René Hürter

René Hürter (born January 27, 1982 in Bad Segeberg as René Weitschies ) is a German television presenter and provider of paid esoteric services who calls himself a clairvoyant . Hürter also appears under the name Flathan .

Activity as a clairvoyant

According to his own statements, Hürter's first TV appearances as a clairvoyant took place in 2003 on the broadcaster BTV4U / Fresh4U and then until 2006 in the Primetime Teleshop . From 2009 to 2011 he worked at Kosmica TV . Then Hürter moved to the Budapest- based broadcaster Telemedia Interact TV , who u. a. for a Swiss television station Eso.TV produced. Hürter is currently (2016) working for the Shiva.TV service offered by the Swiss Mike Shiva . Hürter is active in so-called call-in programs: He answers inquiries from viewers who have dialed into the television program for a fee. Hürter uses Lenormand cards for his forecasts , which he shuffles and reveals individually. He claims to be able to predict the future of the caller from the position of the cards.

Around 2006, Hürter ran an awareness center for universal energy in Vallendar , where he offered , for example, card reading seminars . In 2009 he opened a practice in Koblenz and called himself the Seer of Koblenz . Since 2008, Hürter has also been offering advice and seminars from Gran Canaria . He later moved to Berlin , where he ran an esoteric business and offered fee-based advice - also as a management consultant and business clairvoyant - and seminars.

Hürter has authored several books that are available as books on demand from the US provider lulu.com .

According to Hürter's own earlier information on his homepage, the name Flathan used should mean "Angel of Hope". Meanwhile, Hürter states that his father is Irish. He called him "Flathan", which, however, is a plural form ( singular : flath ) and would mean lords, princes, generals or heroes .

criticism

Hürter's programs, methods and skills as a clairvoyant are questioned in media reports. Hürter's forecasts for 2010, made in collaboration with a daily newspaper, turned out to be largely incorrect. The Rhein-Zeitung reported in December 2011 under the headline fortune teller Flathan oracles a lot of wrong things , that only one of eleven prophecies of Hürter had turned out to be true. Hürter himself had stated that his prophecies were 98% correct.

In 2012, the consumer protection magazine Kassensturz of Swiss television published a critical article about Hürter's work as a television foretaker. On the one hand, he was accused of the content of his prophecies - for example, he had predicted the death of an acquaintance of a caller - and of taking advantage of the need of people in need. On the other hand, the magazine accused him - based on sound analysis - of calling under a false name and with a disguised voice as an alleged viewer in the call-in programs produced by Telemedia Interact TV and of praising the skills of colleagues working there. Finally, the call charges of 4.50 Swiss francs (around 3.70 euros ) per minute were criticized . The suspicion was also expressed that callers were being held on hold for as long as possible in order to collect higher fees. Hürter denied the allegations.

Hürter was featured in various newspapers in Ireland, including The Irish Times , the Independent Woman and the web men's magazine JOE (“Perhaps the most dazzling clairvoyant that ever lived”, “the Germanic queer version of the ex-Liverpool defender Steve Nicol ").

Book-on-demand publications (selection)

• Combine Lenormand !, lulu.com, Raleigh 2008, ISBN 978-1-4716-5409-1
• Live your free will! lulu.com, Raleigh 2011, ISBN 978-1-4475-4187-5
• Card reading for household use - including legal rights and obligations for customers and fortune tellers! lulu.com, Raleigh 2013, ISBN 978-1-291-58064-8
• Soul awakening - until the last breath! lulu.com, Raleigh 2015, ISBN 978-1-326-22760-9

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on www.shiva.tv ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 4, 2016). 
2. ↑ Look deep into the soul. ( Memento from November 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Remscheider General-Anzeiger v. September 1, 2012.
3. ↑ Prominent clairvoyant opens practice in Koblenz. ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 9.6 MB) In: Koblenzer Lokalanzeiger v. October 28, 2009, p. 2 
4. ↑ Heike Theobald u. a .: Crisis concerns clairvoyants. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung v. January 19, 2010 (accessed March 13, 2017).
5. ↑ First Flathan Newsletter from the Island of Eternal Spring - Gran Canaria ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2012). 
6. ↑ Profile on XING (accessed June 14, 2013).
7. ↑ www.studio-esoterik.de ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 12, 2013). 
8. ↑ Twitter entry from June 7, 2013: Regards from my new apartment in Berlin (accessed June 14, 2013).
9. ↑ 2006 - short portrait. On: www.flathan.ch (accessed on September 27, 2012).
10. ↑ Hürter's Facebook page from October 16, 2015 (accessed on January 7, 2016).
11. ^ Robert Archibald Armstrong: A Gaelic Dictionary. James Duncan, London 1825, p. 257 (accessed January 7, 2017).
12. ↑ ^{a b} Lies and rip-offs around the clock. Program and article of the Swiss consumer television magazine Kassensturz v. March 6, 2012 (accessed September 23, 2012).
13. ↑ ^{a b} Annette Hoppen: Fortune teller Flathan oracles a lot of wrong things.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung v. December 5, 2011 (accessed September 23, 2012).  
14. ↑ Flathan looks to the city in the future. BIZ v. Jan 16, 2010 (reprint); Annette Hoppen: Fortune teller Flathan oracles a lot of wrong things.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung v. December 5, 2011 (accessed September 23, 2012).  
15. ↑ Shane Hegarthy: Will TV3's psychics stay on air? Only they can tell. In: The Irish Times v. June 30, 2012 (accessed September 23, 2012).
16. ↑ Is this flamboyant clairvoyant the future of late night television? Independent Woman v. July 7, 2012 (accessed September 23, 2012).
17. ^ Emmet Purcell: TV Review: London Calling provides inspiration, while Psychic Readings Live offers hilarity. Joe v. June 22, 2012 (accessed September 23, 2012).