Brazilian Healer documentary tonight

A documentary about Brazillian Healer will be featured from 7-9 p.m. Friday, May 6. The movie about John of God, one of the most publicized spirit healers in Brazil, will be shown at Center for Divine Awareness - 501 S. Clark Rd. #2-A, Show Low.

Joro Teixeira de Faria, internationally known as John of God, is a powerful unconscious medium. He is a humble man who is very clear about one thing, "I do not cure anybody," he says, "God heals and, in his infinite goodness, permits the entitics to heal and console my brothers. I am merely an instrument in God's divine hands."

The movie will be hosted by Center for Divine Awareness and presented by Teresa Arney founder of Pathways Center for Natural Healing in Bayfield, Co.

Arney spent a few weeks at the Casa of John of God, where she witnessed miraculous healings first hand. Ms. Arney will show the video and hold a short lecture following the movie. The documentary is about spirit healing with John of God and will show actual footage taken at the Casa. She says, 'It is a heartwarming return to faith in natural healing of body, mind and spirit.

Healing current gathering will also be held Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8. Call Tina at (928) 532-3257 to reserve.

Deep Brazil • 10 days with John of God

João de Deus – or John of God, as he is internationally known – is arguably the most famous psychic in activity in Brazil. He lives in Abadiânia , in the state of Goiás, close to Brasília, the country’s capital. Last Easter, Verônica Angriman, an Argentinian architect based in the US, spent 10 days in the town, that has less than 13,000 inhabitants, to meet the psychic. “It felt like entering a Fantastic Realism novel”, she describes. In this interview, she tells her experience at Casa de Dom Ignácio de Loyola , where John of God operates, and gives a few tips for those willing to pay him a visit.

DB – How was your arrival in Abadiânia?

V – I came from Brasília by taxi (1oo dollars from the airport). It is a really small town and the presence of João de Deus is clearly important for the  local economy. There are, for instance, several shops that sell white outfits – demanded for the rituals. He is, of course, very popular in Abadiânia.

Deep Brazil – What is Casa de Dom Ignácio like?

Veronica - Because of the holiday, the house was particularly crowded with both foreigners and Brazilians. I believe there were at least 1,000 visitors daily. Several buses arrived from all around the country. There were maybe a hundred volunteers around, praying, meditating, helping the visitors, translating.

DB – What were your impressions about João de Deus?

V – He received me just after my arrival. In the beginning it was frustrating. Most of the time he seemed totally inert, like a potato sack, his eyes blank like a fish’s. It seemed like he wasn’t giving me much attention, just looking at the pictures that I showed him of my sick friends and relatives. He gave me a series of prescriptions of medicines for them. Only in the last day, when I was going to thank him, in Portuguese – obrigada! -, he seemed to wake up suddenly and his eyes began to shine. He asked what I needed and I said I had a thyroid dysfunction. He said – “yeah, but you also have pain in the belly, don’t you? “- I agreed and he said that he could take care immediately of both problems. In maybe 10% of the cases there is effectively an incision. Generally he asks the spirits to operate the visitor by themselves. A friend of mine told me that was what he indicated for her case – she had problems with one leg. One night, in her hotel, she woke up and saw her leg lifted, being operated by some invisible force. Anyway, in my case, the psychic decided to do the operation himself. He asked a friend of mine to be behind me, to hold me if necessary – it was not. He told me not to worry, that I would have some “spiritual anesthesia”. First he touched my neck, where the thyroid is. Then he picked the lancet and did a small incision in my belly of approximately 5 centimeters (2 inches), where it has been painful for years. I just felt a little stingy sensation. It lasted only a few minutes. I remained standing up and he gave me three stitches. He asked me to stay in town for a couple of days – which I couldn’t do.