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He looked straight into my eyes and told
me that, for the treatment to work fully, I
would need to have sex with someone
other than my ex.
“ He told me of his 'service work'...all of his free meditation groups
which he insisted would help lift up the
vibration of humanity.”
I met Theo* at a Mind Body Spirit Festival. He
was offering Angel card readings and having
just read a book by Doreen Virtue about
angels, I was interested to know more. I can't
really remember much of what he said as the
venue was loud and the acoustics were bad.
He was very softly spoken, so I struggled to
hear. I noticed he had a habit of holding his
hands together, palms touching, in the prayer
position, it gave him an air of humility and
made me slightly less uncomfortable that he
was sitting very close to me. I was so close I
could feel the warmth of his breath which I did
find unnerving, but he seemed so gentle and
patient that, after the reading, I took his card
and left.
I had come to the festival with some girlfriends
who were really into 'New Age' stuff like tarot,
crystals and card readings, and they raved
about the event, how it had energised them,
how 'deep' it was and how it had raised their
vibrations but, at that point, I was still
undecided about the whole experience.
Not long after, I found out that my boyfriend of
four years had cheated with more than one
woman and the betrayal devastated me.
Having reached 'rock bottom', I remembered I
still had Theo's card and rang him to book a
'Crystal Healing' treatment. I couldn't really tell
you much about the session as I dozed off. He
had told me to fight off any urge to fall asleep
and suppress any urge to cough or sneeze but
I hadn't slept in several days, was exhausted
and could not stay awake.
At the begining of the 'treatment' he had asked
me to fill in a comprehensive form that asked
all kinds of questions about my personal life,
my medical history, even questions such as
whether or not I had had an abortion. Looking
back, I remember feeling uncomfortable but I
was desperate to stop feeling this aching grief
so I put all feelings of doubt aside to fill it in.
When he asked me what I was looking for, with
the treatment, I told him that I wanted to stop
feeling so devastated.
After the session, Theo suggested I choose
some crystals which would help continue the
work that he started. He had identified some
negative energy in me and told me to be
guided by my intuition as it would know which
crystals to choose to address that.
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