Five Great Healers Speak Here

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

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FIVE GREAT HEALERS SPEAK HERE
Oh Shinnah states it in these terms: “The skeptic ... will be affected by the healing vibrations ... because ... the true transforming power is love." She explains: “When one is led to the path of a healer, a self-healing begins and, through this realization, one finds union with Source. One walks the path to power when we find our spiritual selves; the world of spirit becomes accessible.”
LEARNING TO HEAL All the healers agree that healing is not a special gift limited to a few but can be learned. Brother Mandus points out that healing takes place in all ministries, regardless of persuasion, and that there is no one exclusive pattern which it follows. He says: “It would almost seem that the moment anyone opens an aperture of love, faith, prayer, or awareness of something beyond human power, then the spirit floodlights through the aperture to help and bless, irrespective and regardless of the definition of the healer, the method, or the tech
nique.”
Harry Edwards feels would-be healers first must have certain character traits: generosity, sympathy, compassion, a desire to be of service. In addition, they must “inwardly feel they have an insistent desire to be able to take away pain and unhappiness . . . . This desire to heal must come from the heart.” Then “they may well possess the latent powers of spirit healing,” which he feels takes time to develop.
Mama Mona acknowledges that there are many healers among Africans: “It seems that this gift is common among the African people.” One's psychic powers can be improved by dedication and use, according to her. “Ask and ye shall be given, look and it shall be open to you."
Oh Shinnah, too, feels most of us could be healers if we are dedicated, but that society is not conducive to this.