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1629-1683 Irish man who, with what would today be called faith healing, cured many people suffering from psychosomatic illness—illness that originates or is made worse by the patients' belief that they are ill. His ability to connect with...
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Valentine Greatrakes (14 February, 1628 - 28 November, 1683), also known as 'Greatorex' or 'The Stroker', was an Irish faith healer who toured England in 1666, claiming to cure people by the laying on of...


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Valentine
07/01/2002: 309 words, approx. 1 pages
Lucius Shepard. Valentine. Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002. 181 pp. $18.00. This valentine is a "complicated construction that has at its paper heart new memories, a painful history." It is sent by the narrator (a journalist) to "you," a woman whom he meets...
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Valentine.
10/28/2002: 511 words, approx. 2 pages
(NETHERLANDS-ARGENTINA) A Cinemien (in Netherlands)/Miramax (in U.S.) release of a First Floor Features (Amsterdam)/RWA (Buenos Aires) production. (International sales: KMI, Los Angeles.) Produced by Laurens Geels, Thierry Forte. Directed, written by Alejandro Agresti. Camera (color), Jose Luis Cajaraville; editor; Alejandro Brodersohn; music,...
 


 

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