At one time he was one of the world’s most renowned psychic mediums.
His tours were legendary, drawing huge audiences as he went from venue to venue around the world. Tickets always sold out fast and his performances, which were primarily based on contacting those on the other side, on every occasion left people talking about it. It is hard to imagine today that a lot of people wouldn’t even know his name. Although they would most likely remember the event. The whole thing received massive publicity at the time. Owing to the size of the audience in question the details of what happened are well documented. The psychic was around halfway into his act, playing to an appreciative crowd of fans, when the next prompt from the other side came through.
He was holding up his hand as before, in a give-me-a-moment gesture, when he told the audience that he was getting something. “I have something coming through, yes, is there a Mastema? I think I have that right… yes, Mastema,” he declared. There was a short pause, while he waited for a response from the audience. “No?” He persisted. “Is there a Mastema here?”
A voice from the audience came. “It is best you don’t!”
The psychic cupped his ear. “Sorry, I didn’t catch that. Can you speak up a little, please?”
A long silence followed before the man called out again. “Best not call that name.”
“I don’t understand what you are saying, there.”
“You are calling out the name of… well, it’s the Hebrew word for Satan, sir. I felt I should tell you, that’s all.”
A general titter rippled through the audience. The medium smiled and gave a polite cough. “OK,” he said, “we’ll only try once more with this one and then move on. Is there a Mastema here?”
At that moment there was an ear-splitting crack of thunder, accompanied by a loud rumbling that shook the entire theatre. A few seconds later all the lights went out and the hall was plunged into total darkness. This was followed immediately by a great booming voice that filled the auditorium.
“Who is it that calls me to this place?”
Despite the large numbers and the total darkness, the theatre emptied in less than two minutes. Being familiar with the theatre’s back entrance the medium was the first one out on the street!
Occasionally people ask, but it has been over a decade with no word from him.