It's funny to hear someone call these ideas "alternative" when for me and Erin they're just part of our daily lives. We discuss our psychic/intuitive experiences pretty much every day. To deny their existence would be like plugging our ears with cotton.
On Friday night, Erin and I had dinner with Lisa Williams (psychic medium with her own TV show), John Holland (psychic medium), Colette Baron-Reid (psychic/intuitive), Brian Weiss (he did the past life stuff on Oprah), and several other authors. When the bill arrived, John opened it and looked surprised and started laughing. The bill was $666 and change. I couldn't resist teasing him that clearly this happened because he was doing the work of the devil.
Erin and I have gotten to know many of these people behind the scenes. They're all very warm and caring people... sans devil worship.