Supernatural healing

thumb|Russian postcard based on a photo taken in 1908 by S. I. Borisov, showing a female shaman of probable Khakas ethnicity

Roman god of war, guardian of agriculture

archangel featuring in Book of Tobit

subject of a prominent miracle of Jesus in the Gospel of John

Type of religious oil for the well-being of the patient, practiced by many Christians religion.

Astarte (; ) is the Hellenized form of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess ʿAṯtart. ʿAṯtart was the Northwest Semitic equivalent of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar.

ThetaHealing (also Theta Healing) is the registered trademark for a method of meditation created by Vianna Stibal in 1995. ThetaHealing claims to change a practitioner's brain wave pattern to the theta pattern, allowing them to explore how "emotional energy" affects their health, and develop a "natural intuition".

blind man; biblical character (Gospel of Mark)

In the biblical Books of Kings (2 Kings 18:4; written c. 550 BC), the Nehushtan (; ) is the bronze image of a serpent on a pole. The image is described in the Book of Numbers, where Yahweh instructed Moses to erect it so that the Israelites who saw it would be cured and be protected from dying from the bites of the "fiery serpents", which Yahweh had sent to punish them for speaking against him and Moses ().

prayer and gestures that are perceived to bring divine intervention in physical healing

Pseudoscientific alternative medicine technique that employs stones and crystals.

Marian shrine in Hautes-Pyrénées, France

thumb|Brooklyn Museum – The Ear of Malchus (''L'oreille de Malchus'') – James Tissot thumb|250px|A depiction of Saint Peter|Peter striking Malchus (c. 1520, [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon)]]

medicine based on a hypothetical transfer of "energy"

miracle of Christ

resurrection by Jesus

miracle of Jesus in the Gospels

Sacramental medal

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

miracle performed by Christ, described in the Gospel

miracle of Christ

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels; pericope; Gospel pericope for the Day of Thanksgiving; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

one of the miracles of Jesus

one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels (John 5:1–18)

miracle attributed to Jesus

thumb|The outside of a Zawiya (institution)|zawiya, a place where Sufis would conduct their sessions which was usually in a private section of a [[mosque]]

shrine in Biella, Italy

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

aspect of the Virgin Mary in Byzantine cult and iconography

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

medical fraud in which the practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

doctrinal teachings of Pentecostal Christianity

thumbnail|230px|right|Rātana church near Raetihi Rātana () is a Māori Christian church and movement, headquartered at Rātana Pā near Whanganui, New Zealand. The Rātana movement began in 1918, when Tahupōtiki Wiremu (T. W.) Ratana claimed to experience visions, and began a mission of faith healing. In 1925 the Ratana Church was formed, and on 25 January 1928—T. W.'s 55th birthday, and "Rātana Day"—the church's iconic temple, ('the holy temple of Jehovah') was opened. From its beginning and through to the 20th century, the church has pursued political goals, and still welcomes political leaders

international Christian denomination

Iatromantis is a Greek word whose literal meaning is most simply rendered "physician-seer." The iatromantis, a form of Greek "shaman", is related to other semimythical figures such as Abaris, Aristeas, Epimenides, and Hermotimus. In the classical period, Aeschylus uses the word to refer to Apollo and to Asclepius, Apollo's son.

question which has been addressed in various religious traditions and in scientific studies

miracles of Jesus

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

Indian Spiritual Master

healing power supposedly possessed by monarchs

symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit

thumb|Curandera performing a limpieza in Cuenca, Ecuador

Christian denomination; branch of Christianity

Hagiotherapy is the medieval practice of using religious relics, prayers, pilgrimages, etc. to alleviate sickness. It was used to treat epilepsy during the Middle Ages with Saint Valentine particularly associated with the treatment as an 'epilepsy specialist'.

essay by Marc Bloch

catholic sacramental

thumbnail|Nganga mask, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum A nganga (pl. banganga or kimbanda) is a spiritual healer, diviner, and ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries where Kongo and Mbundu people were transported during the Atlantic slave trade, such as Brazil, the southern United States, Venezuela, Haiti and Cuba.

thumb|right|Mokichi Okada performing johrei thumb|Johrei: Divine Light of Salvation by Mokichi Okada , spelled by Shumei groups, is a type of energy healing. It was introduced in Japan in the 1930s by Mokichi Okada, Meishu-sama.