Konrad and Alexandra (pdf) - Rolf Gross

The patient, an old man suffering from a severe case of arthritis, could not touch his
palms with the fingertips. His joints were swollen to twice their normal size, and his spine was
beginning to be affected. He could no longer straighten out and walked with his upper body
bent forward.
Alexandra introduced the man to Claudia, then told him that she was going to try an
experiment at healing him without medicine. Would he agree?
"Doctor Rost, I am in such pain that I am willing to try anything you feel could help me.
What do you want me to do?"
He should sit in the chair and do nothing, he could read a journal. She gave him the
journal and sat with crossed legs on the floor at a distance from him.
"Don’t be afraid," Alexandra said to Claudia in German, "sit quietly over there, don’t
close your eyes or try to follow me. You will know if I am in trouble."
Alexandra closed her eyes and as Gocha had taught her in Adishi, when she had seen
Claudia’s lifeless body on the altar in the sacred grove, she concentrated on the sick man,
letting all her love and care flood herself. Suddenly the raven perched next to her. "Don’t think
about healing the man, just envelop him completely with your love. Become one with him. You
will know when you are done. It takes only a few minutes to accomplish a healing."
Guided by the raven her shadow-soul went out to the old man and wrapped itself around
him. A strong sensuous tension spread from her center through her entire body.
After a while the feeling lessened. It was over. She came back easily. She opened her
eyes and smiled at Claudia, who let out a deep sigh.
The man was still reading the journal.
"Did you feel anything?" she asked.
No, nothing unusual, maybe some comfortable warmth in his joints. Nothing had
changed. He looked at his swollen hands.
Alexandra offered him her hand to help him out of the chair, and when the man reached
out for her, he shouted. "I can bend my fingers. Look! They don’t hurt at all. What did you do?"
And not only that, he could straighten his back, not completely, but further than he had
been able to for years. In tears the man thanked Alexandra.
She told him, "Because this was a medical experiment, don’t mention it to anybody.
Come back in a few days, and let’s see whether the improvements will stay. Maybe I have to
try it once more."
On leaving, the old man tried to kiss her hand, she had to practically push him out the
door.
"Helena can you come a few minutes? I have to tell you something very exciting."
The three women closeted themselves in Alexandra’s office, and Alexandra told Helena
what had happened. Helena did not believe her until Claudia swore that she had seen the man
get up, bend his hands, and walk out. Helena shook her head, this was a miracle cure.
"No," insisted Alexandra, "it is really not, I just put this man’s body back into contact with
his soul, he healed himself. Or if you want to hear it in conventional medical terms, I mobilized
his deranged immune system and that took care of his bad joints. Let’s see whether his
condition will remain, only then may we celebrate."
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