Chapters 10, 11 and 12 Summary and Analysis

"The Beautiful Side of Evil"

This chapter picks up the author's story after her first encounter with Pachita in Chapter 1. In the weeks after that visit, the author experiences a series of circumstances that lead her to believe she is becoming more and more deeply connected to the spirit of God working through her. Among these experiences are two "operations" conducted by Pachita - or more accurately by Hermanito, the spirit who takes control of Pachita's body. The author describes these operations, and her participation in them, in considerable detail. She also writes of her wonder at how they could have happened, commenting that the vertebrae replacement in particular was medically impossible - but, she adds, she was there, she saw what happened, and knew there was no way that the operations could have been performed using any kind...