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© REVIEWS Bell covers much ground, but his argu- processes. As a healing medium he can B oO oO K Ss ments don't go as far as they could. He dis- "incorporate" up to 30 spirit entities, most of Reviewed by Ruth Parnell misses ‘conspiracy theories' of world history, | whom have been dedicated, spiritually whether in politics, economics, society, reli- advanced doctors, surgeons and healers in THE QUICKENING gion or even UFOs, despite any validity they previous lives. Working through Joao, the by Art Bell may have. Readers who have already stud- entities rapidly and efficiently carry out both Publisher: Paper Chase Press, USA, 1997 ied these subjects in depth will probably visible and invisible surgery and other heal- ISBN: 1-879706-70-9 (334) , hic) , come to different conclusions and solutions ing modes. To allow so many to be healed Price: AUD$45.00; Stee 2) 00: about the world's predicament than Bell has. _at once, additional healing "current" is pro- NFL #54 90: USD$24 95 + $5 00 ah: vided by at least 80 volunteer mediums at a CAN$29 984 $5.00 p&h ‘00 pan, THE MIRACLE MAN time. But before any healing is done, the : . . ino-Estri atient must have the right attitude of mind, Available: Aust—Cameron Books, ph (02) by Robert Pellegrino-Estrich P oe ite i 4758 7676. fax (02) 4758 9047; UK/Eur— Publisher: Triad, Cairns, Australia, 1997 and resolve to make appropriate lifestyle and NEXUS offices; USA—Paper Chase Press, SBN: 0-646-33767-X (142pp sic) ER ee be nedical a teasi 81758. Vin inia St Reng NV 89511 4 Price: AUD$20.00; NZD$27.95; Numerous studies by medical profession-— - VII! . NV, »~P S$TG£10.00; NFLfn/a; USD$n/a als and thousands of hours of videotape veri- (702) 826 5947, 1800 864 7991. Available: Aust/NZ/UK/Europe— NEXUS fy the efficacy of this form of spiritual heal- rt Bell, America's most popular Fae _ ani ing. Joao de Deus is a truly gifted man with Aivenizne radio talk-show host, has Bis) 53 8000, mele pe ph a message of hope and love for humanity. written The Quickening to present his vision (Read more of his story in this issue.) of how the world will survive into the 21st ' ~ x who's ever lived would have to be Joao Out vat he refers ' as ne | Teixeira da Faria, better known as "Joao de Quickening" began with the industrial revo- Deus" (John of God). He was born in Brazil lution, but is rapidly reaching overdrive as in 1942 and became aware of his special we and our Planet continue to be subject to gifts at the age of 16, but it wasn't until 1978 ever-increasing levels of technological that Joao set up his hospital-style healing change in these latter days. . centre at Abadiania on the Goids plateau of __ Bell reminds us that we are faced with Brazil. His phenomenal success in treating increasingly globalised economies, dislocat- patients abandoned by modern medicine is ed families, degraded environments, emerg- —_jegendary, but is little known in the English- ne of the greatest healing mediums FORT PDL EST ECT ing disease epidemics, erratic weather pat- speaking world—until now. terns and natural disasters, and that the very The Miracle Man is the first book about technologies which have raised our stan- Jodo Teixeira da Faria to be written in dards of living may sound our death knell. English. The author, a Sydney-based busi- Religious institutions are not exempt from nessman who travelled to Abadiania follow- destabilisation, either, and even the faithful ing a dream he had in 1995, decided to write are becoming disenchanted with their antics. this book because of his amazement at the But we have to wonder why a one-world miraculous healings he witnessed. religion is being touted as a serious solution Joao de Deus is known to effect as many to the 'problem'—tied in with the one-world —_ as 3,000 healings a day, and yet he is government that Bell believes is inevitable. unaware of what he says or does during the Bell covers much ground, but his argu- ments don't go as far as they could. He dis- misses ‘conspiracy theories’ of world history, whether in politics, economics, society, reli- gion or even UFOs, despite any validity they may have. Readers who have already stud- ied these subjects in depth will probably come to different conclusions and solutions about the world's predicament than Bell has. processes. As a healing medium he can "incorporate" up to 30 spirit entities, most of whom have been dedicated, spiritually advanced doctors, surgeons and healers in previous lives. Working through Jodo, the entities rapidly and efficiently carry out both visible and invisible surgery and other heal- ing modes. To allow so many to be healed at once, additional healing "current" is pro- vided by at least 80 volunteer mediums at a time. But before any healing is done, the patient must have the right attitude of mind, and resolve to make appropriate lifestyle and dietary changes following the session. Numerous studies by medical profession- als and thousands of hours of videotape veri- fy the efficacy of this form of spiritual heal- ing. Joao de Deus is a truly gifted man with a message of hope and love for humanity. (Read more of his story in this issue.) FORT PDL EST ECT NEXUS 71 FEBRUARY - MARCH 1998