About João Teixeira de Faria: known as John of God
(Excerpt from the Friends of the Casa Website)
For more than three decades João Teixeira de Faria has had extraordinary success in helping people to heal from AIDS, cancer, paralysis, blindness, mental disease and a host of human infirmities. Millions of people have consulted with João-in-Entity since 1965. Up to 3,000 people per day stand and wait in line to see him individually. He continues to have a success rate in his healing work unheard of in western medicine.
This simple Brazilian man, formally educated only through the second grade, is living proof of a unique form of mediumship in which benevolent spirits, aka disembodied entities or angels, use his body to perform seemingly miraculous healing, including both physical and psychic surgery. When João is acting as a host (to one spirit at a time) he is called 'the Entity', and referred to, more formally as João de Deus (John of God). His intent is to be a vehicle for God's work. He has kept to this intention despite being persecuted and physically abused by those who do not want him to practice his unique way of healing without a medical license. Brazilians believe that God becomes more accessible through the likes of João and other mediums. They believe that God's energy is too powerful for humans to handle and that, therefore, we need intermediaries, like Jesus Christ, as well as angels, highly evolved spirits, and mediums to step down God's energy. Divine energy can thus be adapted to fit our own capacities to receive it, much like an electrical transformer steps down a powerful current before it goes into individual homes designed to use weaker voltages.
João discovered his gift naturally when he was only sixteen years old. Right from the beginning, he made the commitment to use what he had been given to serve mankind. His ability to access his gift is amazing - within seconds he can choose to dis-identify with his body and allow a spirit to use it, then re-identify with his body when the work of the spirit is complete. He is an 'unconscious medium' because he has no memory of what he does as the Entity.
More than thirty entities, now residing on the spiritual plane, each with his/her own identifiable characteristic personality traits and technical skills derived from former lives as healers, incorporate within João. João-in-Entity diagnoses, offers treatment protocols, confers sedation and operates, prescribes specific alternative therapies, and sometimes offers prognoses.
While the Entity consults with individuals who often wait in line for hours to see him, other entities, not incorporated, simultaneously provide healings within the assembled group. In this way, the entities' healing extends to thousands of people a day. Seemingly undaunted by all the attention he gets, João humbly says to the assembled people, "It is not me, but God who heals". Neither João nor the Entity ask for any fees for services rendered.
João de Deus has been studied by teams of legitimate scientists from Russia, Germany, the USA, Japan and France. Pathology tests reveal that the tumours, substances and tissues the Entity removes from the sick are indeed human tissues from the individuals operated upon. The most extensive study on João's work lasted two years, was published in Portuguese through a Brazilian university, and made available to the public in 1997. João encourages research into his healing abilities in the hope that medical science can make use of his success in the treatment of humankind.
This is an excerpt from Spiritual Alliances: Discovering the Roots of Health at the Casa de Dom Inacio by Emma Bragdon, PhD.
This book evaluates the healing modalities of the Casa de Dom Inacio from many points of view. It includes interviews with five board-certified physicians from the USA who visited the Casa de Dom Inacio, and found it a very valuable experience. Copies of the book can be obtained through [email protected] or 603-632-7377 in USA.
Emma Bragdon is a guide for people who want to visit Spiritist Centers in Brazil. She can be reached at [email protected] or by calling 802-457-4915 in USA.
For more than three decades João Teixeira de Faria has had extraordinary success in helping people to heal from AIDS, cancer, paralysis, blindness, mental disease and a host of human infirmities. Millions of people have consulted with João-in-Entity since 1965. Up to 3,000 people per day stand and wait in line to see him individually. He continues to have a success rate in his healing work unheard of in western medicine.
This simple Brazilian man, formally educated only through the second grade, is living proof of a unique form of mediumship in which benevolent spirits, aka disembodied entities or angels, use his body to perform seemingly miraculous healing, including both physical and psychic surgery. When João is acting as a host (to one spirit at a time) he is called 'the Entity', and referred to, more formally as João de Deus (John of God). His intent is to be a vehicle for God's work. He has kept to this intention despite being persecuted and physically abused by those who do not want him to practice his unique way of healing without a medical license. Brazilians believe that God becomes more accessible through the likes of João and other mediums. They believe that God's energy is too powerful for humans to handle and that, therefore, we need intermediaries, like Jesus Christ, as well as angels, highly evolved spirits, and mediums to step down God's energy. Divine energy can thus be adapted to fit our own capacities to receive it, much like an electrical transformer steps down a powerful current before it goes into individual homes designed to use weaker voltages.
João discovered his gift naturally when he was only sixteen years old. Right from the beginning, he made the commitment to use what he had been given to serve mankind. His ability to access his gift is amazing - within seconds he can choose to dis-identify with his body and allow a spirit to use it, then re-identify with his body when the work of the spirit is complete. He is an 'unconscious medium' because he has no memory of what he does as the Entity.
More than thirty entities, now residing on the spiritual plane, each with his/her own identifiable characteristic personality traits and technical skills derived from former lives as healers, incorporate within João. João-in-Entity diagnoses, offers treatment protocols, confers sedation and operates, prescribes specific alternative therapies, and sometimes offers prognoses.
While the Entity consults with individuals who often wait in line for hours to see him, other entities, not incorporated, simultaneously provide healings within the assembled group. In this way, the entities' healing extends to thousands of people a day. Seemingly undaunted by all the attention he gets, João humbly says to the assembled people, "It is not me, but God who heals". Neither João nor the Entity ask for any fees for services rendered.
João de Deus has been studied by teams of legitimate scientists from Russia, Germany, the USA, Japan and France. Pathology tests reveal that the tumours, substances and tissues the Entity removes from the sick are indeed human tissues from the individuals operated upon. The most extensive study on João's work lasted two years, was published in Portuguese through a Brazilian university, and made available to the public in 1997. João encourages research into his healing abilities in the hope that medical science can make use of his success in the treatment of humankind.
This is an excerpt from Spiritual Alliances: Discovering the Roots of Health at the Casa de Dom Inacio by Emma Bragdon, PhD.
This book evaluates the healing modalities of the Casa de Dom Inacio from many points of view. It includes interviews with five board-certified physicians from the USA who visited the Casa de Dom Inacio, and found it a very valuable experience. Copies of the book can be obtained through [email protected] or 603-632-7377 in USA.
Emma Bragdon is a guide for people who want to visit Spiritist Centers in Brazil. She can be reached at [email protected] or by calling 802-457-4915 in USA.
Oprah with John of God
First Look: Why John of God Says He Doesn't Believe in Death
John of God, one of the world's most famous spiritual healers, shares his beliefs about eternal life, heaven and the power of love. Plus, watch as he reveals his definition of God in just one word. Watch Oprah's interview with John of God on Sunday, March 17, at 9/8c.
~ To be a medium as he is, John of God has stated, “requires loving God above all else, and your fellow human beings as yourself.”
What is your heart asking for?
Do you have a strong curiosity about John of God or a deep calling to travel to the Casa, John of God's Healing Center in Brazil? Does your heart say it is time to go, even if your mind says it's not sure? Once you make the internal commitment to journey to the Casa, the Spirit Entities of the Casa begin assisting to manifest your intention. Apparent obstacles of life issues such as time off of work, money, or family commitments are put into alignment so that you are able to follow your heart and inner calling.
"I do not heal anyone, God heals." - John of God
We all have a radiant core of light. It cannot be diminished. John of God, says, “I do not heal anyone, God heals.” God is not, in this case, some being up there in the clouds saying, “Zap! You're worthy, I heal you" or " you're not worthy, I won't heal you.” God is this core of light in each being. God is far more than that, however our expression of the Divine is this core of light. A big part of healing is learning to rest in and know this core of light. Knowing your own radiance and divinity supports the healing that the loving entities are assisting you with.
In essence, the entities are not healing you. They are helping you to support and further your own intentions, and they really are with you and love you. So on this Casa journey don't be afraid to release that which has become a burden to you.
At the Casa there is a beautiful entity named Dr. Augusto. One day he came out on the platform and spoke for about ten minutes with such deep passion, sincerity and love. What he said essentially was, "in your own healing you heal the Earth". So, when you come with us to the Casa de Dom Inacio, the house of Love, and in any healing to which you aspire, what you are doing is healing not only yourself but this particle of the Infinite God, of which you are totally connected and which is also connected to the Earth and all of humanity.
In essence, the entities are not healing you. They are helping you to support and further your own intentions, and they really are with you and love you. So on this Casa journey don't be afraid to release that which has become a burden to you.
At the Casa there is a beautiful entity named Dr. Augusto. One day he came out on the platform and spoke for about ten minutes with such deep passion, sincerity and love. What he said essentially was, "in your own healing you heal the Earth". So, when you come with us to the Casa de Dom Inacio, the house of Love, and in any healing to which you aspire, what you are doing is healing not only yourself but this particle of the Infinite God, of which you are totally connected and which is also connected to the Earth and all of humanity.