Has anyone else noticed the influx of spiritual healers that have suddenly seeped into Jo’burg?  With their cheap green or blue, monotone, roadside pamphlets and their dramatised promises; these people claim to be able to heal, council and aid ANY fathomable problem that you might have.  Anything from high blood pressure & lost lovers to sexual weakness & supernatural luck.

If the credibility of these folk was purely measured on grammar alone then I would stay as far away from them as possible.  They target anyone with problems and exploit them for personal gain.

Self-titled as either a sheik or a professor; each of these spiritualists, herbalists and psychics claim to heal the exact same things and read all your problems before you mention them. Many are “rated” as one of the top 10 spiritualists in the world (how exactly would one rate that level of expertise?) and besides, that implies that most of the worldwide top 10 live right here in Johannesburg… Strange?  Each of these guys guarantee their services, which means if it doesn’t work you get your money back (I would like to put that to the test), and if they can control supernatural luck then why are they operating out of small houses on the outskirts of the city and advertising cheaply on the side of the road, I wonder how many have won the lottery themselves? They claim to be able to do that for you! You wouldn’t buy clothes from a designer dressed in rags, would you?

By the way, to be labeled as a professor one would be required to be a member of the faculty at a college or university.  No tertiary education that I’ve ever heard of offers these kinds of degrees.

Please don’t get me wrong, I feel nothing but empathy for the poor guys who fall for these ploys. They are allowing themselves to be exploited by these charlatans.  Remember that people WANT answers, if we are stuck in a rut we naturally seek help from others, we reach out and clutch at straws, but if you think about it hard enough, these are not the people who will give you answers. Think rationally when seeking help, there are so many ways to dig yourself out of your hole and it doesn’t have to cost a cent.

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