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@ REVIEWS PROFILES OF HEALING —- HANDS OF she feels "a joyous party" in his heart. Their —_ from breast cancer. Her travels have FAITH: HEALERS OF BRAZIL stories are told in their own words and trans- _ brought her in touch with diverse types of edited by Bradford Keeney, PhD lated into English; family members and healers as well as our own self-healing Ringing Rocks Press. Philadelphia 2003 friends also give their loving tributes. placebo effect. There's Warren Barigian Editor Dr Bradford Keeney says these two _ from the Yosemite Valley, who remaps healers "stand out by the purity and strength brains; Santa Fe—based shamanic healer of their faith"; their "miracles" are a result of | Sandra Ingerman, who retrieves the part of a being open in a pure, heartful way. The person's soul that flees during illness or trau- book serves to renew our faith in love. ma; and Auntie Margaret from the Big wisdom through education, research and and of Hawai iY who Practises the ancient special programs. Hands of Faith is a beau- THE BRAZILIAN HEALER WITH THE ah who eal ‘te Vi . St ‘bal. wh are tifully produced volume that presents the life KITCHEN KNIFE and Other Stories of aho housewife Vianna Subal, who con- stories of two renowned Brazilian spiritual Mystics, Shamans, and Miracle-Makers ucts tistance pealings by Phone: Gary healers: Otavia Alves Pimentel Barbosa, by Sandy Johnson Thee ee, uh vd “t healin voli rN thoes and Joao Fernandes de Carvalho. It's part of | Rodale, USA, 2003 ite s VB - *k Ih Atetealicn vt ims; the inspirational Profiles of Healing series. ISBN 0-9670897-4-3 (460pp tpb) Nb isin des oe i ‘h he is tan 0 | These pages are of thick stock and feature Availability: Order online from origina’ cescent Who heals using ‘ove, striking photographs with gorgeous colour http:/Avww.rodalestore.com, tel (800) 848 jight, crystals and energy. Johnson tells it ISBN 0-918172-38-1 (142pp tpb) Availability: Order online from Ringing Rocks Press, http://www. ringingrocks.org lhe US-based Ringing Rocks Foundation has a mission to preserve global healing frames and backgrounds as well as wise 4735 (toll free, North America if- quotes and touching poetry. The first half fo NEXUS readers will Sow exactly fe healers have made A profound aa features Otavia's story; to access the second, to whom the title of this book refers: to play in the ed healin aradiom, P Joao's story, turn the book over and start Joao de Deus, the Brazilian healer who per- pay P em. again from the beginning! The book comes _ forms miraculous operations, sometimes THE with a CD with prayers by Jofio and bless- with a simple kitchen knife, with the inter- ings by Otavia in Portuguese, plus three cession of a host of formerly living beings BRAZILIAN Brazilian musical interludes (one ina bossa _like St Ignatius of Loyola at his healing cen- nova style) by Edu Passeto and Zuza Alves. _ tre in the remote village of Abadiania in These two beloved elders (Otavia is at Goias, Brazil. John of God is just one of the Hi E A E E R least 96, and Joao has been married for 56 many practitioners featured in this book by years, to give you an idea) were raised in US journalist, author and social researcher WITH THE poor circumstances. They are humble, dedi- Sandy Johnson, although it seems he in par- cated spiritual healers who have never ticular has changed her system of beliefs as KIT ¢ H EW charged for their ministrations. Otavia to what is possible. What they seem to have declares she has given her soul to the task of | in common is the ability to reconnect people KNIFE making people's lives a little better; she uses _ with their own healing life force. hands-on techniques and lives by the motto From her observations, Johnson sees that of "Love is the power of healing". Joao these gifted healers, all of whom have their turns in faith to Jesus and Mary and has pre- _ own special way of relating to the Divine, scriptions enter his mind; although unable to _ are transformers of the mind and soul as train as a doctor, he's had an interest in phar- _ well as the body. Indeed, she started on her SANDY JOHNSON macology since his youth. With every cure, _ path of exploration during her own recovery he feels "a joyous party" in his heart. Their stories are told in their own words and trans- lated into English; family members and friends also give their loving tributes. Editor Dr Bradford Keeney says these two healers "stand out by the purity and strength of their faith"; their "miracles" are a result of being open in a pure, heartful way. The book serves to renew our faith in love. APRIL — MAY 2004 NEXUS = 67 Vol de ae JE Ie he lak E | ’ www.nexusmagazine.com