Under the guise of spirituality, these merchants of illusions exploit the grief, vulnerability and dismay of bereaved people to extract their savings. Their hunting ground: the loss of a loved one. Their tool: cleverly misleading advertising. Their goal: money. Some go so far as to offer “emergency” consultations, priced as vital interventions, suggesting that it would be enough to dial a number to “get in touch” with a deceased person. The reality is much harsher: their only “gift” consists of extracting as much information as possible from their victims to better manipulate their emotions and extract ever more money from them. They interfere in the privacy of mourning, create false hopes, maintain illusions, create emotional dependence… all for a strictly financial goal. This is a real moral predation. Spiritualism is not a spectacle. It is neither entertainment, nor a quick consumer product, nor a commercial activity accessible to the first opportunist equipped with a telephone, a camera and a well-rehearsed speech. Sincere practitioners are discreet, careful, and fully aware of the psychological fragility of the bereaved. They don’t canvass. They don’t harass. They don’t promise anything. They do not monetize human distress. They do not carry out chain consultations, even less by telephone, videoconference or sponsored lives. What we observe today is a market of suffering: pain becomes a resource, credulity is nurtured, emotional dependence is cultivated, and human distress is transformed into an economic model.
INAD calls: 1- increased public vigilance, 2- accountability of the platforms that host and promote these practices, 3- systematic denunciation of abuses. Exploiting grief is not a belief. Manipulating pain is not a gift. There is nothing spiritual about getting rich from suffering.
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