John of God & the Medium & Entities he heals with

João Teixeira da Faria is a medium of extraordinary capabilities. His mediumship enables him to take on, or incorporate, thirty-three entities, all of whom were remarkable people during their own physical lives. The entities are spirits of deceased doctors, surgeons, healers, psychologists and theologians who are of such high soul elevation they need no longer reincarnate to our physical plane. They do, however, continue to elevate in the spirit plane by the extent of their benevolence and charitable works.

João is capable of incorporating only one entity at a time, although he can change entity at any time as the need arises. It does not preclude any number of entities performing operations at the same time outside his body. During incorporation, each entity carries with him his own personality from the past life and, to those who work in the house regularly, each one can be recognised in João's behaviour.

The first incorporation by João, when he was sixteen, was the spirit of King Solomon. He is still working with him today-a reminder that, unlike humans, the spirit is immortal.

The principal entity is that of Dom Inácio de Loyola (St Ignatius Loyola), after whom the House is named. This Spanish nobleman was born in 1491 into one of the richest families in Spain. The Casa de Dom Inácio is so called because of the similarities between the life of this entity and the life of João. Both were lives of constant persecution, incarceration and ridicule. Both teachings maintain a simple, spiritual philosophy based on early religions, a belief in God, Christ, Holy Spirit and reincarnation, but uncluttered by modern religious dogma.