Faith healers

Particularly active in the field of healing is spiritism disguised as religion. There are so-called faith healers who do not work with the power of the Holy Spirit, but with religious spiritism or white magic. The best known Spiritist healers are Arigo from Brazil,...

Faith healers

Among the best known spiritist healers are Arigo of Brazil, Harry Edwards of England and Antonio of the Philippines. Each has his own method, but all draw their power from the same source. Arigo is a kind of spiritist surgeon. He puts himself and his patient into a...

Fetishism

Fetishism is the superstitious worship of fetishes, amulets and talismans. A fetish is an energetic object believed to give strength and health, protection and help in all kinds of emergencies. Fetishism is the worship of these supposed symbols of power and...

Fire blessing

In farming villages there is an old superstitious custom of placing a fire blessing in the top beam of the roof. It is said to protect against lightning, fire and storms. Kurt E. Koch once came across the text of such a fire blessing. It read: “Anno 1645, 24...

Firewalking

There are different forms of firewalking: trickery – autosuggestion – satanism. Firewalking as deception and trickery A former Shinto priest named Kazama, who later found Christ, told Dr. Kurt Koch the following about firewalking: “I was a priest in...