methods of esotericism find their place here. All of these different healers as well as some religious and spiritual groups offer one thing- salvation, enlightenment, new cognition, an increase in your physical and psychological performance, your spiritual growth and development. But is it all truly as they say?
Such unqualified (fake) therapists-healers often hang different medical images (charts, anatomy maps, chiropractic maps, maps that depict chakras, etc.) on the walls of their rooms (offices). This way, they are trying to impress you with their "knowledge” and their so-called professional titles so that you can become convinced in their qualifications.
But if you listen to them more carefully, you will see that, from the 639 muscles that the human body has, they are aware of just a portion of them (usually those are the biceps, triceps brachi, deltoid, pectoralis, abdominal muscles, gluteus, rectus femoris, soleus and sometimes the trapezius and adductor). They rarely know for any muscles outside of these groups.
Also, from the 370 acupuncture points on the human body that are known today, such fake experts will show you just as little as 10 acupuncture or acupressure points, usually those that have been known for a very long time. Even when they talk about chakras (although there are many explanations and theories from a scientific and spiritual viewpoint existing today), these so-called experts know how to explain only the basics about the 7 chakras and know very little about the basic flow of energy in the human body through chakras (the vortex of energy).
However, some of these unqualified therapists have something that one can envy them for and it is the way they convince people in the truthfulness of what they are saying, i.e. their healing "powers”. Many of them have even convinced themselves that they are the right, i.e. true healers. And, what is most unbelievable, is the fact that there is even a bit of truth in what they are saying, i.e. in their therapeutic healing as well as their healing "powers”.
Why is that so? The reason lies in the placebo effect which results from their efforts to convince people in their qualifications and the efficacy of their therapy.
According to some researchers, among 10 randomly chosen people, 4 of them will be totally under the influence of the placebo while 2 more will be partially influenced. In other words, among those 10 people, the placebo effect will, in a higher or lower measure, influence as many as 6 people. According to different research, that is a higher percentage of efficacy than doctors are able to achieve when introducing a new drug. In those cases, they are happy to achieve a 40% efficacy.