Edson Queiroz (– 1991) was a Brazilian psychic surgeon who operated through the 1970s and the 1980s. Queiroz claimed to operate as a channel for the spirit of a Dr. Fritz. Psychic surgery is a procedure performed by self-styled psychic doctors or psychic surgeons, chiefly in the Philippines and in Brazil. ... According to Websters Dictionary: the practice of professedly entering a meditative or trancelike state in order to convey messages from a spiritual guide. ... Adolf Fritz, generally called Dr. Fritz (Munich, ? – Estonia, 1918), was a hypothetical German surgeon whose spirit has allegedly been channeled by several Brazilian psychic surgeons, starting with José (Zé) Arigó in the 1950s and continuing up to the present. ...

Biography

Queiroz's formal pharmaceutical and medical training allowed him to prescribe remedies and perform surgeries without the legal problems which befell other Brazilian psychic surgeons — such as José (Zé) Arigó, who was the first alleged channel of Dr. Fritz's spirit. José (Zé) Arigó, born José Pedro de Freitas (Congonhas, Brazil, 18 October 1921 – 1 November 1971) was the best known of Brazilian psychic surgeons. ... Adolf Fritz, generally called Dr. Fritz (Munich, ? – Estonia, 1918), was a hypothetical German surgeon whose spirit has allegedly been channeled by several Brazilian psychic surgeons, starting with José (Zé) Arigó in the 1950s and continuing up to the present. ...

Queiroz was stabbed to death in 1991.

See also

• Kardecism
• José Arigó
• Rubens Faria Jr.