Editing Antoinism (section)

===Consultations by a healer===
[[File:Antoinist plaque.JPG|thumb|left|A plaque on the door of the temple indicates that suffering people can be received freely from morning to evening.]]
After the service, some people—regular faithful or visitors—may ask to consult a healer in one of the small rooms of the temple—although the ''desservant'' who lives in the apartment adjacent to the temple is always available to receive suffering persons. During these consultations, both are standing before Antoine's image: the patient expresses for a few minutes the request that he wishes to obtain, and the healer prays, sometimes while touching the consultant's shoulder or hand, presumably to convey the fluid.<ref>[[#Begot2|Bégot, 2000]], § 36–39.</ref><ref>[[#Begot|Bégot, 1997]], § 45.</ref> The healer's work is said to put again the consultant in the love of God that will allow him to find himself the spiritual journey leading to healing. For this purpose, the healer has to discover the origin of the consultant's problem, which is, in Antoinist beliefs, always linked to a person's own history, and to understand that he should bear the consequences of what was done in a preceding life.<ref name="D4">[[#Dericquebourg4|Dericquebourg, 1993]]</ref>

A 2001 survey reported by Dr. Axel Hoffman showed that an Antoinist healer had received 216 patients over a period of twenty days, that the reasons to consult were related to physical (47%), psychological (19%), sentimental (13%) and professional (13%) issues, and that most of these people also consulted a doctor.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Croire et guérir |url=https://www.maisonmedicale.org/Croire-et-guerir.html |first= Axel |last= Hoffman |journal=Santé Conjuguée |publisher=Fédération des maisons médicales |date=January 2007 |number=39 |pages=50–51 |language=fr |access-date=1 April 2013}}</ref> The Antoinist healing process does not include a doctrinal teaching nor a [[psychological manipulation]]. It does not necessarily imply the end of the problem or illness, and can be divided into three phases: the relief provided by the healer through listening and intercession with God, then acceptance of the problem which requires the recognition of one's responsibilities, and finally the inner peace that results. Whether immediate or gradual, healings are never considered as [[miracle]]s in the religion because they are supposed to occur inevitably when all necessary conditions, including the faith of the patient, are met. Even after several consultations, the consultant does not necessarily become a follower. Several sociologists deemed the Antoinist healing as "[[exorcist]]" as well as "adorcist".<ref>[[#Dericquebourg|Dericquebourg, 1993]], pp. 106–18.</ref>