Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

What is the History of Spiritual Healing?

Spiritual Healing traced as bible practices have ancient roots appearing in various forms across different cultures as shamanism, African, Egyptian, Greek, Indian and Chinese practices. The modern spiritual healing is associated with spiritualism and spiritism movement and in United the Kindgom is recognised as a complementary therapy.

5th century

Benzimento (healing with plants, laid hands or prayer)is an ancient healing practice that began to be present in various cultures with roots in Indigenous, African, European (Christian, Celtic and Gypsies) knowledge.

17th century

In Brazil Benzedeiras (the healers) of Juruena Mato Grosso used benzimento for blessings and healing.

18th century

German physician and founder Franz Anton Mesmer of the pseudoscientific hypothesis of animal magnetism known as Mesmerism. He theorised the existence of a process of natural energy transfer occurring between all animate and inanimate objects.

Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer was also the pioneer of the modern practice of hypnosis.

1840

In Brazil under the influence of the legions of Ishmael, two humanitarian doctors arrived in Brazil. They were Bento Mure and Vicente Martins, homeopathic doctors who started magnetic passes as an immediate aid for healing and continues to be applied to this day in the spiritist centres.

In Burned-Over district upstate U.S.A rise spiritualism movement and in Christian spiritualist church.

1853

In Keighley Yorkshire U.K open the first spiritualist church where the spiritualist movement started. That year Mr. David Richmond of the Shakers movement of America brought news of spiritual phenomena to M. David Weatherhead.

1857

Lyon France started spiritism founded by author and educator Allan Kardec and is strongly practised in Brazil and around the world where they use magnetic passes in the spiritist centres.

1897

The Society of spiritualism movement became affiliated to the National Federation that later become the SNU Spiritualist Nation Union.

1901

The Spiritualists National Union is a spiritualist organisation and is one of the largest Spiritualist groups in the world.

1949

A small number of healers banded together under the leadership of John Britenell and formed the Essex Healers Association. Similar local groups were formed all over the U.K and soon it was seen that national co-ordination was needed.

1954

The National Federation of Spiritual Healers NFSH on the initiative of John Britnell. Harry Edwards the nationally renowned healer, was recorded as member number one and its first president of the Healing Trust.

Began the Healing Trust with the goal of uniting and raising standards and platform for spiritual healers to connect, training and offer services with Harry Edwards.

1960

The NFSH achieved a milestone by gaining permission for healers to work in hospitals with support of chairman Gordon Turner.

1965

Under an agreement with more than 1,500 National Health Service Hospitals,NFSH healer members may attend to those hospitalized patients who request the services of a healers.

1973

Due his age, Harry Edwards resigned as President of the Healing Trust and Dennis Fare was elected.

1977

The General Medical Council in England agreed to allow doctors to recommend spiritual healing to their patients.

1982

The NFSH emphasised the importance of ethical practice and created a National Ethics and Standard framework.

1999

The UK Healers was formed as a voluntary self-regulating body for spiritual healers.

2025

There are healers who attending in spiritualist churches and in complementary therapies settings such as clinics and hospitals. In spiritualist churches and centres healers do not charge, as all donations received go to the place of service, however, outside these places, healers charge for their services and the fees vary from one to another, in hospitals almost healers attending free of charge although a few hospitals hire healers to provide assistance. In the United Kingdom, it is not possible to attending as healer without two years training, assessment panel and need to be a registered member of the recognized healing organization. In the clinical settings and complementary therapies, the healers must have a healer membership of a nationally recognised organization despite the healing abilities that each individual inherently possesses as part of being human also the independent healers can attending privately but can`t in the previously mentioned places due to regulation. There are several types of healers: religious and non-religious, so each one has their own way of approach, but the energy is universal, therefore, regardless of which healer you receive treatment from. See where your heart is touched and go for it with an open heart!

In the United Kingdom, spiritual healing has various different practitioners and settings so the term spiritual is not taken literally. The reason healing is called spiritual is because the energy channelled does not come from the healer but rather through the healer. There is various forms as energy and techniques aimed to promoting self-healing and well-being as well, each person chooses the one that resonates with them the most, as I follow the root line of spiritual healing, I explained above a little about each for those who want to know a little more.

Spiritual Healing is considered a complementary therapy it offers an additional layer of support alongside conventional treatments. Its addresses the emotional, physically, mentally, metaphysically, spiritually and energetic dimensions.

Spiritual Healing Mediumship mean a form of healing by the use of forces and energies from the world of the spirits.

Spiritual Faith Healing believe in divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing especially Christian practice.

What is the History of Reiki?

19th century

In Japan Mikao Usui rediscovered the system of Reiki following a lifetime of study, effort and dedication. Dr.Usui`s system draws on a lineage that passed through India,Tibet and China before being formalized in Japan.

1922

In Mount Kurama his life-changing experience came through a meditation retreat from this he developed the simple system of Reiki.

1925

Chuijro Hayashi received his teacher's training in Usui's system. He attuned 13 students to the teacher level, including Hawayo Takata.

1935

Hawayo Kawamura or Hamayo Takata to take Reiki one training Shoden.

1938

Mrs. Takata became officially teacher of Reiki and brought it to Hawaii.

1940-1970

Mrs. Takata ran several Reiki clinics and taught many classes in Hawaii.

1973

Mrs. Takata formally brought Reiki to mailand America and she taught her first class in the United States.

1980

Reiki began to gain popularity in the UK with many people in London seeking out Reiki as a complementary therapy to traditional medicine and nowadays some practitioners and teachers call it Reiki Healing or Reiki Therapy.

2000

Several NHS hospitals and clinics began offering Reiki as part of their complementary therapy services. This marked a significant milestone in the recognition of Reiki as a legitimate healing practice.