For more than 40 years, John of God, (João de Deus) has received visitors as a doctor might receive patients. Even though he is not a doctor and has no formal schooling beyond the fourth grade, he has performed countless physical operations for free. He uses no anesthesia and patients report little pain. He scraps eyes, inserts surgical clamps up noses and makes incisions with simple instruments all while he is supposedly taken over by spirits. There is very little bleeding, few reports of infections and numerous reports of improved health both spiritually and physically.
Brazil 's Casa de Dom Inácio is the healing center of world-renowned João Teixeira de Faria who is unquestionably one of the most powerful spiritual mediums living today. João de Deus, (John of god), as he is affectionately known, has devoted his life to mediumship. Through him, spirit guides minister to the multitudes who come in search of a cure.