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A Way to Clear Negative Karma

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Karma and karmic influences from the past can powerfully impact the present. They can attract difficulties or complicate issues between people. Pavamana Suktam is a very powerful chant from the Vedas that invokes the energy or tattva that purifies the space and environment. These mantras remove negative influences, vastu dosha (bad luck or negative

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Review: New John of God Film

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Emma Bragdon 3 Comments

John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer is a series of 4 episodes, each 50 minutes, released on Netflix in mid-July, 2021. It documents the life story, the healing work that put John Teixera de Faria in the limelight internationally, and the shadows lurking behind that light. The original film, made in

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Spiritist Healing: A (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Spiritist Healing: In Context Why should we consider Spiritist Healing now? There is currently an epidemic of mental health disorders in the U.S. At least one in five Americans is taking one or more prescribed psychiatric medications, despite their many side effects. However, optimizing wellbeing without psych meds is possible, something many Brazilians have been

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Book Review: Our Woes are Not Signs of Mental Illness

Posted on January 13, 2020 by admin

Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes by Richard Hallam, PhD Rethinking Woes In this timely publication (2018), Richard Hallam – a British clinical psychologist – questions the main tenets of public mental health care in the UK and beyond. He argues that the field is stuck with a medical

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Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy: A Book Review

Posted on December 29, 2019 by admin

Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy- T?taihono-Stories of Maori Healing and Psychiatry This book explores a living collaboration between a traditional Mãori healer in New Zealand and a clinical psychiatrist. Mãori healer, Wiremu NiaNia outlines the key concepts that are the foundation of his worldview and work. The main text recounts true stories of

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My Personal Story: What Came After John of God

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Emma Bragdon 18 Comments

In 2001 I was introduced to the phenomenal healer, John of God, at his healing center in Abadiania, Brazil. I was there on a mission: a paraplegic friend of mine wanted to know if John could help relieve his pain. In the next few years my friend did attend John’s center several times and received

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How Sex Abuse and Spiritual Emergence Are Related in Spiritual Teachers

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Emma Bragdon

“The Cardinal” by E. Grutzner, 1846-1925? Spiritual Teachers and Spiritual Emergence Those on a path of spiritual emergence, seeking spiritual growth, often assume that their spiritual teachers are leading lives committed to helping others. Why? Because they have been helped by their teacher. It can create a raw spiritual crisis, a spiritual emergency, when they

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Alien Life, Spiritualism and Channeling

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

[The following reflection on spiritualism may be of interest in the wake of the scandal around João Teixera de Faria, known as John of God, a world-renowned, sensational, spiritualist healer in Brazil who was recently accused of sexually abusing more than 500+ women over 40+ years. João channeled more than 30 disembodied spirits to help

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John of God: Sex Abuser? Spiritist?

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Emma Bragdon 5 Comments

Could John of God be a sex abuser and a sex addict? Dec 8, 2018: Twelve women stepped forward to report that an internationally known healer, referred to as “John of God”, is a sex abuser. He had sexually abused them, they said. A major Brazilian newspaper, Folha, did a 17-minute TV expose. Within 3

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Spiritist Healing: A (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare

Posted on August 14, 2017 by admin

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