Joao de Deus - the miracle healer Joao Teixeira de Faria

Joao Teixeira de Faria, lovingly known as Joao de Deus or John of God, is without doubt one of the most powerful spiritual healers of our time.

He has been visited by thousands of people from all over the world during his 40 years of dedication to his work. His healing success with cancer patients, drug addicts, HIV patients, illnesses such as blindness and other physical or psychological problems have been described in many books. He cured illnesses deemed incurable by the so called school of western medicine.

John of God is an unconscious medium. He has the gift of being incorporated by over 30 different entities that work through him. He is unable to recollect his activities while incorporated. The entities scan those seeking help in a brief moment and prescribe what needs to be done. It could be taking herbs or a spiritual operation, a crystal bed session, a visit to the waterfall or anything else. Often his answer to people’s questions or petitions is "corrente", which is an invitation to sit in the meditation room.

Joao and his co-workers emphasise the importance of taking responsibility for our own healing next to the treatment we receive from the entities. The aim is to reach a balance and become peaceful within ourselves and with our neighbours, as well as perhaps changing an unhealthy lifestyle and work toward a more positive approach to life.

"Forgive and forget .... and love" -

hundreds of people walk to the casa from Wednesday to Friday, when Joao is working at the casa. He never leaves before he has not seen the last person. Without tiring he offers his body to the entities who so answer all the questions and perform up to a hundred spiritual operation per day.

Joao treats each person the same whether it may be Shriley MacLaine seeking help or a spiritual healer like Ram Dass or a destitute. Everyone will have to wait for his/her turn and no one has yet been turned away. Joao is a catholic, however, the people’s religion and culture do not matter, on the contrary, everyone is welcome - the common denominator is LOVE.

Joao does not ask for money and most of the 250 co-workers at the casa are volunteers.

"I am but an instrument is God’s holy hands".

The story goes that John of God was born the son of a tailor, June 24, 1942 in a small village in central Brazil. Since childhood he had special abilities and a strong will. Due to his rebellious behaviour he only attended school for four years.

At the age of 16 he took on his first job as a tailor. However, for unknown reasons he was terminated that same day. He travelled to a river to wash off all his sorrows and worries when Santa Rita appeared to him. She told him to go to a spiritist centre in town and that he was expected there. John followed her instructions and after introducing himself he became unconscious. A few hours later, upon awakening, he apologised for his "behaviour".

An elderly member of the centre explained that he did not fall "unconscious" but that the entity King Solomon had incorporated him healing many people and performing numerous operations. John thought that it must have been a mistake but after a meal together and some discussions John became thoughtful and asked: what if this was true?

It was thus that John of God began his spiritual work. He lived his life as a wanderer travelling from town to town, healing the sick. He lived off the donations he received. The police persecuted him with threats and arrest because he operated without ever studying medicine. Nevertheless, he never forfeited his mission; he continued to heal people who were looking for his help. He even healed his persecutors "incurable diseases" and when doctors or the police came to seek his help he healed them as well.