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Jeanette Wilson (born 1962 or 1963) is a professional medium and spiritual healer who claims to heal people with the assistance of spirits. Wilson has also promoted anti-vaccination and anti-5G views.

Early life

Wilson was born in the United Kingdom. She worked as a bank manager until she began working as a psychic healer and medium, following the death of her grandfather, who she claims contacted her after his death. She moved from the UK to New Zealand in 1999.

Mediumship and psychic healing

Wilson has said that she is able to communicate with several spirits, including at least one deceased surgeon, who help her to conduct spiritual healing. Her sessions include waving her hands, which she states are possessed by spirits, while humming, stomping, and clapping.

Wilson has stated that her psychic healing abilities include curing arthritis and the healing of vision impairments that require glasses. She has also stated that she has treated paralysis, blindness in one eye, and many cases of life-threatening cancer. Wilson has said she never discourages her clients from seeking medical care, however she has publicly discouraged her followers from seeking medical screening for breast cancer, stating "I'm not convinced about mammograms. I've had one myself but personally I wouldn’t have another one. That isn’t me telling you not to have them, but I know what it does to me and my body."

When asked whether curing people of medical conditions was accurate, Wilson replied "It is a fair representation of what I’m saying, but I never ever use the word cure, because that doesn’t fit my framework of beliefs".

Accused serial sex abuser and debunked faith healer João Teixeira de Faria, AKA John of God, has been described as Wilson's mentor and she has said that they are both assisted in psychic healing by some of the same spirits. She refers her clients onto de Faria and her meditation techniques taught in workshops are from the 'Casa in Brazil'. She describes her claimed psychic abilities in the context of her Christianity, stating that they are a gift from God. She has stated that her psychic sessions always include the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary.

Media coverage and public events

In 2004, Wilson was the subject of a New Zealand Channel Three television series titled "Dare to Believe". Later, she was featured on an episode of 20/20. She has written four books about her experiences as a professional medium and about other new age topics: Backstage with Jeanette Wilson, Medium Rare, Rare Moments and Dare to Believe: Explore Your Own Psychic Abilities.

Wilson has held public events in the UK and in New Zealand, as well as weekend workshops and psychic surgery sessions. She also conducts private consultations.

Anti-science activism

Wilson has spread anti-vaccine messages, including a claim that vaccines are linked to Alzheimer's disease. She further claims that the media and pharmaceutical industries are suppressing cancer cures, that 5G technology is a "weapon", and that drug and gambling addiction can be caused by bad spirits.

The Spinoff reported that Wilson's "fixations read like a conspiracy theorist's crib sheet – 5G , anti-vaxx, lab-created virus" as well as her praise of Donald Trump's dealing with such issues.

The Good Thinking Society's project director, Michael Marshall, has expressed concerns that Wilson's shows may discourage people from seeking medical help while "wasting their money," and that her anti-vaccine rhetoric may endanger children. Several venues in the UK cancelled appearances by Wilson after Marshall contacted them about these concerns. The NZ Skeptics made a similar effort to urge venues to cancel Wilson's events during her tour of New Zealand. The chair of the organisation, Craig Shearer, voiced concerns about the risk of participants forgoing medical care and suffering financial exploitation.

After being contacted by Marshall, the UK Advertising Standards Authority cautioned Wilson to, according to Wilson, comply with UK regulations and "remove any claims to work with spirit world doctors, any videos that mention any diseases. I am only able to say that I can give people a feeling of well being."

Dietary supplements

At her shows, Wilson advertises a dietary supplement, called alfa PXP ROYALE, made from micronised black rice. The supplement is sold by a Enzacta, a multi-level marketing company for which Wilson is a promoter, at a dramatic markup relative to the cost of whole purple rice sold in supermarkets or micronised purple rice sold online.

A surgeon interviewed by Australia's A Current Affair television show criticised the marketing of the supplement, stating that customers are "wasting their money, and for this product a large amount of money; and secondly, they may be led to believe they don’t need to take their effective treatments for conditions they may actually have." Despite this, Wilson claims that the "purple powder" can help elderly people "keep their vibrations up", and at one performance she invited an audience member to speak with her about the "best thing for scar tissue" off camera, so that "trading standards don't become all uppity."

Selected publications

• — (2007). Backstage with Jeanette Wilson. Australia: Random House. ISBN 186941893X.
• — (2004). Medium Rare (3rd ed.). Zenith Publishing. ISBN 1877365017.
• — (2005). Rare Moments. Zenith Publishing. ISBN 1877365122.
• — (2006). Dare to Believe: Explore Your Own Psychic Abilities. New Zealand: Random House New Zealand. ISBN 1869417682.

See also

• Taylor Winterstein (fellow PXP promoter)
• Energy medicine

References

1. ^ Humphries, Jonathan (30 June 2019). "Concerns over 'psychic healer' who claims ghost doctors can heal arthritis". The Liverpool Echo. UK. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019.
2. ^ O'Hare, Noel (2 October 2019). "Psychics like Jeanette Wilson are moving into the wellness industry and it's dangerous". Noted. NZ: Bauer Media (NZ) LP. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019.
3. ^ "Spirit Surgery Weekend Workshop with Jeanette Wilson". Eventfinda. NZ. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020.
4. ^ Ashby-Coventry, Esther (23 January 2014). "Television medium coming to Timaru". Timaru Herald. NZ: Stuff Limited. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019.
5. Cowen, James (20 July 2019). "Sceptics warn against 'Psychic Surgery' coming to Enfield". Enfield Independent. UK: Newsquest (London) Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019.
6. ^ "NZ psychic under fire in UK over health claims". Otago Daily Times. NZ: Allied Press. 20 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019.
7. ^ Owen, Lisa (3 October 2019). "Sceptics aim to shut down NZ tour by spiritual healer". Checkpoint. NZ: Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |laysource= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |layurl= ignored (help)
8. Batten, Yvette (5 February 2013). "Bed offering the power of crystals". Taranaki Daily News. NZ: Stuff Limited. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019.
9. Manhire, Toby (5 June 2020). "NZ 'psychic healer' promotes dietary supplement as Covid-19 'preventative'". The Spinoff. NZ. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020.
10. "Healing and PXP with Jeanette Wilson". Eventfinda. NZ. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020.

• Living people
• New Zealand psychics
• Mediumship
• Faith healers
• Paranormal hoaxes
• Anti-vaccinationism
• Conspiracy theorists