Remembering Gene Egidio (1933-2009)

 

This week I learned of the passing of healer Gene Egidio on April 16 at the age of 75.  I interviewed Gene in 1997 for an article that would help a friend working to publicize Gene's newly published autobiography Whose Hands Are These? A Gifted Healer's True Story.  In Russia where he was recognized for treating victims of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, healers such as Gene were referred to as being a 'sensitive.'  An expression that has been used to describe him in the United States is 'energy healer.'

The prospect of learning more about Gene firsthand was intriguing.  I began the interview by mentioning to him that I liked what he said about himself being a 'catalyst' and observed that sometimes the mainstream media is too wary about reporting these things.

I asked Gene about spirit guides and he told me, "I do a meditation called an 'Open Eye Meditation' and this is where people actually see different lights, different people sitting in a chair I'm sitting in.  And people see angels.  They see people standing alongside of me and it's remarkable.  And each person gets out of that what they need in their life.  I've done this with thousands of people in the audience and each person sees something different.  Naturally, there is a group that would see the same thing too."

After I commented about Christ parallels and mentioned that I'd read a book that mentioned 'Christed ones,' Gene said, "I've had people at the Open Eye Meditation stand up and say they see Christ sitting in my chair."

I remarked that he was very good at discussing 'energy sources' and he said, "Yeah, they've been here and they'll always be here."  I asked about angels and he answered, "Well I have numerous ones."  I responded by asking if he knew their names.  He stated, "I know them not really by name but by — see, what I do is a knowing . . . it's an automatic thing like your car transmission that shifts without you telling it.  And this is how my energy works throughout my body, whether it's with spirit guides or angels, whoever."

During healing sessions conducted via telephone, Gene would instruct patients to say "I am that I am" and "I am one with God."  He also asked them to focus on a healing image.  He made it clear that God's healing energy is around each of us.  The healing process reminds that we are loved by God.

During my interview, Gene told me he'd never turned away any human or animal if there wasn't money to pay the suggested donation.  One disturbing aspect of society demonstrated by the circumstances of people like Gene is that their divine gifts don't alleviate their needs to support themselves and their families.

More information about Gene Egidio and transcripts of healing meditations may be read at http://www.egidio.org.