The Amazing Cures of a Brazilian Miracle Man
The second part of an extract from The Miracle Man by Robert Pellegrino-Estrich. A gifted spirit medium, João de Deus incorporates spirit entities who perform physical surgery and psychic healing through him with miraculous results...
The House of Dom Inacio
They come in their thousands-the sick, the lame, the incurable and the medically discarded-enduring long international flights and gruelling thirty-five-hour bus trips to a small village high on the Goiás plateau of Brazil. Buses arrive all through the night.
At 5.00 am it is still. A low mist blankets the small one-street town of Abadiânia which has sprung up to cater for the multitudes who pilgrimage here. People sit outside the simple lodging houses, talking softly. There are not enough rooms to cater for them all, so they sleep in cars or buses or simply stand around waiting for the dawn. The lodging houses provide free coffee for the weary travellers who spill from the newly arrived buses all through the night. One hundred metres down the road, the cluster of low, white buildings is dark and silent. A kaleidoscope of stars forms a heavenly canopy above this Mecca of last hope, the place they call "the House of Dom Inácio". Dawn will bring new light and hope for a life without pain or illness for those who seek it.
The healing centre opens at 8.00 am. The sick congregate to collect their queuing numbers. Cameramen prepare their equipment for filming the day's activity.
Somewhere in an unmarked room, João rests and meditates alone in preparation for a day of healing. He will work until the last patient is attended to, sometimes far into the night. He lies on a simple couch in the semi-darkened room. Above his head hang pictures of some of the entities, including Dom Inácio, as well as Christ and the Madonna. On the adjacent wall hang a dozen or more certificates of appreciation, orders of government and honorary degrees bestowed upon him by grateful VIPs, governments and institutions. Amongst them is a Medal of Honour from the President of Peru [Alberto Fujimori] in gratitude for healing his son. The basic furnishings reflect the simplicity of the man the people call John of God.
The centre resembles a small hospital, painted stark white inside and out, and with a sky blue band from floor to waist height internally. The design was supplied to João by his principal entity, Dom Inácio, in a vision he received whilst walking through a small valley nearby. The centre, affectionately called "the House", is named after this entity and is known in Brazil as "Casa de Dom Inácio" (the House of Dom Inácio).
The choice of site is due to many things: the natural energy of this part of Brazil, the peace and quiet, and a massive outcrop of natural quartz which in itself provides a powerful energy source. Deep below there is a natural spring which flows to a small waterfall a kilometre away. Around this natural beauty grow many of the herbs necessary for the herbal cures prescribed by the entities. Situated on a high plateau, the centre looks out across the lush, sweeping hills of Goiás, a therapeutic sight in itself.
The location is one of intense energies, the understanding of which is almost beyond our physical comprehension. The best explanation comes from spirit itself, from a spirit called Seth, in information channelled by Jane Roberts in the 1970s. From her book, Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul, comes the following information: "There are main co-ordinate points, sources of fantastic energy, which represent accumulations of pure energy, where health and vitality are strengthened. These points are like invisible power plants. They act as psychic generators, propelling what is not yet physical into physical form." I believe the centre at Abadiânia is one such location.
The House itself is designed around a central hall, open at one end, leading out to a covered walkway, toilet and rose garden. In this hall people congregate, waiting to witness the physical surgery by João-in-entity which occurs twice each day. All of these operations are videotaped by the house cameraman.
Some years ago João requested the taping of the operations he performed 'in entity' because he had no recollection of his actions once he incorporated the spirit entity. There are now thousands of hours of video records freely available to anyone at a modest charge to cover production.
In a semi-circle around the hall are four principal rooms. The first is the recovery room where patients are taken after treatment for care and observation until they are strong enough to leave. The effect of the anaesthetic, supplied by spirit, wears off in an hour or two and the patients are normally able to leave of their own accord without any visible side-effects. The recovery room contains twelve single beds covered in clean white sheets. The nurses are all volunteers who provide compassionate care until the patients are able to leave.
Next door is one of two "current rooms" fitted with rows of bench seats with a walkway through the middle. In this room, dressed in white, sit twenty to thirty mediums in meditation. This meditation provides the current to assist the entities in their work. Interestingly, in the Edgar Cayce readings on Atlantis, there is a reference to this type of combined energy used by the Atlantians to achieve their extraordinarily advanced civilisation; a similar production of spiritual current. The people who queue to consult with the entity file through this room and, as they do so, they receive a spiritual cleansing. In two corners there are piles of crutches, wheelchairs and body braces discarded by healed invalids-a silent monument to the success of the man and his entities in their healing work.
The second current room contains fifty or more mediums similarly seated in rows. The endless line of people pass through the middle and are spiritually prepared to meet João-in-entity who sits at the far end in a large chair covered in white linen. At the moment of meeting there is a split-second recognition by the entity of each person's 'blueprint': past lives, current situation, illness and spiritual awareness.
Depending on what is seen, the person will be dealt with according to the requirement. Some are given herbal prescriptions. Some are sent to the intensive care room for surgery or treatment at a later time. Those who need spiritual strength may be told to sit in current, whilst others are given concise instructions on necessary life changes. Each person is dealt with in less than twenty seconds. The prescriptions are written at lightning speed in a 'spirit shorthand' which looks like a squiggly line and a few ticks. The pharmacists of the House have been taught to understand these 'hieroglyphs' by the entities who prescribe them.
The third room is the intensive operations room which has a dual purpose: very serious cases requiring a long time in coma and those who request invisible operations. Around the wall is a line of single beds on which the intensive patients lie whilst the entities perform operations invisibly on paraplegics and on leukaemia, AIDS and serious cancer patients. They may be in a coma for a few hours or a few days depending on the extent of treatment required.
Across the middle of the room are rows of benches on which those requiring invisible operations sit, eyes closed, hands resting on their laps in meditation. A medium talks quietly to them, explaining the procedure and raising their spiritual attunement. Twice a day, João-in-entity will enter the room and declare, "In the name of Jesus Christ you are all cured. Let what needs to be done be done in the name of God." At this time, all operations necessary are completed internally, without visible surface scars. Scientific teams have found by X-rays, following these invisible operations, that there are incisions and stitches internally. In this room sit twelve special healing mediums.
There are a number of peripheral buildings and a kitchen house where thousands of plates of soup and bread are served each day, free of charge, to those who come to the centre. Many have travelled thousands of kilometres and some are so poor they cannot afford to buy food. The House takes care of everybody in like manner. There is a small coffee house, administrative offices, a large toilet block and a pharmacy for preparation of herbal medicine. The whole cluster of buildings is contained within a fenced compound which provides parking for dozens of buses on one side and a shaded garden area on the other for quiet relaxation in the fresh mountain air.
Procedures of the House
The centre opens each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. At 8.00 am people receive a short talk on the procedures and are asked to line up according to their preferred treatment: visible operation, invisible operation, first time or repeat treatment. Those for invisible operations are taken to the intensive operations room for preparation. Those for visible operations are led to the main current room to meditate for half an hour before being taken to the main hall for their physical surgery. This will depend to some degree on which entity is incorporated, as each has its own surgical specialities.
João meditates in a small room at the rear of the complex before entering the main current room. To incorporate the spirit entity he simply stands before a table containing a wooden cross. He begins by asking that his hands be guided in the work of the day. Then, as he recites the Lord's Prayer, the entity enters him and takes control of his body. He takes some of those waiting for physical operations by the hand and leads them to the main hall where he begins. These visible surgeries are performed in front of the people waiting to consult the entity.
Apart from the primary objective of alleviating the suffering of disease or maladies, these demonstrations serve to prove the existence of the spirit world and the delivery of spirit healing through the Christ energy. In addition, they raise the level of belief and attunement within each person.
The healing and surgery is interspersed with asides to people in the crowd, as the entity sees or reads the blueprint of each individual, sometimes with spiritual advice, a suggestion to change eating habits, or even a stern warning to change immoral behaviour.
Often he will point to someone and direct him to go and sit in current. This could be for the healing benefits of the current or because the person needs to meditate and raise his spiritual awareness before healing, or it could be because the person is recognised as a medium capable of generating powerful current. All of these events are videotaped by the House cameraman and may be purchased for a modest cost to cover production. They provide a valuable record of the achievements of the House and a souvenir for the recipient of the cure.
João-in-entity begins each session in the intensive operations room where he separates and prepares those who wish to be operated on visibly. He then turns his attention to the rows of people waiting in meditation for invisible operations. In one brief statement he calls for the operations to be completed. Some recipients feel the operations and others do not, but they are all completed immediately.
João-in-entity then takes the line of people waiting for visible operations into the main hall for physical surgery in front of the waiting crowd. When they are completed he returns to the main current room where he sits to receive the people as they file past him.
He dispenses with each person in an amazingly fast manner. As they approach, the entity instantly scans and is already prepared to provide the necessary advice. Some are given a prescription for herbal medicine, some are directed to the seats nearby to give current, whilst others are direct ed to the intensive care room for invisible surgery or, if their surgery requires a different entity, they will be told when to return for treatment. He will remain until the last person is attended to.
At the end of the daily program, João-in-entity will individually receive each of the mediums-all of whom have sat for many hours providing current-for a blessing and to attend to any special requests they may have. He then stands up, begins a small prayer and the entity leaves his body with a visible shudder of his heavy frame.
The Rules
As in every facet of life, there are rules to be followed. If the rules are broken, the treatment is impaired. This warning is delivered frequently by João-in-entity, sometimes quite sternly if someone has come back for further treatment after disregarding the instructions.
It is not surprising, though, that some people treat the rules lightly, as they do not seem logical to our physical reasoning (another example of man's lack of understanding and the superiority of spirit knowledge). Some rules are strange indeed. Firstly, there is a diet to be followed: no pork, chilli, eggs, bananas or alcohol. Why? Pork is a spiritually unclean meat. Chilli inflames the system. Eggs today carry the poisons of hormone feeds which, when ingested, interfere with the healing effects of the herbs and treatments. Bananas are treated with a chemical which also interferes in the same way. And alcohol disrupts the healing processes of the body.
Perhaps the most difficult to understand is the 'no sex' rule. After an operation there is to be no sex for forty days! The explanation, that the energies of the body are in a healing phase not be disturbed by the physical energies of sex, does little to encourage people to show restraint when they are experiencing renewed health.
Of all the frustrations João and the entities endure, the most frequently encountered are those to do with disrespect for entities and their work, and adherence to the simple rules for recovery. Every day, before each session, a member of the House gives a talk on this and other subjects in which it is stressed that these rules must be strictly adhered to. To disobey the instructions can result in a cessation of the healing process, a return to the pre-treatment condition or a worsening of the ailment, depending on the type of illness or affliction.
Look, Learn and Change
Even the most casual or sceptical observer cannot help but be moved by the scenes of relief and compassion that exist everywhere in this small cluster of buildings.
Amongst the thousands who wait in line for hours, one can see an example of almost every type of human suffering. Pain and disease are the basic reality of those who suffer from them. Here are such people who know and live with this intensely horrible reality. Many of them come because they are literally, practically, objectively hopeless. Modern medicine has given them up; in some cases they are given up by the best specialists in the world. So where do they turn when all else fails?
Despite the hopelessness of their conditions, they all share a common look: their eyes carry the soft light of hope. When they emerge from their interviews, that hope has changed to happiness: a mother weeps for the cure of her small child, a cripple who could not walk gently coaxes his limbs to newfound life with the caring aid of staff or friends. Everywhere can be seen new hope, renewed life and a bond of love and caring for one's fellow man.
The true essence of charity can be seen everywhere: an old man shuffles up to the dispensary window, fumbling in his pockets for small change to buy his herbs. A kindly lady, realising his predicament, slips a ten real note into his hand. The small change will buy his bus ticket back home.
No wonder people come simply to observe: it is a moving and rewarding experience. Unlike many 'miraculous' locations in other parts of the world, there are no faith-healing aspects or mysticism. At Abadiânia each person talks personally to the entity, and the overwhelming majority of people are miraculously cured.
Not everyone is cured in just one visit. Many things influence the recovery rate-karma, time for tissues to heal and cells to regenerate-and nearly everyone needs to change spiritually. Some need to change their environment; others their attitude to their fellow man.
Revelations and persecutions
Persecution had become a way of life for João Teixeira da Faria. Since he discovered his healing gift at the age of sixteen he had spent most of his young life travelling from city to city, exchanging healings and prophecies for donations of food, clothing, shelter or money.
Inevitably, word would spread to a medical practitioner or a dentist whose complaint would bring the police swooping down on him. If he was lucky he would simply be run out of town, but more often he would be charged with a variety of felonies, thrown in jail and, not infrequently, severely beaten.
Such was the young life of one of the most remarkable mediums of the past two thousand years: persecution, ridicule and abuse; always only one step ahead of hunger, deprivation or incarceration; and constantly on the move but still determined to carry on his divine mission of healing his fellow man and bringing awareness of their true purpose in this life.
Despite his amazing contribution to mankind in the alleviation of suffering, João is still pursued by the authorities, spurred along by disgruntled factions: those medical doctors who fail to understand the source of his healing and surgical ability and call on their medical associations to take action, and the Church, whose clergy fear a weakening of their position within the community and fail to recognise the same spiritual source that is the very core of their doctrines.
In 1981 a writ was issued against him for practising medicine illegally. The court session was held in Anápolis, only twenty kilometres from his healing centre. Fortunately his work is so well known in the area that a huge groundswell of public support, including grateful legal practitioners, resulted in an acquittal.
The acquittal raised intense resentment amongst a minority group headed by a well-known Anápolis doctor and political leader. On 17 August 1982 he arranged a serious attempt on João's life by four men in three cars. His survival was acclaimed as a miracle.
Even as this book goes to print, there is an action in progress, prompted by the Regional Medical Council of Espírito Santo and pursued by the Public Prosecutor through the Brazilian Penal Code. What the outcome will be for João in the forthcoming court case is unknown. The paradox of a judgement deliberated by the highest judicial minds in the country, whilst publicly acknowledging their own personal experience of humanitarian relief so freely given by this man, albeit in defiance of the law, is a most unenviable situation.
For João, however, the axe hangs over his head every day while ever there are those factions whose inflated sense of sophisticated professionalism causes them to feel (unjustifiably) threatened.
The medium and the entities
João Teixeira da Faria is a medium of extraordinary capabilities. His mediumship enables him to take on, or incorporate, thirty-three entities, all of whom were remarkable people during their own physical lives. The entities are spirits of deceased doctors, surgeons, healers, psychologists and theologians who are of such high soul elevation they need no longer reincarnate to our physical plane. They do, however, continue to elevate in the spirit plane by the extent of their benevolence and charitable works.
João is capable of incorporating only one entity at a time, although he can change entity at any time as the need arises. It does not preclude any number of entities performing operations at the same time outside his body. During incorporation, each entity carries with him his own personality from the past life and, to those who work in the house regularly, each one can be recognised in João's behaviour.
The first incorporation by João, when he was sixteen, was the spirit of King Solomon. He is still working with him today-a reminder that, unlike humans, the spirit is immortal.
The principal entity is that of Dom Inácio de Loyola (St Ignatius Loyola), after whom the House is named. This Spanish nobleman was born in 1491 into one of the richest families in Spain. The Casa de Dom Inácio is so called because of the similarities between the life of this entity and the life of João. Both were lives of constant persecution, incarceration and ridicule. Both teachings maintain a simple, spiritual philosophy based on early religions, a belief in God, Christ, Holy Spirit and reincarnation, but uncluttered by modern religious dogma.
Copyright © 1997/1998 by Robert Pellegrino-Estrich.
Extracted from his book The Miracle Man: The Life Story of João de Deus
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