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More experiences on the Healing Journey....I've asked others, and myself, why the spirits/entities have chosen Brazil for this work. Joao is not completely alone in what he does there. Brazil is, and has been, rich with healers and spiritual abundance of many kinds. Some fifty years ago another simple village man, the famous Ze Arrigo (described in depth in the book Surgeon of the Rusty Knife), was incorporated by the entity "Dr. Fritz." The spirit of a German doctor from World War I also performed miraculous healings and surgeries on thousands of Brazilians. When I was in Brazil, I also witnessed a trance medium painter incorporating various past masters—Picasso, Van Gogh, Renoir, and many others—creating brand new masterpieces in their unmistakable styles in fifteen minutes flat. The resulting paintings have subtle healing powers on the psyches of those who see them. And
finally, I attended a number of Candomble
and Umbanda healing ceremonies which
blend African indigenous paths with other spiritual teachings and spirits into a
powerful, uniquely Brazilian mix. During
my fifth trip to Brazil I went through a powerful seven-day initiation ceremony
into Umbanda and am being trained to be a priestess of that tradition.
Brazil is a cultural melting pot that has blended and recombined strands of many traditions into glowing necklaces of multifaceted beauty and power. The land itself hums from the high degree of crystalline structure in the earth itself, the wonderfully ionized atmosphere around its many waterfalls and the fertile "green" energy of the jungles and rain forests that give Brazil the well-earned title of the "lungs of the Earth." All of these elements combine to create a country rich in spiritual and energetic powers—a true feast for any spiritual seeker and the answer to my question "why Brazil?"! With my strong connections to the power of the Earth and my own eclectic, multicultural background, I found a special sense of belonging within the spiritual heart of Brazil, and the spirit of Brazil has found a deep place within my heart. Perhaps it calls you as well.
My path has been rich and varied. Thirty years ago I began working with a dance
shaman, venturing daily into a world rich with multifaceted energies and
healing. I took my experiences from that world and began to work as a dance
therapist, later supplementing my knowledge with a master's degree in
psychology. But meanwhile, I continued to work with shamans and other spiritual
teachers and healers from many cultures, and I began pioneering work in the
newly emerging holistic health field. Spirit guided me eventually to write two
books, The
Return of Spirit: A Woman's Call to Spiritual Action, and A
Season of Eagles, to create
healing, dance, and rite of passage/initiation ceremonies for individuals and
groups, and to teach courses that synthesize aspects of these many paths, which
I have been offering throughout the world since 1984.
In December 1998 I returned--transformed--from several months in Brazil. I had
gone with the goal of spending time with the famous Brazilian healer
"Joao de Deus" (John of God), known by some as the "miracle
man." This journey was the logical next step on my path of cumulative spiritual
"research" and training" I had mentioned in my thirty years of
intensive studies. Since
that time I have spent an average of four to six months each year in Brazil as a
result of what I found there. My
life has been spiritually renewed and enriched by my contact with the healing
powers and mysteries I encountered in Brazil, as have been the lives of the
participants in the groups I take there. I joyfully bring some of this energy
with me now as I travel around and outside the US to teach workshops, offer
private consultations, perform healing ceremonies, and take people to discover
the spiritual riches of Brazil. If you would
like information on the healing journeys to Brazil, please look over the itinerary
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