Toledo woman uses 'gift' of channeling

Full article Toledo Blade (USA)

Article published Saturday, July 12, 2008


Dottie Zimmerman says an Italian saint speaks through her

Dottie Zimmerman is a 63-year-old mother of three, an award-winning religion teacher at a Toledo Catholic school, a former Ursuline nun, and a director of the Children's Theatre Workshop.

Dottie Zimmerman is a 63-year-old mother of three, an award-winning religion teacher at a Toledo Catholic school, a former Ursuline nun, and a director of the Children's Theatre Workshop.

For the last five years, Mrs. Zimmerman also says she has been "channeling" Padre Pio, letting the dead Italian Catholic saint mystically speak through her.


For the last five years, Mrs. Zimmerman also says she has been "channeling" Padre Pio, letting the dead Italian Catholic saint mystically speak through her.

It is a "gift," she said, and although she never asked for it she believes she must use it to help others, especially children. ...

She said she is hoping to use her gifts to encourage people, especially children, who may have similar talents but are afraid to use or even acknowledge them.

Mrs. Zimmerman just this week had her first book published, Why Am I Different?, by Outskirts Press. It is about a young girl who must cope with her gifts of seeing and hearing spirits.
"More and more kids are coming to me who are hearing voices or who are seeing spirits, some of them both, and lately I've asked him [Padre Pio] if this is an area that I'm being directed towards and he said, 'Absolutely. That's one of the reasons why you're here, to help these kids understand that it's a gift and it's not a fearful thing.'•"

Hearing voices of Reason, The Times, 14th July 2008

Auditory hallucinations can be frightening but are not always a sign of psychosis. They may even be a joyful experience

Article by Paul Broks

Scientific surveys have revealed that 1 person in 50 admits hearing voices from time to time. Bereaved people are especially prone. A friend who recently lost his wife to cancer told me that she often spoke to him. He has no belief in the supernatural - the voice was testament to a relationship so long and loving that one mind had entwined with another.

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Man died after 'hearing voices'

A very sad but typical report of how isolated voice hearers can suffer

Full story The Star

28 June 2008

A SEVERELY-depressed Doncaster man committed suicide after hearing voices from a relative telling him to kill himself, an inquest heard.