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James van Praagh possesses a very natural, as well as easy-go-lucky, attitude towards life and everyone else. Everyone will simply be made to believe that the man is just talking to a long-lost friend on the phone, and not actually communicating with a spirit from the other-world. James is known to be a survival evidence type of medium; this means that he is capable of bridging the existing gap between the two possible planes of existence, which is the living plane and that of the spirit. He provides evidence of proof that there is life after death thru strongly detailed messages. Van Praagh likewise explains that he is a clairsentient. In such a case, he is known to have very clear feeling of the personalities and emotions of the dead. Van Praagh likewise considers himself to be a clairvoyant. However, he is quick to define a clairvoyant is somebody who initially uses his sense of feeling and touch. Afterwards, he then is able to see.

Indeed, a clairvoyant for James van Praagh is very much similar to the character of Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost. According to James, the real essence of any message from the dead is the feeling that can be had behind the message. Van Praagh is recognized in the industry as a true expert in psychic abilities, particularly in clairvoyant powers. He is an accepted true authority since he has been practicing this particular supernatural ability for most of his life. He is aware that the spirits mainly communicate with the use of their emotions. According to James, there are not words that exist in the English dictionary that can aptly describe all the intense and exhilarating feeling and sensations that anyone can experience as he communicates with the dead. Actually, personality of both the living and the dead come into play, as well. If an individual, for instance, was a talkative one while he was living, as a spirit who communicates, he would have so many things to say.

James van Praagh likewise relays various physical characteristics, as well as death conditions as major evidence. For instance, if James is able to convey evidence together with even a small amount of positive energy that is behind the message, he considers his reading highly successful. Actually, the popularity of James to the public became pronounced when he started to appear in a variety of talk shows and documentaries. He started to guest on a popular NBC Television show called The Other Side. This TV show focused on the discussion of paranormal and psychic issues; and the producers started to get James as their regular guest. Later on, he became a resident resource and expert on the intriguing topic of life after death. Even the popular critic Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times considered the performance of James on the TV show as nothing but spectacular.