The Casa de Dom Inacio de Loyola stands as a structural refuge for the sick and the spiritually invested. Even though the Entities supposedly decide on all aspects of the compound’s organization, from the blue and white exterior paint to the daily schedule of the current meditations, the environment still faces imperfections as a result of its physical constraints on this earthly plane. Skeptics from around the world march into this house, wielding words as weapons in hopes of invalidating the Medium Joao with issues ranging from the commercialization of this “sacred” spot to the stigma of gender roles. These questions are valid, but are ultimately irrelevant when compared to Casa’s grand goal: to best create a place where people can find personal healing.

In truth, the Casa can be seen more as a physical placebo than a spiritual anomaly, where strict rules and a universal vibe allow an extensive population of people to combine their faiths and truly believe in this system. Whether or not this land is truly a place of intense and inherent positive energy, the crowd of believers create a space conducive for personal healing and reflection. The system in place in Abadiana allows individuals to resolve their karma and change the negative mindset towards their pain and suffering. By developing intention, patients are able to reconcile their negative histories, let go of their struggles and ask for genuine forgiveness. The energy, vibrations, and visions experienced are simply a representation of the mind making peace with itself, and trying to break away from the pains of reality. Even though the current rooms resemble unorthodox spaces where hundreds of men and women sit in silence, its represents a community dedicated toward shared compassion and healing.The prescription pills may be purely placebo, but the price gives individuals a reason to take the medication until they relate their healing with the daily doses. From this, physical issues can be alleviated or reduced. I cannot count how many people dedicate their lives to this house, or at least leave the village bright eyed and beaming.

Technicalities and unnecessary questions detract from the treatment process that many people choose as their last resort. People have been successfully treated by this center, and it is obvious that the Casa administration would rather face legal disputes than shut down such a spiritual hospital.The human mind has considerable power over the physical body, and the learning process in place gives people the faith that their unseen physical ailments can be treated when medical doctors turn them away. Ultimately, written descriptions and analysis of the Casa are not needed. With such a powerful spiritual aspect of the Casa, physical methods will not be able to explain such occurrences. In the words of Dom Inacio de Loyola, “for those who believe, no words are necessary. For those who do not believe, no words are sufficient.” When one comes close to understanding their own consciousness and its control over the physical body, words cannot do it justice and will never be able to express the pure human emotions felt inside the compound. The rules give individuals a guidebook toward owning their treatment process, with feelings of idiocy as the punishment.