Healing Archangel - Ethiopian Healing Scroll

Ethiopian healing scroll for Wälätä Yäsus Berhänä Mäqäl

Vellum 19th-20th century

 

This healing scroll produced in Ethiopia is made especially for the patient for the length of their body. It contains healing incantations in Gèez, a classical Ethiopian language, and images of an Archangel.

Healing can happen only when the patient gazes into the eyes of the Archangel, in an act of transference, of healing through the gaze.

 

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