>>Mediums and palm readers have always known what western politicians only recently grasped - that people don't care about truth, they care about feeling good about what they believe.
Maybe in the west-- Indian astrologers delight in horror stories-- certain death and or complete financial ruin, unless you can pay for expensive prayers and/or jewels.
Although it does help strengthen peoples belief, as they can blame their misery on that evil Saturn, rather than the corrupt system or their own poor choices.
I've also seen-- people stuck in extreme situations, doing anything, even if they know it is stupid, helps them a little , as it gives a feeling on control in an otherwise helpless situation
That's still an example of a feel-good story being sold: your family didn't die in a car crash because of bad luck, it was because you didn't pay the astrologer/priest/whatever to appease the gods. For many people, the idea of that they can't control what happens at all is way worse than the idea that something is in control of the universe but they simply have not yet found the way to influence that something.
Maybe in the west-- Indian astrologers delight in horror stories-- certain death and or complete financial ruin, unless you can pay for expensive prayers and/or jewels.
Although it does help strengthen peoples belief, as they can blame their misery on that evil Saturn, rather than the corrupt system or their own poor choices.
I've also seen-- people stuck in extreme situations, doing anything, even if they know it is stupid, helps them a little , as it gives a feeling on control in an otherwise helpless situation