Followers of Brazilian spiritual healer Joao Teixeira de Faria, known as "John of God", take part in a demonstration in Abadiania, Brazil December 13, 2018. The sign reads: "We are with you, medium Joao." REUTERS/Adriano Machado 

Followers of Brazilian spiritual healer Joao Teixeira de Faria, known as "John of God", take part in a demonstration in Abadiania, Brazil December 13, 2018. The sign reads: "We are with you, medium Joao." REUTERS/Adriano Machado 

A medium gets ready for a performance during the traditional Kartik dance festival at Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur, Nepal November 24, 2015. Observed for eight days, the festival is the longest dance festival in Nepal, and features a mix of drama, music and dialogues introduced by King Siddhinarsingh Malla in 1637 AD. Picture taken November 24, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Devotees gather around the mediums during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 19, 2015. Dressed with colourful clay masks, the mediums participate in dances while villagers offer sacrificed animals and prayers in hope of gaining blessing from the deities in the annual Shikali festival. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

A medium dressed as a deity jumps during a trance at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 19, 2015. Dressed with colourful clay masks, the mediums participate in dances while villagers offer sacrificed animals and prayers in hope of gaining blessing from the deities in the annual Shikali festival. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

A medium dressed as a deity jumps during a trance at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 19, 2015. Dressed with colourful clay masks, the mediums participate in dances while villagers offer sacrificed animals and prayers in hope of gaining blessing from the deities in the annual Shikali festival. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A medium prepares for a deity's procession during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 19, 2015. Dressed with colourful clay masks, the mediums participate in dances while villagers offer sacrificed animals and prayers in hope of gaining blessing from the deities in the annual Shikali festival. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

A medium prepares for a deity's procession during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 19, 2015. Dressed with colourful clay masks, the mediums participate in dances while villagers offer sacrificed animals and prayers in hope of gaining blessing from the deities in the annual Shikali festival. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

A mask of a deity is hung on a wall as a medium prepares for the deity's procession during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 19, 2015. Dressed with colourful clay masks, the mediums participate in dances while villagers offer sacrificed animals and prayers in hope of gaining blessing from the deities in the annual Shikali festival. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

A medium sits behind his mask which represents a deity, while preparing for the deity's procession as part of the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 19, 2015. Dressed with colourful clay masks, the mediums participate in dances while villagers offer sacrificed animals and prayers in hope of gaining blessing from the deities in the annual Shikali festival. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

A medium sits inside the temple as he waits for his friends to perform rituals during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 19, 2015. Dressed with colourful clay masks, the mediums participate in dances while villagers offer sacrificed animals and prayers in hope of gaining blessing from the deities in the annual Shikali festival. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A worshipper attends the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A worshipper attends the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A worshipper attends the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighborhood of Brasilia, May 1, 2014, May 1, 2014. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A medium (L) prays while baptising a girl in a puddle of mud during celebrations for El Nino Fidencio in Espinazo town, some 120 km (74.5 miles) away from Monterrey March 18, 2013. Thousands of pilgrims from across the Americas descend on the town between March and October to visit the tomb of El Nino Fidencio, an eerie man-child figure famed for his playful cures and folk wisdom dispensed in a shrill contralto during the 1920s and 1930s. Fidencio, who is not recognized as a saint by the Vatican, gained an early reputation for faith healing and clairvoyance, and won fame throughout Mexico for his playful and unorthodox cures for a range of maladies, including cancer and lameness. Picture taken March 18, 2013. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril (MEXICO - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A man, who is in a trance, performs a prayer at a temple in Chinese village of Pulau Ketam outside Kuala Lumpur May 17, 2012. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's popularity has slipped in recent months, an opinion poll showed on Friday, as he lost support among ethnic Chinese and middle-class voters ahead of a general elections that he could call within months. The poll found that approval for Najib was weakest among ethnic Chinese, tumbling 19 percentage points to 37 percent and among those in the middle income bracket, falling 18 percentage points to 50 percent. His popularity among ethnic Malays, who form the majority of Malaysia's population, rose 5 percentage points to 79 percent. Picture taken May 17, 2012. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Medium Omata Tutini attends a photocall for a television series chronicling the travels of a world renowned spiritual healer as part of the MIPTV, the International Television Programs Market, event in Cannes April 1, 2012. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS MEDIA) 

Maitre Azaelis, a spiritual medium, prepares a mock soccer stadium with mystical effigies inside his shrine, which according to him guide and protect the Gabon national soccer team, in the capital Libreville January 30, 2012. Gabon will play against Tunisia in their final African Cup of Nations Group C match in Franceville on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (GABON - Tags: SPORT SOCCER RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Maitre Azaelis, a spiritual medium, poses inside his shrine with his mystical effigies, which according to him guide and protect the Gabon national soccer team, in the capital Libreville January 30, 2012. Gabon will play against Tunisia in their final African Cup of Nations Group C match in Franceville on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (GABON - Tags: SPORT SOCCER RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Maitre Azaelis, a spiritual medium, sits inside his shrine with mystical effigies and religious statues, which according to him guide and protect the Gabon national soccer team, in the capital Libreville January 30, 2012. Gabon will play against Tunisia in their final African Cup of Nations Group C match in Franceville on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (GABON - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION SPORT SOCCER) 

Spiritual mediums Maitre Azaelis (R) and Karim Nziengui prepare a mock soccer stadium with mystical effigies inside their shrine, which according to them guide and protect the Gabon national soccer team, in the capital Libreville January 30, 2012. Gabon will play against Tunisia in their final African Cup of Nations Group C match in Franceville on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (GABON - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION SPORT SOCCER) 

Spiritual mediums Maitre Azaelis (R) and Karim Nziengui prepare a mock soccer stadium with mystical effigies inside their shrine, which according to them guide and protect the Gabon national soccer team, in the capital Libreville January 30, 2012. Gabon will play against Tunisia in their final African Cup of Nations Group C match in Franceville on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (GABON - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION SPORT SOCCER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Spiritual mediums Maitre Azaelis (R) and Karim Nziengui prepare a mock soccer stadium with mystical effigies inside their shrine, which according to them guide and protect the Gabon national soccer team, in the capital Libreville January 30, 2012. Gabon will play against Tunisia in their final African Cup of Nations Group C match in Franceville on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (GABON - Tags: SPORT SOCCER RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A worshipper attends the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A worshipper looks up as she attends the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Worshippers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A worshipper attends the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in Planaltina, 64km (40 miles) outside Brasilia, May 1, 2010. The Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of Dawn) is a Christian Spiritualistic doctrine founded by the spiritualist visionary known as Tia Neiva (Aunt Neiva) in 1958 in Brazil's Federal District. Today, the community has approximately 30,000 people who live in the surroundings of the temple, with more than 400 temples in Brazil as well as in Japan, Bolivia, United States and Europe, and more than 300,000 mediums worldwide, according to the organizers. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Mediums known as 'jaguars' and female participants known as 'nymphs' gather around a religious complex called the Shooting Star to pay their respects on the Day of Spiritual Doctrine at the Valley of the Dawn, a community located some 40 miles outside of Brasilia May 1, 2009. They were celebrating the 50th anniversary since the spiritualist visionary known as Aunt Neiva founded the body of principles relating to their religion. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Mediums known as 'jaguars' and female participants known as 'nymphs' gather around a religious complex called the Shooting Star to pay their respects on the Day of Spiritual Doctrine at the Valley of the Dawn, a community located some 40 miles outside of Brasilia May 1, 2009. They were celebrating the 50th anniversary since the spiritualist visionary known as Aunt Neiva founded the body of principles relating to their religion. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A medium known as a 'jaguar' (R) and female participants known as 'nymphs' sit at a religious complex called the Shooting Star to pay their respects on the Day of Spiritual Doctrine at the Valley of the Dawn, a community located some 40 miles outside of Brasilia May 1, 2009. They were celebrating the 50th anniversary since the spiritualist visionary known as Aunt Neiva founded the body of principles relating to their religion. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Mediums known as 'jaguars' and female participants known as 'nymphs' gather around a religious complex called the Shooting Star to pay their respects on the Day of Spiritual Doctrine at the Valley of the Dawn, a community located some 40 miles outside of Brasilia May 1, 2009. They were celebrating the 50th anniversary since the spiritualist visionary known as Aunt Neiva founded the body of principles relating to their religion. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL SOCIETY RELIGION) 

An apprentice of the traditional Bosson religion uses her healing powers to cure a young child during the Ahouwe ritual purification dance in Aniassue on the eastern Ivory Coast July 15, 2007. Ahouwe is a ritual dance in Ivory Coast's eastern Akan area and in Ghana, during which followers become possessed by genies who instruct them on the preparation of natural cures. The women who practice the Bosson religion are known as Komians, spiritual mediums who claim to possess healing powers. REUTERS/ Luc Gnago BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

People take part in a ritual for spiritual protection during the XXIV International Forum on Esoteric Sciences and Alternative Therapies in Madrid October 30, 2008. The forum, which includes tarot readings and conferences with mediums and parapsychologists, will last until November 9. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN) 

Apprentices of the traditional Bosson religion perform the Ahouwe ritual purification dance in Aniassue in eastern Ivory Coast July 15, 2007. Ahouwe is a ritual dance in Ivory Coast's eastern Akan area and in Ghana, during which followers become possessed by genies who instruct them on the preparation of natural cures. The women who practice the Bosson religion are known as Komians, spiritual mediums who claim to have healing powers. REUTERS/ Luc Gnago 

Apprentices of the traditional Bosson religion perform the Ahouwe ritual purification dance in Aniassue in eastern Ivory Coast July 15, 2007. Ahouwe is a ritual dance in Ivory Coast's eastern Akan area and in Ghana, during which followers become possessed by genies who instruct them on the preparation of natural cures. The women who practice the Bosson religion are known as Komians, spiritual mediums who claim to have healing powers. REUTERS/ Luc Gnago 

Apprentices of the traditional Bosson religion perform the Ahouwe ritual purification dance in Aniassue in eastern Ivory Coast July 15, 2007. Ahouwe is a ritual dance in Ivory Coast's eastern Akan area and in Ghana, during which followers become possessed by genies who instruct them on the preparation of natural cures. The women who practice the Bosson religion are known as Komians, spiritual mediums who claim to have healing powers. REUTERS/ Luc Gnago