestation, attraction, and drawing things toward you (money, love, success).
Everyday Tip: Take action on your plans. If you're looking for a new job or building a business, do your networking now.

🌕 The Full Moon: The Peak (Illumination)
This is the high-tide of psychic energy. The veil is thinnest, and everything is amplified—including paranormal activity!
Best for: Charging your tools (Moon Water!), divination, and intense spirit communication.
Everyday Tip: Be mindful of your emotions; they will be heightened. This is the ultimate "Double Positive" time for investigations.

🌘 Waning Moon: The Release (Banishment)
As the light fades, the energy is about letting go and pushing away.
Best for: Banishing negativity, breaking bad habits, and closing portals.
Everyday Tip: Deep clean your home. Declutter your physical space to mirror the spiritual clearing you’re doing.

🧹 The Dark Moon: The Void (Rest)
The day or two right before the New Moon.
Best for: Protection, binding, and deep meditation.
Everyday Tip: Rest. Your psychic batteries need a recharge before the next cycle begins.

The Investigator’s Tip:
I find that residual hauntings are more active during the Waxing phase, while intelligent entities often use the surge of the Full Moon to manifest or communicate. Pay attention to your case files—do you see a pattern?

16/05/2026

The Stone Tape Theory suggests that minerals in a building—like limestone, quartz, or iron—can "record" intense emotional events and play them back later, much like a magnetic tape. Unlike a traditional haunting where a spirit might interact with you, this is a residual haunting: a non-intelligent, repetitive loop of energy.

The Mechanics: How it Works

From a scientific perspective, the theory hinges on Geopsychology and the physical properties of certain materials:

Mineral Composition: Crystalline structures like quartz possess piezoelectric properties, meaning they can store and release energy when under pressure.

Environmental Factors: High humidity or changes in the Earth’s magnetic field (often measured by investigators as EMF spikes) may act as a "play" button, triggering the release of the stored data.

The Emotional Catalyst: The theory posits that high-frequency emotions—like extreme fear, trauma, or even intense joy—act as the "recording" mechanism, "imprinting" the energy onto the surroundings.

Why You See It

You aren't seeing a ghost; you’re seeing a displacement in time. This explains why "ghosts" in these scenarios often walk through walls where doors used to be or ignore the living entirely—they are simply playing back a historical recording that has been etched into the literal foundations of the site.

Investigation Tip
If you’re at a site and notice the activity is identical every time—same footsteps, same figure, no response to EVP—you aren't dealing with a soul. You’re dealing with the geology of the past.

15/05/2026

The Ghost in the Machine: Understanding the Power of Suggestion 👻🧠

As a paranormal investigator, I’m often asked: "Is it a spirit, or is it just my mind?" The answer is frequently both. To master the field of mediumship and investigation, we have to understand the Power of Suggestion—the psychological bridge between the seen and the unseen.

What is it?

In scientific terms, this is often called Expectancy Theory. It occurs when a person’s expectations or beliefs lead them to experience a specific outcome. If I tell you a room is "heavy" or "haunted" before you enter, your brain begins to scan for data to support that claim, often ignoring logical explanations.

The Causes & Mechanics:

Priming: This is the "warning" phase. If an investigator says, "Did you hear that growl?" your brain immediately tries to categorise ambient noise (like a settling floorboard) as a vocalisation.

Sensory Deprivation: In dark, quiet environments, the brain hates "silence." It will create Pareidolia—the tendency to see faces in shadows or hear words in white noise—to fill the gaps.

The Ideomotor Phenomenon: This is the science behind the Ouija board and dowsing rods. It involves unconscious, involuntary muscle movements triggered by what we expect to happen. You aren't "faking" it; your subconscious is physically reacting to your psychic intent.

The Paranormal Edge 🕯️

Does this mean every encounter is "fake"? Absolutely not. In fact, suggestibility might be our greatest tool. High suggestibility is often linked to transliminality—a "thinness" between the conscious mind and the unconscious.

By leaning into the power of suggestion, we lower our mental barriers, making us more sensitive to subtle energetic shifts that the "logical" brain usually filters out. The key is discernment: knowing when the mind is playing tricks, and when it’s finally being quiet enough to let a spirit speak.

Next time you’re on a hunt, check your "priming." Are you seeing a ghost because you were told one lives there, or because the energy is truly shifting?

14/05/2026

👁️ IS IT A SPIRIT... OR JUST YOUR BRAIN?

Take a close look at this image. What do you see? Comment below with how many faces or figures you can find! 👇

In the paranormal world, we call this Matrixing, but scientifically, it’s known as Pareidolia. It’s the neurological phenomenon where our brains recognize familiar patterns—especially faces—in random or ambiguous data like clouds, wood grain, or smoke.

Why are we hard-wired for this?

Our brains are survival machines. Evolutionary biology suggests that our ancestors who could spot a face in the tall grass—even if it was just a shadow—lived longer than those who didn't. Because missing a real threat was more dangerous than seeing a "false positive," we evolved a hyper-active face-detection system. Infants as young as minutes old already show a preference for face-like shapes, proving how deeply this is etched into our DNA.

The Paranormal Edge 🕯️

As investigators, pareidolia is one of our biggest challenges. Low light, fatigue, and the high expectation of finding something "spooky" can amplify this effect, turning a smudge on a lens or a cluster of dust into a "spirit".

But here’s the mystery: while science puts it in a box, many sensitives believe pareidolia is the bridge to the divine. If spirit energy is subtle, perhaps it uses these existing patterns to manifest just enough for us to see. Is your brain "making it up," or is it finally tuned enough to see the hidden form within the noise?

True investigation requires us to be "wiser" by ruling out the natural before we claim the supernatural.

So, tell me... do you see a trick of the light, or a guest from the other side? 👻

13/05/2026

Ever woken up unable to move, feeling a crushing weight on your chest while a dark shadow looms in the corner? Whether you call it a "glitch in the brain" or a "visitation," the experience is terrifyingly universal.

The Biological Blueprint: REM Intrusion

From a scientific lens, this is Sleep Paralysis. It occurs during the transition between REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep and wakefulness. To prevent us from physically acting out our dreams and hurting ourselves, the brain triggers muscle atonia—a temporary paralysis.

Usually, this "switch" flips off before we wake up. But sometimes, the mind awakens while the body remains locked. This "REM intrusion" creates a sensory crossroads:

The Weight: Your breathing becomes shallow (normal for REM), which the panicked brain interprets as an external force crushing your chest.

The Hallucinations: The amygdala (your brain’s fear centre) goes into overdrive. Looking for a reason for the fear, it projects dream imagery into your physical room—resulting in "shadow people".

The Spiritual Folklore: The Night Visitor

While science explains the how, folklore explores the who. Across cultures and centuries, these experiences have been attributed to "Night Visitors":

The Old Hag (Newfoundland/Anglosphere): A witch who sits on the sleeper's chest, "riding" them until morning.

The Kanashibari (Japan): "Bound in metal." Attributed to vengeful spirits or sorcery.

The Pisadeira (Brazil): A crone with long fingernails who stomps on the chests of those sleeping on a full stomach.

To many in the paranormal community, the "Shadow Man" isn't just a hallucination. It’s an interdimensional entity or an astral parasite that feeds on the intense fear generated during the paralyzed state.

The Intersection

Whether it’s a neurological misfire or a thin veil between worlds, the sensation is real. Science provides the mechanics of the "lock," but the "key" to why we all see the same dark figures remains one of the great mysteries of the human consciousness.

Do you believe the brain creates the monster, or does the paralysis simply allow us to see what’s already there?

12/05/2026

To find the answer, we have to look at the intersection of interspecies ethology (animal behaviour) and parapsychology.

Animals possess sensory capabilities that far exceed human limits. This isn't magic; it’s biology:

Acoustics: Cats can hear ultrasonic frequencies (up to 64,000 Hz) used by rodents and insects. That "ghost" in the wall might be a beetle scratching behind the plasterboard.

Vision: Many animals see into the ultraviolet spectrum. They detect subtle changes in light and motion—like dust motes or tiny gnats—that our eyes simply don't register.

Vibrations: Dogs have highly sensitive paw pads that detect micro-vibrations. A passing truck or a neighbor's plumbing can trigger a "haunting" reaction.

The Paranormal Edge: The Sixth Sense

In the paranormal field, we theorize that spirits manifest as Electromagnetic Field (EMF) fluctuations or localized temperature drops.
Biologically, many animals possess magnetoreception (the ability to perceive magnetic fields). If a spirit is essentially a localized energy disturbance, your pet isn't "seeing a ghost" in the human sense—they are physically feeling a disruption in the room's energetic fabric.

The Telltale Signs

How do you distinguish a bug from a Being? Look for these biological cues:

The "Spider" Reaction: If it’s a bug, the pet’s eyes will usually track a specific, rhythmic path. Their body language is often "predatory"—dilated pupils, wagging tail, or a crouched stance. They are hunting.

The "Spirit" Reaction: This is often marked by displacement behaviour. A dog might whine, tuck its tail, or look at you for reassurance. A cat might hiss at an empty space or puff its fur (piloerection) despite no visible threat. This indicates a reaction to an invisible presence rather than a physical prey.

Consistency: Does your pet react to the same corner at the same time every night? If a thorough inspection yields no pests or drafts, you may be looking at a residual energy imprint.

The Verdict: Animals are the ultimate barometers for our environment. Whether they are tuned into a high-frequency insect or a high-frequency entity, they are seeing a world we are blind to.

11/05/2026

🐉 The Legend of the Beast

The story begins with young John Lambton, who skipped church one Sunday to go fishing in the River Wear. After an old man (or witch) warned him that no good comes from missing service, he hooked a strange, eel-like creature with nine holes on either side of its head. Disgusted, John threw it down a nearby well and forgot about it, eventually leaving to fight in the Crusades.
While he was away, the "worm" grew to a monstrous size, poisoning the well and emerging to terrorise the countryside. It was said to be large enough to wrap itself around Worm Hill (in Fatfield) or Penshaw Hill seven times. It devoured livestock and children, only pacified by the daily offering of nine cows' milk.

⚔️ The Spiked Armour and the Curse

Upon his return, John Lambton sought out a wise woman (or witch) to help him destroy the beast he had unleashed. Following her cryptic advice, he:
Studded his armour with spearheads to slice the worm as it tried to crush him.
Stationed himself in the River Wear, so the rushing water would carry away the severed pieces before they could magically reattach.
The strategy worked, but it came with a price: the witch warned that he must kill the first living thing he saw after his victory, or his family would be cursed for nine generations. John planned for his father to release a hound, but in the excitement, his father ran out first. Unable to kill his father, the curse was sealed: no Lambton lord would die peacefully in his bed for nine generations.

🌑 Paranormal Legacy

For a psychic medium or investigator, this legend is more than just a story. The curse reportedly held true for centuries, with several generations of Lambtons dying in battles or accidents, including Henry Lambton in 1761. Today, visitors to Penshaw Hill and Worm Hill still report an eerie atmosphere, and some believe the "marks" left by the worm's coils can still be seen in the earth.

10/05/2026

🕰️ Have You Ever Stepped Into the Past? The Mystery of Time Slips

I’ve seen many unexplainable things, but my recent experience during a mundane school run left even me questioning the fabric of our reality.

What exactly is a Time Slip?

A Time Slip is a rare phenomenon where a person appears to briefly "slip" into a different era—usually the past—while staying in the same geographical location. Unlike a haunting where a spirit appears in our time, a time slip makes us the visitors to theirs.

My Experience 🐎

I was driving along the familiar road near my home after finishing the school run. Suddenly, the world shifted. The smooth tarmac was gone, replaced by a rocky, dusty track. The modern hum of distant traffic vanished, replaced by an eerie, heavy silence—except for the rhythmic clip-clop of hooves.
I looked over and saw a horse and cart driven by two men in flat caps and old, worn clothes, their cart piled high with sacks. For those few seconds, I wasn't just observing history; I was in it. Then, as quickly as it began, the world snapped back to the present.

How do they happen?

There are several fascinating theories from both the spiritual and scientific worlds:

Parallel Timelines & Quantum Glitches: Some believe reality is like "stacked time," where different eras exist simultaneously in layers. Occasionally, these layers overlap or "glitch," allowing a brief glimpse into another.

The Stone Tape Theory: This suggests that minerals in the earth or old buildings can "record" past events, replaying them like a film under certain environmental conditions.

Spacetime Shortcuts: Scientists like Einstein have theorised about "wormholes" or bridges in spacetime that could technically connect different points in time.

Environmental Triggers: Famous cases, like those on Bold Street in Liverpool, suggest that electromagnetic fields or underground structures might trigger these shifts in perception.

Have you ever experienced a moment where time seemed to stand still or shift? Let’s discuss in the comments! 👇✨

09/05/2026

THE REVEAL: Did you see it? 📦✨

The wait is over! I’ve just opened the box, and the object inside was…Old Keys!

Whether you were spot on or picked up on a completely different "vibe," let’s talk about those hits! Remote viewing isn’t always about seeing the object perfectly—it’s often about the sensory data your soul "feels" first.

Did you pick up on any of these?

🔍 The Shape
🎨 The Colour
🌬️ The Energy: This object feels [Heavy/Ancient/Vibrant]

Why "Wrong" Answers Are Actually Progress:
If you saw something totally different, don’t be discouraged. You might have been picking up on:

Displacement: Tuning into something else in my room or even a different timeline.

AOL (Analytical Overlay): When your brain tries to "label" a shape. For example, you see a triangle and your brain shouts "Pyramid!" when it was actually just a sharp corner.

The Goal: Every time you participate, you’re opening the "aperture" of your perception a little wider. You're learning to distinguish between a "guess" and a true intuitive "hit".

Tell me in the comments:
👇 Now that you see it, which of your impressions make more sense? Did you get the texture? The colour? The "soul" of the object?
Let’s keep growing those gifts! 👁️🕯️

08/05/2026

Have you ever met a stranger and felt an instant, deep connection? Or perhaps you harbour a crippling fear of water despite never having a bad experience in this lifetime?

I often look for answers beyond the "now." Past Life Regression (PLR) is a therapeutic technique that uses hypnosis to recover memories of previous incarnations. While it sits firmly in the spiritual realm, there is a fascinating bridge between this practice and modern psychology.

The "Scientific" Edge: Cellular Memory & The Subconscious 🧠
Skeptics often view PLR as "active imagination." However, proponents of Quantum Healing and certain branches of psychology suggest that our subconscious acts as a massive hard drive.

Genetic Memory: Science acknowledges epigenetics—the idea that trauma can be passed down through DNA. PLR may be a way of accessing these "encoded" experiences.

The Archive: Under hypnosis, the analytical mind (the ego) steps aside, allowing the subconscious to present narratives that the conscious mind has suppressed or forgotten. Whether you view these as literal past lives or symbolic metaphors created by the brain to process stress, the healing result is the same.

How it Explains Your "Now" 🔍

PLR isn't just about finding out if you were royalty in the 1700s. It’s a tool for resolving modern-day interference:

Unexplained Phobias: Fear of heights, fire, or even specific locations can often be traced back to a "traumatic exit" in a previous cycle. Acknowledging the source often dissolves the fear.

Behavioural Loops: Do you struggle with trust or abandonment despite a healthy upbringing? PLR can reveal karmic patterns—lessons your soul has been trying to master across multiple lifetimes.

Physical Ailments: Some practitioners believe chronic pain with no medical cause can be a "phantom" reminder of a past injury.

Bridging the Gap 🕯️

Whether you’re a believer in the eternal soul or a skeptic interested in transpersonal psychology, PLR offers a unique lens for self-discovery. It suggests that we are more than just our current circumstances—we are a continuation.

Have you ever had a "deja vu" moment so strong it felt like a memory?

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