The technique of “averting illness” is an old traditional form of European spiritual healing, and written documents about it can be traced back to the twelfth century. This concept is still especially well-known in Lower Austria (the Mostviertel region). These healers mostly work with their clients on an exclusively mental level. This form of healing is often passed on from one generation of a family to the next.
Various methods of healing developed from the traditions and activities of the Pagan female priests and druids of the pre-Christian time. In the Middle Ages, different methods were being used side by side: the “averter of illness” tried to “avert” the illness on a mental level, i.e. the changing of illness into health, in humans and animals. The cycle of the moon (crescent and decrescent) played a big role for him. Another form of healing was prayer-healing, with the healer using special healing formulas. Those formulas were usually no traditional prayers such as Our Father or Hail Mary, but God or the Blessed Virgin were asked to grant recovery. Yet another form of averting was “charming”. The healer would sit in the same room as the ill person, leave the room after a certain time and take the illness with him. Then he dissolved the illness using a special charm. “Staunching” was another tradition, in which the “averter” would use solely his spiritual powers to staunch a wound, so that the bleeding would wane and stop. “Averting from a distance” was considered a special form of this healing tradition, in which the ill person didn’t have to be physically present and the healer only needed the person’s name to work with them.
The “herb woman” was a popular figure next to the “averter” and e.g. collected plants during a night of a full moon in order to use their healing power. Very often she also worked as a midwife. Besides her, there was also the “barber surgeon” or “salve- and band-aid-maker”, who mixed special salves that were used for wounds, injuries or pains. The “bone fixer” corresponded approximately to today’s osteopath or chiropractic, and he would fix dislocations of bones. Sometimes there were overlaps between the activity scopes of the different professions, e.g. a “barber surgeon” sometimes also worked as a “bone fixer” or “averter”.
From the turn of the first millennium on, these people were treated with increasing hostility by representatives of Christianity and chased, which culminated in the witch hunts between the 15th century and the middle of the 18th century, during which time hundreds of thousands of people died. Priests were preaching of good and bad and that the bad could be stuck inside a person and the devil could have control over them. They claimed that good people could be seduced by the devil and make use of evil powers by means of different rites (e.g. alchemy) and use them against that which is good. Those beliefs gained momentum among the population so that people set others up against others. If someone didn’t like another person, stories about that person were told and lies made up, that in turn led to a witch trial. In order to compel a confession, those accused were tortured cruelly. Jurisdiction was directly or indirectly implemented by the church. No other religion has killed so many people as Christianity has. For centuries, there have been cases of sexual abuse in Christian institutions, in our time kids are those most affected. At the moment, many victims are breaking the silence publicly.
I am a firm believer myself but can’t accept the kind of religion practiced by the church.
In our modern times, the “barber surgeon”, the “herb woman” and the “bone fixer” cannot be found anymore in their traditional forms since the law prohibits that these professions are exercised. The “averting of illness” as a spiritual means of healing is still practiced and is subject to the business regulations pertaining to “energy practitioners”. One of the most famous kinds of this form of healing is the “averting of warts”, which doesn’t exist in any other healing tradition worldwide, as far as I know. Established healers today work at 10-minute intervals, i.e. they work about 10 minutes for one client. I myself work as an averter full-time. More than 100 years ago, my maternal and paternal great-grandfathers already worked successfully as healers. I discovered my special skills already as a child. I was able to locate wild animals such as deer and rabbits outside, even though I couldn’t see them. I also had a few borderline experiences with death. During my adolescence, however, my skills were pushed into the background. During my intense occupation with radiesthesia (dowsing), I found access to clairvoyance and the averting of illness (spiritual healing). It is vital for my method of healing that I take time for my clients, since lots of people suffering from serious and incurable illnesses come to see me and their case histories cannot be dealt with in only ten minutes. Many people feel the need to talk about their pains and complaints. I also offer people to work with them from a distance, for which I only need a photo or signature of the person. This has proven to be especially efficient for people suffering from serious or chronic illnesses. I perform this distance healing daily over an agreed-on time period, such as one month or longer. The advantage of this method is that I deal with that person’s illness every day without the client having to be present. This method works worldwide irrespective of distances.
The technique of “averting illness” is an old traditional form of European spiritual healing, and written documents about it can be traced back to the twelfth century. This concept is still especially well-known in Lower Austria (the Mostviertel region). These healers mostly work with their clients on an exclusively mental level. This form of healing is often passed on from one generation of a family to the next.
Various methods of healing developed from the traditions and activities of the Pagan female priests and druids of the pre-Christian time. In the Middle Ages, different methods were being used side by side: the “averter of illness” tried to “avert” the illness on a mental level, i.e. the changing of illness into health, in humans and animals. The cycle of the moon (crescent and decrescent) played a big role for him. Another form of healing was prayer-healing, with the healer using special healing formulas. Those formulas were usually no traditional prayers such as Our Father or Hail Mary, but God or the Blessed Virgin were asked to grant recovery. Yet another form of averting was “charming”. The healer would sit in the same room as the ill person, leave the room after a certain time and take the illness with him. Then he dissolved the illness using a special charm. “Staunching” was another tradition, in which the “averter” would use solely his spiritual powers to staunch a wound, so that the bleeding would wane and stop. “Averting from a distance” was considered a special form of this healing tradition, in which the ill person didn’t have to be physically present and the healer only needed the person’s name to work with them.
The “herb woman” was a popular figure next to the “averter” and e.g. collected plants during a night of a full moon in order to use their healing power. Very often she also worked as a midwife. Besides her, there was also the “barber surgeon” or “salve- and band-aid-maker”, who mixed special salves that were used for wounds, injuries or pains. The “bone fixer” corresponded approximately to today’s osteopath or chiropractic, and he would fix dislocations of bones. Sometimes there were overlaps between the activity scopes of the different professions, e.g. a “barber surgeon” sometimes also worked as a “bone fixer” or “averter”.
From the turn of the first millennium on, these people were treated with increasing hostility by representatives of Christianity and chased, which culminated in the witch hunts between the 15th century and the middle of the 18th century, during which time hundreds of thousands of people died. Priests were preaching of good and bad and that the bad could be stuck inside a person and the devil could have control over them. They claimed that good people could be seduced by the devil and make use of evil powers by means of different rites (e.g. alchemy) and use them against that which is good. Those beliefs gained momentum among the population so that people set others up against others. If someone didn’t like another person, stories about that person were told and lies made up, that in turn led to a witch trial. In order to compel a confession, those accused were tortured cruelly. Jurisdiction was directly or indirectly implemented by the church. No other religion has killed so many people as Christianity has. For centuries, there have been cases of sexual abuse in Christian institutions, in our time kids are those most affected. At the moment, many victims are breaking the silence publicly.
I am a firm believer myself but can’t accept the kind of religion practiced by the church.
In our modern times, the “barber surgeon”, the “herb woman” and the “bone fixer” cannot be found anymore in their traditional forms since the law prohibits that these professions are exercised. The “averting of illness” as a spiritual means of healing is still practiced and is subject to the business regulations pertaining to “energy practitioners”. One of the most famous kinds of this form of healing is the “averting of warts”, which doesn’t exist in any other healing tradition worldwide, as far as I know. Established healers today work at 10-minute intervals, i.e. they work about 10 minutes for one client. I myself work as an averter full-time. More than 100 years ago, my maternal and paternal great-grandfathers already worked successfully as healers. I discovered my special skills already as a child. I was able to locate wild animals such as deer and rabbits outside, even though I couldn’t see them. I also had a few borderline experiences with death. During my adolescence, however, my skills were pushed into the background. During my intense occupation with radiesthesia (dowsing), I found access to clairvoyance and the averting of illness (spiritual healing). It is vital for my method of healing that I take time for my clients, since lots of people suffering from serious and incurable illnesses come to see me and their case histories cannot be dealt with in only ten minutes. Many people feel the need to talk about their pains and complaints. I also offer people to work with them from a distance, for which I only need a photo or signature of the person. This has proven to be especially efficient for people suffering from serious or chronic illnesses. I perform this distance healing daily over an agreed-on time period, such as one month or longer. The advantage of this method is that I deal with that person’s illness every day without the client having to be present. This method works worldwide irrespective of distances.
