Five Great Healers Speak Here

Author(s): Nancy, Esmond Gardner
Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House

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FIVE GREAT HEALERS SPEAK HERE
shining in the patient.” He feels that the underlying principle of healing is that “... the body has a natural regeneration which is a built-in intelligence.”
This statement clearly agrees with the world-renowned English healer, Harry Edwards, whose conclusion after a lifetime of healing is that the basis of healing lies in “... the natural healing intelligences of the body." Hè, too, says that the source of spiritual healing is God, and that the intelligent direction of a healing force originates from a spiritual realm which is, he says, “... a common heritage of the human family.”
“All power is from above,” says Oh Shinnah, whose experience is grounded equally in the ancient traditions of the Amerindians and modern research and teaching. She sees power as being “expressions (of the) path to the Source of all . . . . We channel the powers of healing through an opening made by our love, compassion and surrender."
For Mama Mona, President of the African Spiritual Church in South Africa, the primary source of all healing is God. She speaks of the importance of “ ... the full power of prayer," and sees singing as a mode of attunement which “raises the power.” To the question of how her healing works she responds quite simply and quite elegantly: “ ... some of the things I do are as mysterious to me as to you.” However, she does state that the radiation of love is fundamental to healing.
ATTUNEMENT WITH HIGHER SELF
Chitrabhanu feels that prayer is one mode of communication with the higher self and that through it both patient and healer “can learn to function on that higher dimension.” The importance of being on center, of finding that sense of quietude within, is that it is the equivalent of being “in the company of the eternal." Chitrabhanu clearly says that the healer should be in