Press Review, Singapore

"Medical Grapevine, October 2008" 

Spiritual healing – Evidence for the skeptic
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Healing on the spiritual path

A scientific approach to a subject often misjudged By Dr Matthias Knoeringer
Spiritual healing is not discussed in public today in a transparent and serious manner and so far, this topic has not been very receptive to any kind of scientific evaluation. The wide field of energetic and spiritual modalities has often been left to a variety of opaque esoteric scenes, which many people find not to be trustworthy. However, a responsible medical profession cannot close its eyes to the fact that there are astonishing incidences of healings that are medically inexplicable. 

In orthodox medicine we know about the phenomenon of spontaneous remission, a complete disappearance of pathological organic changes in a very short period of time, even in cases of very advanced stages of disease. Notwithstanding this, we occasionally hear about single cases of spontaneous remission resulting in spectacular healings reported as spiritual healings. These cases, however, are only individual cases and most often, not medically documented.

A second look

The experience of the Medical Scientific Group of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends, one of the world's largest non-profit groups for spiritual healing, provides the basis of the following re-consideration of this subject. Bruno Groening (1906-1959) became well-known in Germany in the 1950s when astonishing healings happened in large numbers during his lectures when up to 30,000 help seekers flocked together to see him. He never treated or touched anyone, but spoke very simply words about certain spiritual laws necessary upon which to build the basics for good health.

The central point of his teachings is the reconnection to a higher power. He called this universal power the "healing stream", which is accessible to everyone. Gröning didn't want to be regarded as a healer and said, "God is the greatest physician", and, "there is no incurable:' Of course, to a scientifically oriented physician, this sounds like a naive and provocative statement. But through personal experiences with this healing stream and the many remarkable and medically verified healings, more and more colleagues have changed their views.

Verifying and sharing

The decisive point is that incredible healings are still occurring throughout the world among people who live according to his teaching, even after Bruno Groening has died. The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends is now established in over 70 countries. In view of these ongoing healings, the Medical Scientific Group was founded by a German doctor, Dr Matthias Kamp in 1992. Today more than 6,000 physicians and representatives of other therapeutic professions from over 50 countries participate in this work.

The Medical Scientific Group aims to document the healings and verify them from a medical point of view. Case descriptions, socalled "success reports" are written up and include a detailed case history describing a person's condition before and after the first contact with the teachings of Bruno Groening. The integration of the corresponding medical findings and the medical commentary is of decisive importance with these reports. They pass through several working groups led by physicians and a final inspection is done by different medical specialists. All this results in several thousand healing reports that are then archived and published if required. There are no examinations, treatments or medical consultations made by
physicians within the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends. All examinations and follow-up consultations are carried out by independent specialists.

A further aspect of the Medical Scientific Group is to hold international lectures in order to share its experience. The lectures are given in over 60 countries for colleagues at universities and for the general public. At the lectures, physicians report on the possibilities and limits of serious spiritual healing and open up the subject using an objective and serious approach with the presentation of medically documented healing reports. The physician speaks about the circurnstances under which the healings occurred, about the effects of the healing force and its laws, and about how it can be used for oneself and for others. It is important that the audience can immediately experience the healing force.

Case studies

One of these medical lectures took place in Singapore on 13 May this year where the following two case reports were presented. Ms RG (35) of Cologne suffered from hearing impairment of the internal ear on both sides since birth. The probable cause was damage through a forceps delivery. She couldn't perceive environmental sounds such as the chirping of birds, the rustling of leaves or passing cars and conversation wasn't possible at the volume level of normal speech.
The first audiogram, done in October 1986, revealed a pronounced hearing loss of up to 80 dB at frequencies of 2,000 Hz. An examination in 1993 showed similar results.
Some 20 times after having regularly absorbed the healing stream, Ms RG noticed one morning a feeling of heavy pressure over her right ear. This continued until noon and then, as she stated, it was as if a curtain had been removed from her ear and she could suddenly hear soft sounds (the ticking of a clock, automobile noises from the street) for the first time in her life. An audiogram done on January 1994 documents this impressive restoration in her hearing capacity. Her right ear indicated a hearing curve decline of only up to 15 dB above 2,000 Hz while her left ear showed the same result as before.
The same unpleasant sensation occurred two weeks later in the left ear and in this case too, full hearing capacity was restored after a few hours. This was confirmed shortly thereafter in an audiogram in February 1994. An examination a year later showed full normalisation of the hearing curve, falling into the ideal hearing range for people 20 to 30 years old. Such a complete remission of organic changes in the internal ear can hardly be explained from a medical point of view.
Another case is that of Mrs GF (69) of Munich who had suffered since 1993 from increasing pain in her back, finger joints and knees. By way of a CT densitometric analysis in August 1994, a diagnosis of manifested osteoporosis was given where the average spongy bone mineral salt content was 64.2 mg CaHA/ml. Oestrogen therapy had to be discontinued due to a thrombosis and she couldn't tolerate calcium so vitamin D was the only medication given.
In spite of this, at the next examination in November 1995 a clear worsening of the osteoporosis (down to 51.7 mg CaHA/ml) was observed. Mrs GF's complaints had also increased, as she had become dependent on a cane while walking and complained of continual pain.
In April 1996 she heard about the Bruno Gröning Circle of Friends, and regularly absorbed the healing stream from then on. In the course of a few months the pain receded and she was able to walk without complaint and without a cane.
A re-examination of her bone density in April 1999 showed an impressive confirmation of the change, where 80.1 mg CaHAlml was recorded, completely typical for her age group. Since then, Mrs GF has remained free of complaints. An increase in bone density such as this in manifested osteoporosis without any adequate therapy is, from a medical point of view, inexplicable. Where continual increase in the loss of bone mass is the norm, and where at present, a certain amount of re-mineralization can be obtained only with bisphosphonates, an increase in bone density such as this is truly remarkable, even with this therapy.

Dr Matthias Knoeringer graduated from the University of Leipzig in Germany and is a speciafist in physical medicine and rehabilitation. He has also completed training in holistic therapeutic methods, including an intensive study of traditional Chinese medicine and energy medicine in Germany, USA, and China. Dr Knoeringer is an active member of the Medical Scientific Group of the worldwide Bruno Groening Circle of Friends.

To enable interested people to experience this healing force in Singapore, a group of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends has now been established. Regular meetings take place once every 3 weeks.
For more information, please contact:

Mrs Cheng Pi·Chen (Tel: 9154 8604,
Email: pichenI23@hotmail.com) or
Mr Tan Chern-Wei (Tel: 9741 0950,
Email: chernwei.tan@gmail.com).