Adolf Fritz, generally called Dr. Fritz (
Munich
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, ? –
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, 1918), was a hypothetical
German
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surgeon
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whose
spirit has allegedly been
channeled by several
Brazil
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ian
psychic surgeon
An alleged psychic surgeon at work
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s, starting with
Zé Arigó in the 1950s and continuing up to the present. There is no evidence that he actually existed.
Alleged manifestations
In the 1950s, psychic surgeon Zé Arigó (1918–1971) claimed to be operating as a channel for the spirit of a Dr. Adolf Fritz, a German doctor who had died in
World War I
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. Arigó became famous in Brazil and abroad, and was the subject of documentaries and books.
After Arigó's death in a car accident, two brothers,
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and
Edivaldo Wilde, claimed to channel the spirit of Dr. Fritz. Their careers were cut short when both died in violent car crashes.
Following them was Edson Queiroz, a gynecologist. Queiroz treated hundreds of thousands of patients in the guise of Dr. Fritz, while further advancing the techniques of Arigó. He, too, met a violent death at the hand of a knife-wielding assailant.
After Queiroz's death, Dr. Fritz has been allegedly channeled by a
Rubens Farias Jr. (1954– ) of
São Paulo
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; who claims that Dr. Fritz has predicted his own violent death.
Several other mediums, including alleged medium Kléber Aran Ferreira da Silva
have been reportedly able to channel Dr. Fritz' spirit.
Exhaustive research has found no mention of a doctor with any of those names in German records.
See also
*
Kardecism
Kardecist spiritism, also known as Kardecism or Spiritism, is a reincarnationist and spiritualist doctrine established in France in the mid-19th century by writer and educator Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail (known by his pen name Allan Kardec ...
References
* Lyn Halpe
Adventures of a Suburban Mystic: A True Story of Spiritual Transformation and Supernatural EncountersTrafford Publishing, 2001
* William Moreir
Dr. Fritz the Phenomenon of the MillenniumiUniverse, 2001
* Franz Höllinge
Religiöse Kultur in Brasilien: zwischen traditionellem Volksglauben und modernen ErweckungsbewegungenCampus Verlag, 2007
External links
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Date of birth unknown
1918 deaths
Channelled entities
German surgeons
European people whose existence is disputed
Physicians from Munich