JoseArigo: Born in 1918, this Brazilian performed psychic surgery.
It was believed that he could remove tumors and perform other surgical operations without having the patient feel the pain of an incision and/or without them becoming infected.
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Arigo apparently operated without the use of sterile techniques or any form of anesthetic, yet it has been claimed that his patients did not feel pain during or after the procedures and did not acquire infections.
Arigo evidently spoke German words and phrases, such as the German word "schenk" meaning "give", when he was operating under the guidance of the discarnate Dr. Fritz.
Arigo was sued by the Brazilian Medical Association and the Catholic Church for practicing medicine without a license and for witchcraft.
Arigo's uncanny surgical powers had been with him since early childhood, but it was only during the 1950s and 1960s that his fame began to spread.
Arigo, is said to have healed 10,000 of everything from broken bones to malaria, tuberculosis, leukemia and cancer.
Arigo supposedly performed these feats under the guidance of "Dr. Fritz," the spirit of a long-dead German surgeon who was killed while tending injured soldiers during World War I. According to Mr.
As the last rites were being read because there was no hope or knowledge of a cure, Jose' grabbed a knife from the kitchen and promptly removed a huge tumor from the women.
Arigo claimed that he was working with a German spirit doctor named Adolphus Fritz, who would effectively take control of José's body to perform these incredible cures.
Arigo continued with his spirit helper to cure many people before being arrested in 1956 for illegally practicing medicine.
Jose' Arigo first became aware of his healing gift when confronted with a dying relative in his home town.
As the last rites were being read, with no hope or knowledge of a cure, Jose' grabbed a knife from the kitchen and promptly removed a huge tumor from the women.
Arigo claimed that he was working with a German spirit doctor named Adolphus Fritz, who would effectively take control of Jose' body to perform these incredible cures.
"Arigo, an untrained near-illiterate, was able to diagnose and heal a wide variety of illnesses, claiming that his knowledge came to him through a spirit guide."
Arigo also was never able in 20 years to treat any organic illness in a "blood" relative
Arigo, with easy cases, will say something like "go away; don't waste my time"
Madame Blavatsky died in 1891 and was exposed as having used trickery to perform some of her acts.
JoseArigo: Born in 1918, this Brazilian performed psychic surgery.
It was believed that he could remove tumors and perform other surgical operations without having the patient feel the pain of an incision and/or without them becoming infected.
Arigo just picked-up a paring-knife, cut it open, popped the goiter out and slapped it into her hand, wiping the knife off with a dirty piece of cotton.
Arigo did so in seconds, and Dr. Puharich took the growth and a film of the operation back to the United States for analysis.
In all his years of psychic surgery, JoseArigo never had a single allegation by unconventional treatment, nor did it cause anyone harm afterward; nevertheless, what he was doing was frowned upon by authorities because he had no medical qualif ications.
Eileen Garrett had worked with him on telepathic experiments and, later he became facinated by the famous Brazillian healer and psychic surgeon, José Arigo.
When Arigo was then killed in a car crash, in January 1971, Puharich was devastated.
It was then that Puharich recalled a letter he had recieved from an Israeli army officer in 1970, describing the extraordinary powers of a certain young Israeli, and he duly decided that the time had come for him to act.
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The rest was mass hysteria spread largely by sensationalized media reports.
Called "the surgeon of the rusty knife," Brazil's JoseArigo (1921-1971) supposedly performed operations with little pain or blood and no infection.
Despite folktales of his prowess, however, it appears that Arigo simply performed primitive surgeries like lancing boils or removing cysts, while prescribing antibiotics and mumbo-jumbo remedies.
JoseArigo (1918-1971), a Brazilian, performed psychic surgery with amazing results.
It is reported that he could remove tumours and other surgical operations without the patient feeling the pain of the incision or the wound getting infected.
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On most days, when Arigo's clinic opened at 7 a.m., there was already a queue of 200 people waiting.
The medicines prescribed were usually well-known drugs made by leading companies, but in large doses and combinations that were surprising according to conventional medical doctors.
José Arigo died in 1971 and Stephen believes he has now joined his healing team.
Known mainly from the Philippines and Brazil, psychic surgery is a supposedly paranormal medical practice where tissue is removed from the patient's body by a 'psychic doctor' in a painless operation, performed without the use of anaesthetics or antiseptics.
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On awakening he would be told that he had performed miraculous healings.
João was thrown in jail, driven out of towns, condemned by religious leaders and so on; much like other documented Brazilian mediumistic healers, such as JoseArigo whose visiting spirit identified himself as "Dr Fritz".
Eventually the entities that were manifesting through João told him to buy a certain piece of land and build a healing centre on it.
On awakening he would be told that he had performed miraclulous healings.
Medium João was thrown in jail, driven out of towns, condemned by religious leaders and so on; much like other documented Brazilian mediumistic healers, such as JoseArigo whose visiting spirit identified himself as "Dr Fritz".
Eventually the Entities that were manifesting through Medium João told him to buy a certain piece of land and build a healing centre on it.
Perhaps the answer is embedded in the career of Puharich himself.
After disbanding the Round Table Foundation in 1958, he worked for 10 years as an inventor of medical devices and achieved international recognition as a parapsychologist, most famously studying the Brazilian psychic surgeon, Arigo (José Pedro de Freitas).
But all that was to pale into insignificance because, in 1971, Puharich discovered Uri Geller.
He interviewed many of the country's leading mediums and witnessed the psychic phenomena they produced.
And he personally participated in a number of ritual meetings and witnessed surgery performed by JoseArigo, a poor, barely literate Brizilian peasant who performs miraculous surgery with no anaesthetics, no training, and no equipment except a common kitchen knife.
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He has a spirit team; entities from another dimension who work through Turoff to perform the work.
Interestingly, one of the entities who work through Turoff is JoseArigo, who was one of the original trance surgeons of Brazil, and was the first person to channel the spirit of Dr. Fritz.
The skeptic in me can dismiss it, yet having seen a video on Dr. Fritz, I know there is something to this phenomena.