Allan Chumak
Allan Vladimirovich Chumak (Russian: А́ллан Влади́мирович Чума́к, 26 May 1935 – 9 October 2017) was a Russian faith healer who came to prominence at the height of Gorbachev's perestroika. When he appeared on television, his fans would hold jars of water next to their televisions in the hope that the water would be able to cure disease.[1] At the height of his fame, he had a regular early morning television spot.[2]
Chumak's performances typically followed a set formula. First he would state the malady that the program was intended to address, for example allergies and respiratory disorders. The disease would be explained as a disruption of the body's internal harmony. The remainder of the program would consist of reiki-like hand movements. Chumak said that these hand movements were intended to recalibrate the body's energy and cure the disease.[3]
He was born in Moscow, and died there on 9 October 2017.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Freak Show by Brian Droitcour, Moscow Times, February 25, 2005
- ↑ The Magic Healer Of Soviet TV;Allan Chumak, and Extrasensory Sensation, The Washington Post, September 4, 1989, David Remnick
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- ↑ Умер целитель Аллан Чумак Template:In lang
External links
- Official website of Chumak (in Russian)
- Pages with script errors
- Pages with broken file links
- 1935 births
- 2017 deaths
- Mass media people from Moscow
- Faith healers
- Soviet journalists
- Male journalists
- Russian television personalities
- Russian psychics
- Russian hypnotists
- Soviet psychics
- Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni