Jomanda

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Jomanda is a Dutch new-age guru.

Born as Johanna Wilhelmina Petronella Damman in Deventer on 5 May 1948, she is a Dutch spiritualist, and in her own words a healing medium. She claims to have psychic powers of clairvoyance, empathy and prescience, aided by her late father and other powers from the 'world divine'. She is known to be a devoted fan of paranormalist author Jozef Rulof.

in 1991 she gained national fame after making an appearance on a popular talkshow. In the next decade, she held public 'healing sessions' in Tiel, which drew in large groups of people. During these sessions she would 'infuse' bottles of tap water, which she claimed would make them gain healing properties. She also appeared on radio shows, where people were asked to put a bottle of water in front of their radio in order to have it remotely 'infused'.

In 2001, Jomanda was the medical and spiritual advisors of popular Dutch actress Sylvia Millecam who later died of cancer. In 2004, the Dutch Health Inspectorate filed suit against Jomanda claiming that she and other alternative therapists misled Millecam by claiming that the actress was merely suffering from an inflammation and should be treated appropriately.

The Dutch Federation Against Quacks (Nederlandse Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij) listed her as #15 on their top 20 list of quacks.