Have you ever wondered where good physical health and emotional well-being come from?
Especially when we don’t have them, we long to know how to get them back.
Although scientific research can provide many answers, it cannot reach into the subtle realms of the metaphysical and mystical.
But for much of the 20th century, a renowned Greek Cypriot did exactly that. He was known to some as the “Wizard of Strovolos”. To others, he was simply a humble civil servant with an uncanny command of languages, religions, human nature, and the ability to cure serious illnesses.
He was called “Daskalos” (“teacher” in Greek) because he gave regular daily lectures in a shed-like building behind his house for many years. He would speak many truths to help people understand how they need to live their lives and he would also offer healing. This was his vocation as a modern Christian mystic.
As his reputation spread, more and more people came to him for relief from physical and emotional ailments. He tirelessly helped all of them.
In the late 1980s, a young American Sociology college student traveled to Cyprus to attend some Daskalos lectures. He soon realized the greatness of these teachings and became an assistant teacher.
For the next five years, Paul Skorpen dedicated his life to learning all he could from Daskalos. They became close companions as Paul helped him travel wherever his teaching commitments would take him; countries in Europe, North America and South America.
When Daskalos died in August 1995, it was a shock to many, especially his most dedicated student and dear friend Paul. After a period of mourning and completion of projects, Paul and his future wife Birgit left Cyprus and settled in southern Germany.
To spread and further develop the Daskalos teachings, they founded Theosis Institute for Mysticism and Healing in 1996.
As time went on, people would ask Paul if he could heal like Daskalos did. Actually, he wasn’t sure, but he had been so involved in Daskalos’s work for so long that he knew he had to try.
People got better when Paul applied what he had learned from the teacher. But Paul also understood that there was even more to learn. He looked for more inspiration in the Holy Scriptures and in oriental medicine.
As her understanding of the healing process deepened, she was able to help more people, with deeper problems, to lasting health and well-being.
His wife, Birgit, is also a teacher, author, and key contributor to the development of the Institute’s work.
Knowledge of the work done by this dedicated couple has spread throughout several European countries and the US Their contribution to our understanding of life, health and well-being is substantial.
They offer us all the opportunity to better understand ourselves and how we can achieve, or regain, good health and a great sense of well-being.
May their work, and the legacy on which it is built, continue to enrich the lives of the students and healers they have trained for many years to come.