197: Psychic Surgery (feat Brad Abrahams)
Conspirituality
Exploring Psychic Surgery and Spiritual Tourism in the Philippines
The chapter delves into the rise of psychic surgery in the Philippines, its global appeal through spiritual tourism, and collaboration with Western tourism companies. It discusses the controversies and fraud surrounding some healers, the professionalization efforts of successors, and the intertwining of orientalism and colonialism in the context of faith healing. The narrative also touches on the dissemination of spiritual claims by celebrities and the legal troubles faced by a psychic surgeon accused of fraud.
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