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kingcosmo ago

i went to this in 2016 if anyone has questions

think- ago

if anyone has questions

Yes! What where your experiences? How did you travel there - via an organized tour by a guide? How was the guide like?

What was your impression how John of God treated women? And your impression of the 'healing' sessions? The general atmosphere at the Casa and in town?

Every info would be very appreciated!

kingcosmo ago

so i went to see him at omega, not at the casa (sorry i didnt make that clearer)

it was fucking STRANGE.

I've been to omega many times before, and I actually enjoy the retreats and programs they have. a friend of mine invited me and paid for my ticket (otherwise i probably wouldn't have gone, because he always rubbed me the wrong way), and I went with a group of about 15 people.

omega set up a giant tent- i mean MASSIVE. It was probably bigger than a football field and had hundreds of people under it all in white. it was a lot of waiting, it was freezing. occasionally they had random speakers come out and talk about how amazing JOG is, or how amazing knowing/being healed by JOG is. It was all super culty, but I've been working in the "spiritual" industry for about ten years, so I'm used to all of these guru-worshipper church campy types.

When your section is called, you would walk into a room to be "healed" by JOG. This was all done in masse. You would walk past JOG, which he was just sitting up in a chair surrounded by flowers, and then you would take a seat (there were probably about 50 people in the smaller room). You'd sit there quiet, eyes closed, and eventually JOG would come in the room. I have to say, I was surprised that I immediately could sense when he entered the room. Now here's my fucking weird experience, which could either be real or the result of me convincing myself something would happen. When he was doing the "healing," I had visualizations of my mind being "erased." Like my brain computer was being defragged or something. It was noticeable. Again, I've been to hundreds of workshops/events/woo-woo type things as a result of my career over the years, and I was taken aback by this experience because normally I am extremely dismissive of these things. Anyways, the "healing" lasted maybe five minutes and we were shuffled out of the room.

After I waited outside of the "healing room" waiting for my friend (who was held back to stay in his "vortex," which is basically a woo-woo name for a bunch of people that sit around him and stay in the room the whole time). At some random point a woman started screaming bloody fucking murder, blood-curdling sounds, and to this day I have no idea what that was about. Again- I will say this didn't surprise me as these types of events attract crazy people/ schizo-types, so I assumed it was just your run of the mill nutjob going crazy. I will say that at no point did I see "private" rooms or anything - so I think the screamer was just a looney toon and not someone getting murdered.

Here was the weird thing, after I left Omega I was DRAINED. I slept probably 15-16 hours after the event. I felt ill, exhausted, and totally depleted. My friend said this is "normal" and lots of people have this reaction. Now after all this stuff about JOG came out, I'm wondering if the experience I had was actually some form of energy-theft/vampirism which is why I was so exhausted after.

The friends I went with acted like they experienced the most transformational thing EVER. For me it was a solid "meh."

think- ago

Thank you for your reply, very interesting.

Here was the weird thing, after I left Omega I was DRAINED. I slept probably 15-16 hours after the event. I felt ill, exhausted, and totally depleted. My friend said this is "normal" and lots of people have this reaction.

Yes, I read about this. The TL;DR seems to be - apart from your feeling of being drained of energy, and the exhaustion - were there any longer lasting effects? Since most of his followers claim that after having an experience like you had, they then felt 'healed' at some point.

Also - why do you think was one of your friends singled out, and was ask to stay?

Thanks.

@letsdothis3

kingcosmo ago

my friend is very famous and influential. one of john of gods assistants recognized my friend and took them aside i think to win their favor