The premise behind spiritual healing is that the human body is surrounded by an energy field. When this energy is blocked or unbalanced, illness occurs. Healers use their hands to detect these blockages and channel energy to restore balance.
Carmen shows me her palms. They are calloused, the knuckles slightly swollen. She works ten-hour days, often for whatever people can pay—a bag of oranges, a repaired roof tile, a handwritten note of thanks. manos milagrosas
Manos Milagrosas (known in English as Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story The premise behind spiritual healing is that the
Benjamin Solomon Carson nació en Detroit, Michigan, en 1951, en un entorno marcado por la pobreza y la falta de oportunidades. Hijo de padres separados, fue criado por su madre, Sonya Carson, una mujer con poca educación formal pero una determinación férrea para que sus hijos triunfaran. Carmen shows me her palms
What do these hands actually do ?
“The energy doesn’t come from nowhere,” she says, wincing as she flexes her fingers. “After a hard case—cancer, deep grief—I go home and sleep twelve hours. My own hands ache. My dreams are strange.”