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Faith healing can be classified as a spiritual, supernatural, [10] or paranormal topic, [11] and, in some cases, belief in faith healing can be classified as magical thinking. [12] The American Cancer Society states "available scientific evidence does not support claims that faith healing can actually cure physical ailments". [8] "Death ...
People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra, in the shapes of natural phenomena. The images perceived, whether iconic or aniconic , may be the faces of religious notables or the manifestation of spiritual symbols in the natural, organic media or phenomena of ...
Hilot (/HEE-lot/) is an ancient Filipino art of healing. It uses manipulation and massage to achieve the treatment outcome, although techniques differ from one practitioner to another. [ 1 ] It emerged from the shamanic tradition of the ancient Filipinos with healers considering their practice as derived from their calling from visions or from ...
Healing is an important part of traditional Lakota religion. [289] Accounts from the early 20th century suggest that Lakota typically attributed all sickness to a supernatural causation, whether that be punishment from spirits or the curses of sorcerers. [290]
Healing the centurion's servant; Healing the deaf mute of Decapolis; Healing the ear of a servant; Healing the man blind from birth; Healing the man with a withered hand; Healing the mother of Peter's wife; Healing the paralytic at Bethesda; Healing the paralytic at Capernaum; Healing the royal official's son; Healing the two blind men in ...
Mana is a foundation of Polynesian theology, a spiritual quality with a supernatural origin and a sacred, impersonal force. To have mana implies influence, authority , and efficacy : the ability to perform in a given situation.
Claimed Biblical examples Passage Description Ezekiel 1:28 Ezekiel saw the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord and fell face-down. Similar in 3:23 Daniel 10:5–18 As Daniel saw and heard a vision, his strength left him and he became helpless, then he was unconscious face down, then later trembling on his hands and knees
Stories of Gautama Buddha's miracles include miraculous healings, teleportation, creating duplicates of himself, manipulation of the elements, and various other supernatural phenomena. Many of the Buddha's disciples, as well as some non-Buddhist hermits and yogis who attained high states of meditative absorption , were also said to have had ...