The Sore That Never Heals - Short Stories by Dan Coffey

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Bilingual Edition in They are neither simply journals nor scrapbooks, but a combination of both. The collection includes five of these books, which contain journal entries, correspondence, newspaper clippings, early drafts of poems, and notes for future works. The Self Books offer a rare glimpse into the mind of the poet. They are unselfconscious, intended for no one but the author and his family. They also reflect the spirit of the time in which they were created; Coffey frequently includes newspaper clippings detailing current events.

Spanning the mids to the earlys, Concerning Making contains notes, poems, essays, reviews, and newspaper clippings which illuminate some aspect of the creative process. Similar to the Self Books, the scrapbooks includes letters, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, photographs of family and friends, and ephemera. The only discernable difference between the Self Books and the Scrapbooks is that the latter have fewer handwritten notes and journal entries.

Items of interest include postcards from Samuel Beckett, letters and telegrams related to the death of Denis Devlin, early drafts of Coffey's poems, and several original sketches and lithographs. In addition to Coffey's many collages and loose scrapbook pages, Subseries I. These clippings reflect Coffey's religious beliefs as well as his interest in both national and international politics. Also included are a substantial number of editorials on an array of subjects, from American politics to the political upheaval in Ireland, the use of nuclear weapons to the decline in church attendance in England.

Coffey also collected articles on humorous subjects, as well as the occasional cartoon. Of particular note is subseries I. On the first cassette, recorded in , Coffey reads selections from his long poem, Advent. Hayter, and Coffey's children and grandchildren. A supporter of the visual arts, Coffey was himself an artist and his small press, Advent Books, was known for its emphasis on illustration and jacket design.

The series also contains S. Hayter's original artwork for Death of Hektor. Spanning the years to the s, this series details Coffey's intellectual pursuits from his teenage years as a student at University College, Dublin, through his tenure as assistant professor of philosophy at St. That Coffey retained such a vast array of writing by others is a testament to his love for the creative process; Series IV.

The series is divided into four subseries: An Anthology ; and IV. The anthology of modern Celtic poetry is also interesting, as it was only in the early stages of development when its co-editor, Denis Devlin, passed away. The anthology, which was never completed, includes extensive holograph notes by Devlin and his co-editor Norman MacLeod, as well as several letters to potential publishers.

Coffey letters to Brian Coffey, and V. The bulk of the materials in subseries 2. Items of note among the Personal Correspondence include a letter from psychologist H. Baynes Coffey's father-in-law ; love letters from his wife, Bridget; and several letters from his children and other relatives. Coffey also corresponded with many prominent contemporary poets, playwrights, and novelists including Denis Devlin, Samuel Beckett, Augustus Young, C. Lewis, and Thomas MacGreevy. Letters from fellow poets often compliment or query him about his work, and many correspondents send poetry and fiction of their own.

Coffey's correspondence with Margaret McAlpine is of particular interest. Though little is known about her personally, the correspondence indicates that she and Coffey shared a close relationship based on an intellectual appreciation of poetry. In many of her letters, she offers candid critiques of his work and makes suggestions for future improvement. Photographs of Coffey and his family can be found in Series VI. Early Years and Later Years. All of the photographs are undated, and many are unidentified. The final series in the collection VII.

Items of note include Coffey's first passport, his marriage certificate, various driver's licenses and membership cards, and a copy of his will, as well as financial and medical records.

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The Brian Coffey papers as a whole provide a valuable historical account of the twentieth century as well as a unique look into the life and mind of one of Ireland's more prolific poets. In a interview with Parkman Howe, Coffey declared. Documenting the "making" or creativity is what lies at the heart of the Brian Coffey papers.

Long poem published in book form in by Coffey's Advent Books; includes page proof with original drawings by Sandra Hill, Nick Marsh, Derek Norman, John Parsons, and Diane Radford; one page of handwritten notes signed by Coffey and dated November, ; and a typed letter from "John," the typesetter. Long poem published by Advent Books on June 20, ; number 5 of an edition of 25 copies; title page includes holograph list of the recipients of the other 24 copies, including Samuel Beckett, James Hogan the poet Augustus Young , and Anthony Rudolf of Menard Press.

Coffey took twenty years to write and revise this poem. Typed manuscript with holograph notes. Also includes one page of notes regarding copyright information; published in book form in by Sugar Loaf Press, Dublin. Short story with the following typed inscription: Stamped addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. Hayter; also includes miscellaneous handwritten and typed notes, page proofs and sketches, 25 pp. I went to England some weeks later". Issue of The Niagra Magazine No.

Issue of University Review Vol. Short piece of experimental fiction with drawings and diagrams throughout; the title is sometimes "Good Psychosome. Includes six drafts of unpublished long poem. Poem, sketches, and notes; also includes one page of a second draft. Originally published in in the Dublin-based literary magazine, Lace Curtain ; republished in Poems and Versions, — Possibly one of many editorials sent by Coffey to The Irish Times. A Stage Presentation in 19 Scenes" with holograph notations; also includes additional 9 pp.

Coffey's best known poem, "Missouri Sequence" was originally published in Irish University Review in includes two issues with corrections ; divided into four parts, all of which were written during Coffey's tenure as professor of Philosophy at St. To the memory of Denis Devlin; IV.

Typed manuscript and autograph manuscript. Notes, some typed pages; a discussion of the work of Marcel Proust and Samuel Beckett which appeared in the literary magazine, Cyphers , in ; also includes poem by the same title, signed by Coffey and dated Subtitle of Coffey's edition of Selected Poems; includes the following poems. Poems in the order they appear in Selected Poems. Bound by Coffey with calligraphy by his daughter, Ann Ruth; description of their home in Missouri written for Coffey's mother-in-law, Rosalind Popham; a precursor to "Missouri Sequence".

Short story with the following typed note: Includes the following typed note: A poem originally published in The Irish University Review , 3: Short story first published in The National Student in the late s, under the pseudonym "Coeuvre". Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Long poem dedicated to Paul Leautaud. Submitted for publication to the Editor of the Irish Times , Dublin. Stamped, addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS.

Poem, with typed note at the end, "To be recited with great feeling in a nasalised Dublin accent". Small, bound volume, signed and dated June 6, Published by Jeanette Monnier in Paris in as a Christmas greeting card. Autograph manuscript signed and typed manuscript signed.

Holograph and typed translations interleaved throughout Coffey's own copy of Alcools. These translations remain unpublished. Coffey's translation was originally published in by Advent Books, and appeared in a issue of The Irish University Review. Includes page proof and the original cover artwork by Hazel McKinley.

Typescripts signed with holograph notations 3 copies ; also includes the typed manuscript signed of Coffey's introduction to the volume which was never published. Coffey's holograph and typed translations interleaved throughout his personal copy of the collection; these translations were also unpublished. Typescript with holograph notations 2 copies. Also includes a copy of The Poet's Voice 3: Typescripts signed, dated November 5, also includes 2 photocopies originally published in Toward Harmony: A Celebration for Tony O'Malley.

Autograph manuscripts signed of "The Unhoping Song," inscribed on title page "draft one". Typed manuscript signed of Twenty Love Poems , 12 pp. One issue of Irish University Review Spring in which these appeared is included. Perhaps the most interesting facet of the collection, Coffey's Self Books, as he called them, are neither journals nor scrapbooks, but a combination of both. The Self Books include manuscripts for original poems and translations, correspondence from friends and family, newspaper clippings, photographs, artwork, journal entries, notes, and ephemera.

The Self Books were numbered one through five by Coffey, and they remain in that order. Roughly pages of notes, rough drafts of poems and stories, photographs of Coffey's grandchildren and his Paris friends, letters from friends and fellow poets, newspaper clippings, and sketches. Items of note include five postcards from Samuel Beckett and a typescript of Beckett's poem, "Neither," dated September, Pasted to the inside cover is a child's drawing of a dog, with Coffey's holograph note: Inscribed on the inside cover is the following note: Inscribed on the inside cover: Earlier attempts have now been destroyed.

It is signed and dated, "June Inscribed on the inside cover, "Started Coffey's self-titled "Notes for Concerning Making" includes notes, poems, essays, reviews, newspaper clippings and other materials representing all stages of the creative process. A Dialogue , No. Coffey's scrapbooks are not unlike his self books; they contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, manuscripts of poems written by Coffey and others, and ephemera. The scrapbooks do not generally include journal entries or notes for future works.

This scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, poems, essays, correspondence, and ephemera, as well as extensive material related to the death of Coffey's close friend, Denis Devlin. Items of note include one letter from Devlin, a newspaper clipping of Devlin's obituary, several letters from fellow poets and publishers concerning the possible publication of Devlin's collected works, and a telegram dated 21 August , from "Moya" informing the Coffeys of Devlin's death.

Included in this scrapbook are newspaper and magazine clippings, blank postcards, and several small drawings and sketches. This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, political cartoons, and several drawings by Coffey's grandson, Benjamin. This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects, including poverty, pornography, sexual ethics, and the role of religion in schools. Comprised mostly of newspaper clippings, this scrapbook also contains an obituary for Irish poet Austin Clarke; and a typescript poem by Robert Graves, "The Hedgepig".

Comprised of newspaper and magazine clippings, this scrapbook also contains a photograph of Coffey taken in , an article about Coffey's poetry reading in commemoration of the publication of Selected Poems , and a copy of The It Book of Drugs , published in This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings exclusively, and concerns such topics as Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal, Russian poetry under Stalin, and the recent exhibits of Andy Warhol. Included in this scrapbook is an extended family tree in Coffey's handwriting ; a newspaper clipping in commemoration of Beckett winning the Nobel Prize; a typescript of "The Ballad of Finnegans Wake"; and many newspaper clippings.

This scrapbook contains handwritten notes, poems, essays, letters, postcards, newspaper clippings, drawings, sketches, photographs and ephemera. This scrapbook begins with the following inscription: What do I see as coming in this book-- 1 copies of the poems I like, including my own, 2 translations of poems, 3 stories. An old phone book with newspaper clippings, essays and other ephemera pasted to its pages. Items of note include an autograph letter, signed from Deirdre Bair, concerning her new book, Samuel Beckett: A Biography ; the letter is written on the back of a press release from Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich, publishers of the book.

Laid in the scrapbook is the original book jacket for the Beckett biography, published in Also of interest is a typed letter, signed from Bair, responding to Coffey's argument that the Beckett book jacket is "all wrong"; dated January 23, It contains newspaper clippings, notes, essays, poems, letters, postcards, sketches, and ephemera. Items of note in the latter half of the scrapbook include a photocopied article, "Remembering Jacques Maritain," by Wallace Fowlie, from The American Scholar , This Scrapbook contains extensive handwritten notes, letters, reviews, newspaper clippings, and ephemera.

This scrapbook is inscribed, "This ledger once owned by a M. Vendles whose name goes back to given to me by John Bulford, wood worker, artist, husband of a Miss Joy Vendles--the family name was dying out. The pages are, I hope, to contain the notes for "Concerning Making," including "The Prayers" in [unintelligible]. Inscribed on the first page, "To my owner, I am a writing book waiting to be filled.

Don't let me down. Please," this scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, essays, reviews, and ephemera. This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, essays, reviews, letters, and ephemera. Items of note include a typed manuscript of Coffey's "The Faun: This scrapbook is unique in the sense that everything in it is related to one event: Included in the book are photographs of Coffey and his family, and cards and letters sent by Coffey's children and grandchildren as well as many longtime friends.

This folder contains notes, poems, collages, sketches, and small paintings. This folder contains forty-two pages of material, pasted to the leaves from a Page-a-Day Diary. Items of note include a photocopy of Parkman Howe's review of the Brian Coffey Special Issue of the Irish University Review , newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, sketches, and several typed and handwritten poems. This folder contains 16 pp. Trust your French sojourn went well.

Regards to Bridget, James. Most of the material in this folder is related to the publication of Coffey's poetry collection, Chanterelles. Contains newspaper clippings, notes, children's paintings and drawings, and sketches. This folder contains notes for poems and essays including "Concerning Making" , drawing and sketches, and a photocopy of Gerald Murphy's article for the Journal of Irish Studies , entitled "Notes on Aisling Poetry," This folder contains mostly newspaper clippings, including a review of the poetry of Robert Graves; several obituaries for Coffey's friend, Thomas MacGreevy; and articles about the McCarthy trials and the House Un-American Activities Committee.

This folder contains newspaper clippings that span almost 30 years. Highlights include an undated obituary for French scientist Jacques Perrin under whom Coffey studied while living in Paris in the s; several editions of The Tablet , including vol. This folder contains mostly editorials, on subjects ranging from the use of nuclear weapons to the importation of milk from France. Several editorials include handwritten notes by Coffey: Economics, politics, and religion are the topics most prevalent among these newspaper clippings. Coffey reading selections from his poem; recorded by Alan Lambourne of the Hospital Broadcasting trust; removed from the collection and housed with sound recordings.

Also included are readings from Coffey's own work, including Mindful of You , Glutz , and The Big Laugh ; removed from the collection and housed with sound recordings. A series of forty prints, all with six bars, some divided in half.

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Each print varies by color, weight or type of paper, or color of ink or number or position of divided bars. Two are labeled "mixed media," one labeled "piloth knife stone and hand," and the other two are a painting process. Three are initialed and dated, two are not. Prints made with various processes.

Many of the prints are initialed, dated and numbered. Some are also titled. Four untitled with multiple prints and four titled prints each with multiple prints. Of the untitled only one is initialed and numbered but all are dated. A three print varies in color but has no labeling.

Twelve untitled images, none dated, and only on initialed. Includes ones similar to "Pillars of Hercues" F6. Pencil sketches, ink drawings, work with clippings, and crayon drawings. Some are sketches toward prints. Born on December 27, , Stanley William Hayter became a world-renowned line-engraver. As a young man, he studied at Academie Julian under printmaker Joseph Hecht.

In , he founded his own art studio, known internationally as Atelier It was a temporary home to many accomplished artists, including Picasso, Miro, Arp, and Giacometti. Hayter provided the designs and illustrations for many of Coffey's poems, including Death of Hektor , published in a limited edition of by Circle Press in Engraving by Hayter for Death of Hektor ; though unsigned, this engraving is clearly one of Hayter's, 8. With holograph corrections throughout and a holograph note on the first page: One drawing from grandson Ben, and another inscribed in an adult's hand, "To cheer up Grandad Brian, 2.

Sketches, prints, and lithographs. Includes a John Parsons "Monster" illustration for his book with Brian Coffey, as well as a Parsons ink and watercolor drawing. Bound notebook; written in French while Coffey was a student at Institut St. Bound notebook, written in French while Coffey was a student at Institut St.

Off-print of an article written by Coffey and Hugh Ryan, D. Bound notebook, written in French, title page dated "8. Inscribed on cover "Cours de M. Holograph notations throughout; possibly a paper by Coffey; also includes several pages of holograph notes. Typed manuscript signed with minor holograph corrections: Typed manuscript signed with holograph notations throughout; papers include "Conventional Logic and Modern Logic," by Joseph T.

Title inscribed on cover with the date, " — ". Title inscribed on cover with "J. Undated, though most likely written while Coffey was a student at Institut Catholique de Paris, sometime after Offprint, "Hydrides of Boron," by H. Schlesinger and Anton B. Burg, from the , Journal of the American Chemical Society Enclosed with typed letters signed from George F. Schaeffer, Director of the Department of Chemistry, St. Louis University, August 30, Possibly notes for thesis.

Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed Housed in its original three-ring binder. Also includes newspaper clippings; housed in its original three-ring binder. Housed in its original three-ring binder. Typed manuscript signed with some holograph corrections. Later Published as "Brian Coffey: An Interview" in Eire Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies.

Also includes two-page autograph letter from Howe to Coffey, dated June 21, Billy Mills, Behind all Archetypes: Form Books Occasional Paper No. A Journal of Irish Studies Stan Smith, "Against the Grain: Typed manuscript signed, photocopy. Published in Etudes Irlandaises 8 December Many academic mages from Circle of Magic have this ability.

Briar, who has a Green Thumb and can do this for plants becomes emotionally distraught when he's stuck in a plague and realizes that he can't heal people. In Vampire Academy , one of the basic powers of spirit users is to heal others by placing their hands on them. Lissa Dragomir can lay her hand on people and animals to heal their injuries, no matter how close to death they are. In Rose's case, she resurrected her by healing lethal injuries.

She also heals Christian Ozera in the climax of Vampire Academy when he was moments away from dying from an injury cause by a psi-hound's attack. She also temporarily cures Victor Dashkov from Sandrovsky's Syndrome though completely under duress earlier in the same book. This is Parvati's most prominent power in Midnight's Children , though she often combines it with medicinal poultices and the like. She can presumably perform other magic as well, but refuses to demonstrate anything other than White Magic. Taggart from Ayize-Jama Everett's Liminal World books has this as part of his power to manipulate living human flesh and bone as a whole.

In The Balanced Sword , healing ability is a common sign of a god's favor, and most priests have it in some form. In Pegasus in Space , Amariyah Bantam, though she doesn't know it. Ainslee's Blessing in Stranger And Stranger. Conveniently, she already wanted to be a doctor before developing this power. In Super Powereds , this is a fairly rare ability among Supers, and most healers merely accelerate the body's natural healing processes.

There are those, who are able to completely remove injuries or sickness, as if they never happened. An extremely rare type is even able to retroactively remove past injuries that have already healed there are less than a dozen of those in the world, and they are in extremely high demand and tend to charge a fortune for their services.

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Camille is also an interesting case. In fact, she's not a healer at all but an absorber, except instead of Energy Absorption , she absorbs injuries. She can then store those injuries and give them back with a touch oh, and she can heal herself this way too, as long as she's conscious. Then there's Globe, whose Reality Warper powers within a certain spherical radius mean that he can also heal anyone except himself by rearranging their molecules. In Seekers of the Sky , a number of people know how to use the Word, the power to put any inanimate object into the Cold a Pocket Universe of sorts and retrieve it on demand.

One of the few rules is that nothing of the living can be placed in the Cold. He truly believes that it's a divine miracle. Anyone who observes him, though, knows that he's simply using the Word. However, the fact that he's using it to put cancerous cells into the Cold is no less miraculous. A woman's breast cancer gets cured when Saint Plumero lays his hands on the affected area. The Witchlands has several varieties of this trope: Bloodwitches can keep people alive by forcing the blood to continue to course through their bodies and stopping it from flowing out of wounds.

It helps that they can also control people's heartbeats. Waterwitches can heal injuries related to blood and other bodily fluids. Firewitches can heal inflammations and muscle-related injuries. After Childermass's face is slashed with a knife, such that it's said it will leave a very ugly scar if it's left to its own devices, the Raven King heals the wound to a thin, old-looking scar in a matter of seconds.

In How to Avoid Death on a Daily Basis , the protagonist Colin learns magic from some frog people, and figures out how to do this becoming his most used magic with seemingly no limit to what he can heal long as his patient in one piece, and which his companions learn use to a lesser degree. But when he heals a particularly bad wound it'll age him and drain his life force.

Healing others is one of the powers of the titular character of Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard as a son of Frey. Silvertails is also an able user of healing magic, but it is not his specialty in magic. Emphasizing her relationship with Christ and the Apostles in The Divine Comedy , Beatrice heals Dante's newfound blindness with a touch of her hand. Little House on the Prairie: Season 6's "The Faith Healer" is about a charismatic preacher who claims that he can heal the sick, allow the lame to walk an the blind to see. But after a young teenager dies due to a ruptured appendix after supposedly being healed by the preacher, Charles sets out and confirms what he had suspected all along: That this faith healer is a phony.

The Whitelighters from Charmed do this. The aliens in Roswell. It was later retconned that only Max could do this. Linderman is an interesting case, seeing as he's a healer and The Big Bad. Hiro's mother is also a healer, except that she has healing lips. She can literally "kiss it and make it better. Not necessarily "healing" but Isaac from Teen Wolf was able to take some of the pain away from a dying dog. Scott learned the ability earlier, and others have demonstrated it as well. Presumably all werewolves have this ability, or can at least learn it.

Derek took it Up to Eleven , sacrificing his Alpha power to heal his sister Corra, and Scott has amped it up into actual healing on a few occasions as well. Shawn Farrell in The As of the sixth season of Smallville , Chloe. The show had a couple healers, among them one who took onto himself the ailments he was healing. His was a miserable existence growing more miserable with every healing until finally he brought someone back from the dead, thus taking death onto himself and ending his suffering.

Stargate SG-1 has several: In "Frozen," the Sufficiently Advanced Alien Ancient woman is able to heal the disease she accidentally infects the team with. Though she can't heal herself of it. In "Lost City," when O'Neill has the Ancient database loaded in his brain, the second time, the knowledge "unspools" far enough that he is able to do this after Bra'tac is stabbed by The Mole. Too many times to count with Goa'uld, Tok'ra, and former hosts of either using the Goa'uld handheld healing device.

The Nox — though they brought people back from the dead, so maybe it doesn't really count The Wraith from Stargate Atlantis could heal and revive people by giving back the life-force they took from someone else. Not that they were in the habit of doing this a lot, but it's an effective way of "recruiting" loyal humans as their agents. They'd kill then heal them, thus creating a dependency, since the healing also has a narcotic effect. An episode of Friday the 13th: The Series involved a phony faith healer who found a glove that gave him real healing powers. Given the nature of the antiques on the show , there was a nasty twist.

This leads to a rather nasty Karmic Death on the part of the healer when he tries to heal a bullet wound he receives later in the episode. The angels in Supernatural are shown to possess tremendous healing abilities, being able to heal major injuries and raise the dead with little effort. Naturally, this is the first ability Castiel loses after he defects from Heaven.

Paul in The Fades has this ability,, and it appears to be a common power of Angelics Cole in Tracker has this. He heals Mel at least once. It was never shown if Mel could do it; she did recharge Cole but never healed anyone. Merlin in Merlin , thanks to his magic. Gaius too on a couple of occasions, and guest-star Alice, described as one of the most powerful healers of them all though this is something of an Informed Attribute. The made-for-tv movie A Touch of Hope based on the real life Dean Kraft who is known for his ability to heal those who are beyond medical help with exactly this trope.

The Koschei, a breed of Wesen from Grimm named afte the character from Russian folklore have this ability. They can also reverse the process, causing extreme radiation poisoning. He sacrificed himself to save the daughter of a man he killed, establishing that the healing is Cast from Hit Points. Lorien is shown to have healing power capable of bringing Sheridan back from the brink of death, though at the cost of living only twenty more years. In Sliders , Kromaggs humanoids from a parallel Earth have various Psychic Powers , one of which is healing.

They don't even have to touch the person. Human-Kromagg hybrids can do it too, as well as humans who have been taught the technique. She had to touch you to do it, and it took something out of her. She could die if she took on too much, and this is what the Vians who are experimenting with her are counting on. The Prince has this ability as part of his status this Religious Edutainment show's Jesus-analog.

Sekhmet, Horus and several other deities in Egyptian Mythology. In some cases, like Sekhmet, it was described as basically them beating the crap out of the demons that supposedly caused sickness, which is why many of these deities are violent and war-like. The New Testament is full of examples of Jesus and His followers healing people of everything from diseases to blindness to lameness that leaves people unable to walk.

Whether you really believe it or just consider it myth, it is a very old trope, and is probably the inspiration for priests and clerics acting as healers in RPGs. Jesus didn't really need to touch to make it happen, as his word was enough. One assumes he only occasionally used his hands to make the point more clear to some people. Apparently there were a surprisingly large number of people walking around in that area, in the 1st century, healing the sick. It's just that all the other miracle healers took the credit for themselves, as in "I did this", whereas the J-dude said that he was merely channeling a higher power.

Greek holy men were often claimed to do this, causing quite astonishing parallels to Jesus. Pythagoras of all people was claimed to do this in addition to random magic acts like getting an eagle to go to him. Under France's divine-right absolute monarchy, the King supposedly had this power. The King touches you, God heals you. In addition, clerics and, to a lesser degree, druids are capable wielders of healing of the spellcasting variety.

Paladins and Rangers are too, although they're both primarily combat classes that only have magic as supplement. Bards can use the healing spells, too. Tricked-out Healbot Paladins in 5th Edition actually get three different kinds of healing magic, all touch-based. Two work by default, one requires a specific career path. This theoretically frees them from having to load up on healing magic to the exclusion of more "interesting" spells, but doesn't do much to dispel the "heal-bot" image the class suffers from in some players' minds.

Their being bar none the most powerful class as of Third Edition, though, does. All core non-"mass" healing spells require touches, meaning a lot of them qualify. One of these is " Touch of Healing ". Soto, a strangulation-oriented villain in the Ravenloft setting, was given this power as part of his Ironic Hell. He can't turn it off. It is nearly unique for such abilities in that it has no effect on the undead , good or bad.

In Path Finder , Paladins gain the ability to heal specific status problems like poison, fatigue, disease and even curses with Lay On Hands with 'Mercies',and they gain access to more mercies as they level up. Some require having certain others to access. Any mage with enough knowledge of Life magic in either Mage: The Awakening or Mage: The Ascension can do this. The Apocalypse can learn Gifts for this. The Oblivion , wraiths who know Usury can heal via equivalent exchange, sacrificing part of their being to heal both wraiths and living humans, or taking others' life force to heal themselves Stealing life force, however, strengthens the Shadow.

Wraith 20th enables them to let other people make the equivalent exchange as well. Interestingly having actual medical knowledge is useful when using magic to heal a wound. The Heal spell from Shadowrun requires hands to be placed on the affected area. In Warhammer the champion of Tzeentch Aekold Helbrass does this uncontrollably, causing anyone close to him to regenerate. This can include the enemy he just stabbed.

The ability also causes plants to flourish wherever he walks. Exalted has a number of examples: The Medicine Charms of the Solar Exalted really stand out. They allow a skilled surgeon to cut treatment time radically, instantly purge a person of poisons through proper manipulation of Essence, and regrow severed limbs. While Solar charms are capable of impressive feats, the most impressive effects require an hour of treatment and a day of rest to manifest, specifically averting the instant healing side of this trope, although it still turns months of bed rest into mere hours.

Alternatively, there is a martial art that allows one to heal a character instantly by punching him, repeatedly. In the Trinity Universe: At the higher levels of power, they can cure cancer and regenerate limbs, although it takes from days to months for a patient to properly recuperate. Novas in Aberrant can heal injuries, stop disease and poison, and regenerate limbs and organs. Mesmerists in Adventure can heal others' wounds by touching them and concentrating for a moment.

The Next Stage in Human Evolution espers with biofeedback may be able to do this, depending on their talent build. The Painkiller archetype is depicted doing this. Mostly the domain of White in Magic: The Gathering , though Green also gets some. In the musical Violet , the title character is seeking the healing touch of the televangelist, leading to the bus trip from her family's farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, to the televangelist's headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. All Toa of Water are able to heal others it is unknown if any other types of Toa can , but they have to sacrifice some of their Toa Power or someone else's to do so.

Gali healed Tahu of a Rakshi-inflicted wound by using hers, Lewa's, and Kopaka's elemental powers. There appeared to be no permanent loss of of their Power, just fatigue. The current Turaga used to be Toa, and were changed by pouring their power into the Matoran to wake them all up after they were put to sleep by Makuta. They had already imbued the six Toa Stones that were used to call Tahu's team with their energies, ensuring the future of their people.

Even if the game uses a standardized magic system , odds are she'll have some kind of special unique healing ability. In the Final Fantasy series, the category of spells that focuses primarily on healing usually with a side-order of other defensive spells is known as White Magic. White Mages use it best, though other jobs, or just anyone you arbitrarily assign the ability to, may be capable of using it to a lesser degree depending on the game.

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Specific characters that have healing abilities are: Others like the Chansey line and Miltank have the moves Softboiled and Milk Drink to heal others outside battle. V introduced Heal Pulse, a move that can heal any Pokemon in battle other than the user. Even your opponent's pokemon.

Yellow in the Manga also has the power to heal Pokemon by touching them. The difference is that she is a Trainer. She's not the only one with that power Revealed in the sequel! Micaiah from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn from the above picture has the aptly-named "Healing Hand" or Sacrifice in the English adaptation.

More of a sacrifice than anything, as she uses her life force to heal others. Notable because she is one of the lead characters, the other being Ike. It's kind of a double edged sword, though: On one hand, its only real uses are for EXP grinding by using it on someone and having Laura heal Micaiah and healing status effects something it does without HP loss.

It becomes even more useless once she can promote and use staves — they don't leave the already frail liability who gives a game over if she dies injured. On the other, it still retains situational uses for its ability to remove status effects without taking up inventory space and being unaffected by silence. If Micaiah is silenced, she cannot do anything but use this until the effect has passed.

In Fire Emblem Awakening , the Bond skill learned by Bri des at level 15 allows them to restore 10 HP to all allies in a 3 tile radius at the beginning of each turn. Meaning, the Bride in question can heal people near her by simply staying there. In Fire Emblem Fates , the Amaterasu skill learned by Kinshi Knights at level 15 and Azura's personal skill Healing Descant heal allies standing in a 2 tile radius at the end of each turn.

Azura's son Shigure has the Perfect Pitch personal skill: The Elder Scrolls The series has numerous "Heal Other" spells, most of which are of the "On Touch" variety, naturally classed in the Restoration school of magic. For bonus points, Skyrim actually has one called "Healing Hands''.

Veloth, the legendary Chimer mystic who led his people away from the decadence of the Summerset Isles to their new homeland in Morrowind, was known to be a remarkable healer. Many Tribunal Temple healing spells bear his name in Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls Online has Veloth's Tear , a crystallized tear with immense restorative properties. Ness is a rare Hero example, although it is just one of many. Poo gets all the same healing capacities as Ness except Lifeup Omega and learns Healing Omega, which Ness never learns.

By the end of the game, you'll probably be using him mostly for healing powers. In fact, the protagonist of the first game never learns PSI that deals damage. However, most will end up never using them, since his magic power is better off being saved for his dragon transformations. Most will rely on Momo to heal instead, or just stick with items.

Raine from Tales of Symphonia is the team's healer, along with providing stat boosts and offense with the "Photon" and "Ray " spells. Kratos, Zelos, and Regal all also have secondary healing abilities. Mint, from Tales of Phantasia. She never gets past that stage, although she does eventually get Resurrection and a couple debuffs , which are useless.

Farah from Tales of Eternia , despite being a fist fighter, is given limited healing abilities. In the animated side story, they're depicted as Healing Hands. Whoever holds Undine in the game also has practically all the healing magic in the party. Hisui from Tales of Hearts routinely uses his healing arte to patch people up out of battle, and is the game's primary healer within it.

His sister Kohak eventually gains the most potent heal spells in the games, but long after Hisui's, and she never gains a good resurrection spell. Estelle from Tales of Vesperia is the first healer in the party. Her array of healing artes is far greater than that of either Karol or Raven. Her artes are also much more powerful. The storyline actually focuses quite heavily on Estelle's healing powers. Cheria from Tales of Graces earns her Healing Hands through a plot event and proceeds to found a group focused on healing those injured around the world.

Sophie also has these abilities. Jude is training as a doctor, though his abilities are hindered by his underdeveloped manalobe , Elize is a magical prodigy due to her doll boosting her powers , and Leia has already finished training as a nurse. All three are even stronger in Tales of Xillia 2. In Tales of the Abyss , healing requires the innate ability to use the Seventh Fonon.

Tear and Natalia are both acknowledged as skilled healers. Mia has several offensive abilities but is primarily a healer. The variable class system of Golden Sun means anyone can become the healer, but the secondary healing element is the earth element which is the one that has the Revive psyenergy , which is the element of the main hero in both games.

Despite the class system where anyone can have healing abilities, the story treats Mia and Piers as the healers of the group due to their natural affinity with the Mercury water element. The third game passes this role on to Mia's son. Alex is also said to be a powerful healer, and is seen using this ability on the party. Like Mia, this ability is passed on to his son. Although Jenna naturally gets a fire element healing spell that heals the whole party, so she can easily play the roll of healer in the game while remaining in her natural element.

Dark Dawn introduces wind-based healing spells. Karis has a weak but practical series of multi-target spells while Sveta has a series of moderately powerful single-target spells. Polka from Eternal Sonata. Both Frederic Chopin and Serenade have direct healing abilities as well. Viola can heal also, though it seems to be some sort of fusion power with her bow. Chidori Yoshino from Persona 3 has life-giving abilities that even function on herself.

She uses them to save Junpei after he is shot to death by Takaya — at the cost of her own life. Hogs of War medics have this as one of their methods of healing, recovering 20 health and not ending their turn.

In multiplayer mode, the medics get infinite Healing Hands, leading to something of a Game-Breaker: They can then finish off by, say, tranquilising an opposition pig, forcing them to miss their turn when it comes round. Shoot the Medic First , indeed Paladins have Lay on Hands as a healing ability. On a long cooldown, they can heal a target for an amount equal to the Paladin's maximum health, and, at higher levels, restore some of their Mana.

However, it is suspected that either literal laying on of hands is not required For it's power, it is only usable every 20 minutes. Less literally, pretty all of other classes have potential methods to heal or resurrect their allies save for Death Knights, Hunters and Rogues.

Even then those two classes and be Alchemists to hand potions to their allies to heal them or get Goblin Jumper Cables as an Engineer to sometimes revive them. The Priest, Paladin, Shaman, Monk and Druid classes in particular are designed for the concept, with a talent tree dedicated to healing allies. The first game gave even nonmagical Good-aligned PC's some minor healing spells as freebies as they unlocked more of their Bhaalspawn potential. The sequel took them away again after Jon Irenicus stole the PC's soul , but they were obsolete by that point anyhow. Throne Of Bhaal introduced an item for paladins that could give extra healing to their lay on hands ability.

It could then be upgraded to give them full-on resurrection once per day. While it can occasionally come in very handy harhar , dedicated healers like Priests are much better at keeping the party alive with their divine spells. In Trauma Center , the "Healing Touch" is a mysterious power possessed by people thought to be descended from Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, which manifests as various methods of performing surgery extremely well. For Derek or Markus, the healing hands jack up his concentration, allowing him to move incredibly quickly and precisely represented in-game as time slowing down.

Nozomi's version causes the patient's vitals to improve every time she does something right thus fulfilling this trope most directly , and Valerie's freezes the patient's vitals in place regardless of any injuries that happen. Suikoden II has the protagonist using the Bright Shield rune. Out of four possible powers, the first heals the party, the second does moderate damage to enemies, the third heals the party more with the chance of giving Fury status which doubles attack damage , and the fourth uses HP to heal the party, with any leftover HP being used to harm the enemy.

It will get to the point that your protagonist is your primary healer, especially when he has to be in the party Dungeon Siege has a Nature Magic spell called healing hands. Riley from Dubloon , aside from lightning spells , has a repertoire of healing and alcohol restoring spells. This is used as a gameplay mechanic in Ghostbusters: The medic class in Global Agenda has a healing gun, healing grenades, and a "healing wave" — an inexplicable healing power that is an even-more inexplicable AOE effect emanating from the medic. It's seen in Athena: Joe Dever's Lone Wolf: The Healing disciplcine allows Lone Wolf to do this.

Super Mario RPG has two characters with healing abilities. Mallow can summon a cloud with a happy face, in typical Mario fashion that rains on people to heal them. Princess Toadstool joins your party knowing two healing spells by default; the single-target Therapy, and the less powerful but multi-target Group Hug making this trope very literal. The Stick of Truth: This is Butters' special ability, which involves him literally patting you on the back and assuring you that everything's going to be OK. Note that this is the only time your character smiles in-game.

Aya in Parasite Eve has several types of healing abilities; a few restore HP based on varying amounts, another gives her a health regeneration effect, and another can fully restore her HP and cure her of status ailments. The sequel simplifies her healing abilities, but their purposes are still the same.

Infamous Second Son has Deslin Rowe use his powers in a similar healing capacity, though his power sets smoke, neon, video, and concrete are pretty Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass: There's at least three skills for healing others. Shepherds in Nexus Clash get this as a basic ability and can heal up their allies with ease with no equipment whatsoever. If they become Advocates , they can do away with the need to touch and do it to everyone in the same building as themselves. Healing techniques are, surprisingly, typically available to several characters in each installment of the Phantasy Star series, which doesn't really discriminate between white and black magic as most RPGs do.

Res and Gires are the most common among various party members, with Nares and Rever often being reserved for the given game's medic. Mipha in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has this power; in one cutscene she heals Link's arm, and once she has been freed from Waterblight Ganon's grasp, her spirit will show up to heal Link if he loses all his hearts. In Kanon , it's revealed that Mai can heal others with her tears. Unfortunately, when news of her powers spread, the people around her condemned her as a freak.

Shandala, heroine of Broken Saints , demonstrates this on more than one occasion, first healing her brother Tui, then Oran. Huntsmen have powerful and well-trained Auras and can manifest those Auras physically as a Semblance that is unique to each person. This means they possess a natural ability to stave off normally life-threatening attacks and to self-heal most wounds.

However, if they're injured after their Aura runs out, or if the injury is too severe for their Auras to handle, they can receive life-threatening wounds. During the battle for Haven Academy, Weiss runs out of Aura and then receives a life-threatening injury that her friends, Ren and Jaune, are helpless to treat. Weiss is injured by the villain who killed her friend, Pyrrha ; that villain, Cinder , deliberately evokes Pyrrha's death to rub into Jaune's face how powerless he is against her. All she does is create the situation that allows Jaune to finally manifest his Semblance.

His hands glow white, bathing Weiss in a white glow, and her wounds begin to heal. Nora tells him it's a good thing his Semblance is healing, but he realises that's not what is happening: At the same time, he boosts all her other natural abilities, making her own Semblance that much more powerful in the process.

Waterfall Girl can use her water to heal wounds or bring popped balloons back to life. Melissa can heal herself and others via a golden pillar of light. Tristram of Earthsong can do this. In an example similar to Tristram from Earthsong , Warrick from Namesake can also heal others. He is referred to as a "mender", someone who can repair things and people easily.

This is present in some forms in Homestuck. Jane and Feferi, the Maid and Witch of Life respectively, both have the the ability to heal wounds, though with Jane's being the strongest. Aranea Serket, the Sylph of Light, plays with this: As Kanaya is also a Sylph, she could have similar abilities, though they are never shown.

Dimension of Lame Gwynn from Sluggy Freelance. Two of the villains have this. Jurinjo is known for his healing abilities, although his comrades don't think much of this You're like the white mage of the group! Both of them have used their abilities on the heroes. Also Sal Declan is able to use magic to put in stitches. Very useful if you have someone you really can't take to the doctor In Harkovast , the priestesses of Hevalla use magical healing water to return Sir Muir to the fight and just in time, as a bad guy breaks through the door a few moments later! In Oceanfalls , Nino's ability is this.

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He uses it to undo Five's Painful Transformation. Subverted in The Longest Sojourn where the Havenhealers' healing crystals don't just heal the patient but also saps lifeforce from the same patient to do the healing. And leaves a whole range of nasty side effects. Oh and it can kill the patient if they were too weak to begin with. Charby the Vampirate features: Mye, a zombie witch. While she is proficient in making potions, she can also literally kiss things better, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend and brother — other characters abuse Mye's helper's syndrome shamelessly.

Kavonn, the Hat Mage. Kavonn wields a massive ankh-topped staff and can cast highly varied spells, including healing ones. Lesser artifacts from the Hat can also grant healing magic. Zerlocke, a low-rank elite. As elites are nigh immortal and invulnerable with a whole set of other abilities, general magic is frowned upon. Zerlocke was one of the few to bother and possibly knows healing spells. Underling coils, actually Memoria. He heals up the children.

Matty gets these toward the end of the next chapter. Tamuran the knife cut heals up again as soon as the blood is taken. Lorelei in The Fourth has saved her friends a number of times with these. This is a standard magic type in Dominic Deegan. Gregory, in particular, starts out seemingly powerless but soon escalates his super-healing to ridiculous levels until it gets permanently removed.

He can near-instantly heal himself and anyone nearby, but this isn't as great as it sounds, as he often ends up healing his enemies by mistake.

One of the orcs also has this power, but healing people injures him. White Mage in 8-Bit Theater. Red Mage, too, though he rarely uses it because his teammates are all some combination of indestructible and insufferable , and he's too much of a nutcase to consider healing himself. Durkon is the main recurring culprit. In Sinfest , Lil' E accidentally surfs to a site of Jesus's healing people.

Kieri in Slightly Damned tries to use healing magic on Buwaro when he is apparently killed by an electrical attack by a Seraph. It's more an act of desperation , as she admits she lacks skill at it. It has been implied that she actually is better at it than she thinks she is, due to her self esteem issues. According to her brother, she is better at it than he is.

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After several of her friends are wounded in battle, she heals them quite easily, although in this case their wounds were not nearly as serious as what had previously happened to Buwaro. In Rusty and Co. Too bad she can't use it without causing an angelic ruckus. In Corgi Quest , Privious specializes in this due to her role as a Cleric. Bonabelle can also cast Cure Light Wounds in a pinch. In The Gamer , Han Jee-Han learns Yunhon Soul Recovery, a powerful technique he promptly uses to heal his best friend — gravely injured after a fight — so that his required recovery time goes from one month to one day.

In PS , the school "nurse" is a full-fledged medical doctor with a healing touch. In Grrl Power , the chief medical officer for Archon has a healing touch. However, she has to use it sparingly in order to keep up The Masquerade , and she can only help the body restore itself to its natural state; her powers do not work on ailments such as cancer.

The Porcelain Doctor's most prominent ability is this. Usually Medices are only able to trat cuts and shots, mostly muscle injuries. He is strong enough to mend bones, and might have been able to bring someone back to life. In the Whateley Universe , several characters have healing powers: Nikky "Fey" Reilly can cure serious wounds with magic. Chou "Bladedancer" Lee can use Taoist "chi" healing techniques through "laying on of hands". Every time Kerry Ellison heals someone, she takes on their illness or injury.

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