My Personal Story: What Came After John of God
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
How Sex Abuse and Spiritual Emergence Are Related in Spiritual Teachers
“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?
Alien Life, Spiritualism and Channeling
[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
John of God: Sex Abuser? Spiritist?
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
The (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare: Brazil-Style
(Discount available for November 4-11 Brazil Trip–see below) There is currently an epidemic of mental health disorders in the U.S. One in five Americans is estimated to be taking one or more prescribed psychiatric medications,
Healing Touch and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil
First published in the May/June, 2017 issue of EnergyMagazine.com There are about 50 Spiritist psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, utilizing an integrative approach to recovery, stressing the spiritual alongside physical and emotional therapies that address the
Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil
Spiritist psychiatric care is described below…and it’s leading us into new territory that might improve our own healthcare system! Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil “If the spirit is not acknowledged as existing and real,
Reflections on Spiritual Healing #1
More and more people are turning to spiritual healing to find relief from their pain and suffering that conventional, biologically-based medicine can not provide. In his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, Paramahansa Yogananda, a self-realized
Reflections on Spiritual Healing
More and more people are turning to spiritual healing to find relief from their pain and suffering that conventional, biologically-based medicine can not provide. In his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, Paramahansa Yogananda, a self-realized