FMT in partnership with The Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT) brings you a Covid-19 “healer” from Ireland.Photographer Jamin Keogh’s mother, Marie, is a trauma counsellor, Reiki practitioner, BiAura Healer and angel card reader.
It was only during lockdown that Jamin discovered why his mother started practising holistic medicine 25 years ago.
Her motivation was to explore alternative modes of healing for a seriously ill family member who has since recovered, thanks in no small part to Marie’s dedicated treatment.
In 1997, Marie qualified as a Reiki therapist and began healing the wider community. Reiki is a form of Japanese energy healing that involves the transfer of a ‘universal life energy’ from the practitioner’s palms to the patient’s body to remove blockages from their energy fields. People have travelled from all over the country seeking her treatment.
Since the pandemic began, Irish public health advice has been to maintain social distance and not to interact with those outside of your own household.
Determined to continue alleviating her patients suffering, Marie has spent recent months treating clients remotely through phone and text.
Jamin Keogh is an Irish artist from Limerick, currently based in Dublin. He holds a First-Class Honours Degree in Photography, from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT), a Masters in Art and Research Collaboration (IADT), and has worked as an artist, curator, and educator. Jamin’s practice merges audio-visual media into his photographic expressions, emphasising the role of the spectator within the artwork’s space. In 2019, an international panel for the triennial, New Irish Works, selected him to showcase his ongoing research project, ‘A Constant Parameter’. Jamin is currently undertaking a 2-year Masters in Social Science at National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM). View his portfolio here.‘The Other Hundred Healers’ is an initiative by the non-profit organisation GIFT. The 240-page, full-colour, hardcover book can be purchased here at US$40 per copy for a minimum order of 20 copies.
