Five Great Healers Speak Here

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

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FIVE GREAT HEALERS SPEAK HERE
Are these gifts mutually exclusive or can the healer use any method at will?
A person who is unable to attune to spirit can be a magnetic healer, but not a spiritual healer. He need not even be a God-fearing man. He is one who possesses generosity in his nature and has the desire to help those who are weak or suffering. It is, however, a general rule that the spiritual healer, by virtue of his faculty of attunement, develops affinity with the source of healing and would necessarily be brought into conscious or unconscious contact with cosmic forces. His ability to use the magnetic forces depends largely upon the degree of his understanding of the science of spirit healing. He will know when to direct cosmic energies to a patient to build up his vitality and his good health tone, to enable him to better respond to the spirit healing treatment. He may do this subconsciously, as an interim treatment prior to the purposeful seeking of healing forces from spirit to heal the patient.
It is customary in some countries (especially in Europe) to call spirit healers “magnetizers,” and it is by this name that they are known. It is my belief that many of these healers are not only magnetizers, but they are instruments of the healing intelligences, which is quite a different thing Is healing an inborn gift or one that a dedicated student can acquire?
I would not deny the possibility that a person with the gift of healing is the result of a spirit purpose. History shows that at times when the interests of the human family are in peril, then a leader is born to help show the people the way to adopt a new sense of values and lead them out of the impasse to which they have been heading. Of course, the principal illustration in this connection was the coming of Jesus at a time when Roman life was