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Psychic
Surgery
The alleged performing
of paranormal surgery with bare hands, in which the body is opened and closed without use
or benefit of surgical instruments. Patients remain fully conscious and allegedly
experience no pain. While some observed surgeries remain unexplained, many have been
exposed as fraud, accomplished by sleight-of-hand tricks known to most stage magicians.
Psychic surgery received much Western
media attention in the 1960s and 1970s, prompting thousands of sufferers to seek treatment
in the Philippines and Brazil, where psychic surgery was easily available. Some patients
have reported cures that are supported by medical diagnosis, but many have not been cured.
Some of the 'tumors' removed from patients have been found to be chicken or pig organs,
other lumps of animal flesh, or balls of cotton wool palmed by the surgeon. Kidney stones
have been exposed as ordinary pebbles. Animal blood is concealed in little plastic bags in
the palm or in false thumbs; in some cases the blood is already congealed when it
allegedly spurts out of the patient. Using the blood, wads of cotton, and sheets for
diversion, the appearance of penetration can be created by folding the knuckles against
the skin. Many psychic surgeons demonstrate on obese patients, whose fatty skin is easy to
manipulate. If patients complain of pain, no cures, or other postoperative problems,
psychic surgeons often blame them on the spirits, past-life karma,
or a lack of harmony between the patient, healer, and magnetic vibrations in the room.
Related
audio and
videos.
Related
books:
Stephen Turoff -
Psychic Surgeon: The Story of an Extraordinary Healer.
The Secret
Teachings of the Espiritistas: Unravelling the Enigma of Psychic Surgery.
Two Weeks With
the Psychic Surgeons.
Whose Hands Are
These?: A Gifted Healer's Miraculous True Story.
More
books.
Further info:
Psychic
Surgery.
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