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alk to people that you love here
and now so that I don't have to
talk to them in the future for you,"
says the popular television medium
John Edward at the close of his sold-
out seminar before 2,500 people at
Cleveland State University last month.
Dressed in jeans, a black T-shirt and
black leather jacket, Edward's unas-
suming, laid-back approach belies the
celebrity or cult status he has
achieved. But to watch Edward
in motion as he "connects the
dots" between the dead and
the living with such uncanny
accuracy can confound the
most skeptical of minds.
Whether or not you believe
in the power of mediums,
Edward has tapped into a
mother lode of human need
that keeps people eager for more.
Including Marc and Adrienne
Greenwald from the Cleveland suburb
of Highland Heights, who became
hooked on John Edward while vaca-
tioning in Ann Arbor last July. Marc
was TV channel surfing and caught
the medium on his almost nightly pro-
gram, Crossing Over with John Edward,
which airs on cable's Sci-Fi channel
(Edward has signed with CBS for a
show scheduled to begin fall 2001).
Since that time, the Greenwalds have
watched Edward every time the show
airs, as he moves into the world beyond
Marc, a Reform Jew, finds no con-
tradiction between Edward's nonsec-
tarian belief in the afterlife and his
own beliefs in Judaism. "He's given
me an entirely different perspective on
what things may be like in the after-
life," says the Cleveland accountant.
Marc elaborates. "I've always had
questions about how the afterlife fits
into the Jewish religion, and this to
me is just a natural outgrowth of what
life is and what happens afterward."
"It demonstrates how the deceased
can still be with you in spirit," inter-
jects Adrienne, who says she has often
felt like they really are not gone.
While describing themselves as skep-
tics who doubted the likes of John
Edward, it is clear that he is one
medium who has helped change their
minds.
"The little minutiae that he would
have no way of knowing — like what
they wore, or about their pets — is
too much on the mark for so many
people," adds Adrienne.
When Marc first started watching
Edward's show, he agreed with those
who thought that people were being
deceived into believing that the
answers were coming from the other
side. But after nine months of almost
nightly viewing, Marc thinks Edward
— who is among the mediums being
studied by Drs. Gary Schwartz and
Linda Russek at the University of
Arizona — is for real.
While there are a lot of mediums
who use tricks like cold and hot read-
ings, Marc doesn't think Edward is
John Edward'
The little minutiae that
he would have no way of
knowing is on the mark
for SO mar t,= people," says
Adrienne Greenwald,
who attended one of the
rnediam's 3-eminars
one of them.
With few relatives that are
deceased, the Greenwalds, both in
their 50s, have never been "read," nor
are they eager to be guinea pigs.
"We're just curious — and very inter-
ested," they concur.
"It's comforting to think that we'll
be with family, with pets and with
loved ones in the next life," adds
Marc.
Adrienne, who works in a library,
thinks people are very needy nowa-
days. Marc agrees, adding that
many are looking for stability in
their lives and families.
Perhaps Adrienne says it best.
"Interpersonal relationships are not
very good today. Maybe they can
get it from the dead, if not from the
living."
Crossing Over with John Edward
airs 11 p.m.-midnight Mondays-
Thursdays and 8-9 p.m. Sundays
on the Sci-Fi channel. Check
your local cable listings. Edward
will present a seminar in Detroit
2-4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 10, at
the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn.
Tickets are $42. Call (800) 722-
4990 regarding ticker availability