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Spiritual Healing

A Spiritualist healer is one who either through his own inherent powers or through his mediumship, is able to impart vital, curative forces to pathological conditions.

The results of Spiritual Healing are produced in several ways to-wit:

By the spiritual influences working through the body of the medium and thus infusing curative, stimulating and vitalizing fluids and energies into the diseased parts of the patients body. By the spiritual influences illuminating the brain of the healing medium so that the cause, nature and seat of the disease in the patient become known to the medium through the application of absent treatments whereby spiritual beings combine their own healing forces with the magnetism and vitalizing energy of the medium and convey them to the patient who is distant from the medium and cause them to be absorbed by the system of the patient.

Spiritual Healing is recognized by the New Testament. It has been a tenet of ancient and modern religions and is now a tenet of modern spiritualism practiced by our healers.

Spiritualism does not deny that physicians and surgeons are quite necessary. We cooperate with them at all times.

What happens during a healing session?

A healer will work with his (her) hands at a short distance from your body, or sometimes by light touch, inviting you to relax and close your eyes if you wish. Usually patients are already aware that something is happening. Most experience a variety of sensations, perhaps warmth or coolness, tingling and pressure, or pain coming to the surface (and often dispersing) as the energy goes to work. Some clients experience little more than warmth but the process is no less effective.

What can healing do for me?

Healing can be helpful with a wide range of physical and psychological difficulties, sometimes to a remarkable degree. It is a process of revitalisation, relaxation, and release at a profound level, which helps your body to adjust and heal spontaneously at its own pace and in its own way. Healing seeks out the underlying cause as well as the presenting symptoms. This can mean that the outcome of a healing session may be beneficial in an unexpected way and not necessarily immediately, for example you may feel a sudden benefit days later or gradual improvement over a period of time. There may be times you experience some kind of emotional release as part of the healing process. Sometimes the process is obvious, sometimes more subtle. Healing is usually helpful, sometimes remarkably so.

How often do I need to go for healing?

Sometimes one session will be sufficient sometimes several may be needed. If you are experiencing healing for the first time it may take you two or three sessions to relax into the process and enjoy the full benefit. You can always discuss with your healer.

Do I need to be ill to receive healing?

No. Healing is often about restoring balance to your life and relationships with others, about expressing feelings, about change and the need for it. It often helps brings a sense of proportion and perspective and a greater feeling of 'feet on the ground', of regaining control, irrespective of whether you are ill or not. On the other hand, it can be especially helpful in crisis situations and with terminal illness. It can stand alone as a therapy, has no harmful side effects and works well with any other therapy. It is a process above all to help you help yourself.

Do I need faith?

No. Healer’s work from a wide range of philosophies and many simply see their ability as a natural resource. Nothing special is expected of the patient however, except perhaps openness to anything that happens and a degree of trust in the healer. An awareness of the need for change and the motivation to do so can also be helpful.

Healing and my doctor

We always encourage you to remain in touch with your doctor in case your illness calls for medical intervention. Healing complements the treatment your doctor is giving you so do tell him/her that you are receiving healing, and about any positive benefits you experience. Your doctor maybe interested in finding out more.

A Memory from Monty

Hello my friends, while on a visit to the church one Sunday my mind went back to the Crown street days when I was one of Doug’s healers. Good old George Weir and I were getting on with our work when a fellow came in. I would point out that it was winter and very cold. When it was his turn for healing he said to me “Don’t have healers around like the old days”. Under his clothes he had a covering of newspapers, which he said kept him warm. Being told about the old days I thought I could get some history from him. Asked about the healers he had been to in the past he said, “You know the one that worked at Huntley and Palmers”. This was new to me so I pressed him some more, and asked him when this was. It turned out to be around 1900. This healer was one of the shunt engine drivers who took the biscuit wagons up to the main line to be attached to the service trains. He told me that he had a long beard, which was red. He told me that he was well thought of and had done many outstanding healings; he also said that he had been written about in some books. I have to date not found any evidence of this. Several weeks later I was called to give healing to two elderly ladies in a street off St Peters road. These ladies’s had worked in the factory about the same time as this healer. When I told them the tale about the healer their eyes twinkled and looking at each other, had to race to tell me their tale. It turned out that he was the apple of the eye of many a female employee. They had been in the forefront to get his favours. Now we come to the surprise part of the story. I asked his name and was told it was Rubin Wells and that he lived at 129, Liverpool Road Reading.

Now this was a shock to me. First my wife’s maiden name was Wells and her grand parents had lived in Liverpool Road, Yes at 129. My wife had no knowledge of this man so I asked her Dad. To my wonderful surprise Rubin turned out to be her great uncle. I feel that that is a wonderful story from a man who came in from the cold, and added another part of the story of Spiritual Healing in this town of Reading. Reading has been noted for its healers and long may it be so.

This meeting would have taken place about 1954.

Kind regards.

Monty. Ex church secretary.


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