Hundreds of Kashpirovsky fans came to say goodbye to the psychotherapist

Hundreds of fans of Anatoly Kashpirovsky came to the Great Funeral Hall of the Troekurovsky Cemetery in Moscow to say goodbye to the psychotherapist, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

Kashpirovsky died on Saturday at the age of 87. The farewell ceremony will begin at 12.00 Moscow time. People began to gather long before the hall opened - the line stretched along the cemetery alley. Among those who came were people of different ages and professions, many came from other regions of Russia.

Those who came share memories of how Kashpirovsky’s sessions helped them or their loved ones cope with ailments. They talk about cases that they call "miraculous healings."

“When in 1989 they started showing these health TV sessions on central television, I just laughed... Then one day I watched. I had a very deep scar. After the first session, it simply disappeared,” said one of Kashpirovsky’s fans.

Among those who came to see the psychotherapist off on his last journey are participants in the show “Battle of Psychics,” who also express admiration for Kashpirovsky’s talent.

Kashpirovsky was born on August 11, 1939 in the village of Stavnitsa in western Ukraine. The father was a military man, so the family often changed their place of residence. In his youth, the future psychotherapist was fond of weightlifting and wrestling, and became drawn to psychological literature in high school.

In 1962, he received a diploma from the Vinnitsa Medical Institute and worked for about 25 years as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist at the local hospital named after Academician A. I. Yushchenko.