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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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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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