The clairvoyant as expert

I'm working on a paper where I am problematising the notion of 'expert' within educational research.

Last week, I heard a clairvoyant on the radio (which is not what I normally listen to) while waiting for tyres on my car to be replaced. Callers were asking him for advice, direction, and confirmation. There was an interesting positioning of power because they were interested in his feelings about their situation due to their belief in the validity of his spiritual insight and future predictions. To me, many of his comments seemed to be just offering good advice, perhaps even 'common sense' in some respects, just like what you would get when you ask an elder for their advice. But in some ways they were seeking his 'insight' because he was understood to be a spiritual expert. Another complexity to explore.