John of God: An enigma for the medical sciences / Juan de Dios: Un enigma para las ciencias médicas
Invest. clín
;
55(4): 392-399, dic. 2014.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-783092
ABSTRACT
Some cures carried out by Medium João Teixeira de Faría (John of God) are presented. He claims to channel spiritual entities (Drs. Augusto de Almeida, Oswaldo Cruz, and José Valdivino) that have instantaneous access to the physical, emotional and spiritual history of each patient who is then treated by physical or “spiritual” surgeries, herbs, meditation, prayers and the ingestion of “energized” water. People operated on have no pain during the interventions and infections have not been observed. The mechanisms responsible for the healings are unknown.
RESUMEN
Se presentan algunas curaciones realizadas por el Médium João Teixeira de Faría (Juan de Dios). Al parecer, el Médium João canaliza entidades espirituales (Dres. Augusto de Almeida, Oswaldo Cruz y José Valdivino) que tienen acceso instantáneo a la historia física, emocional y espiritual de cada paciente, que luego es tratado mediante cirugías “espirituales” o físicas, hierbas, meditación, oración e ingestión de agua “energizada”. Los enfermos operados no sintieron dolor durante las intervenciones y las heridas no se infectaron. Aún se desconocen los mecanismos responsables de las curaciones.
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Spiritual Therapies
Type of study:
Prognostic study
/
Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
/
Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Invest. clín
Journal subject:
Biologia
/
Medicine
/
Relatos de Casos
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Venezuela
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo/VE
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