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Good news! I am a healer. No scar.
Harry explaining his power to Maggie[src]


Healing is the power to restore an individual to full health and pristine condition. It seems to be a power exclusive to Whitelighters. However, some magical objects and potions provide healing effects as well.

Overview[]

The power to heal must be activated with a hand over the wound. When the power is used, a white light shines brightly from the wielder's hand as the injury is healed. This power does not seem to require too much focus as Harry Greenwood was able to heal Cameron Russo without needing to look at him.[1] After Jordan Chase developed the ability, his power is shown to be channeled through a dim white blue-ish light from his fingers.

Typically, users of this power are able to sense their patients' energy while healing, as it was also mentioned by Jordan Chase, and are capable of telling if their patient is going to be safe or if it's too late and they are already dead.

The power may take longer to work when a being is closer to death. When healing Macy Vaughn from near death, Harry seemed to require more time and focus than usual to complete the healing.[2] However, a being that has been struck by deathbolts are unable to be healed from their certain death, as seen when Harry was unable to heal Charity Callahan after she was struck by her sister Fiona's deathbolts.[3] Whitelighters are also unable to heal self-inflicted wounds, as seen when Harry was unable to heal Helen McGantry after she had stabbed herself in the heart.

It is seemingly also possible for some users to be able to heal themselves, as when Jada Shields was shot with an arrow by a witch hunter, Mel stated that Jada was unable to heal the wound due to the anti-magic properties of the weapon.[4]

This power can also be used to ease the symptoms of or slow down the effect of curses.[5][6]

Extensions of Healing[]

It has been shown that Whitelighters possess various additional healing abilities that may be required for more serious injuries.

Poison Transferal[]

The users of this ability are able to save an individual from dying of poison by magically moving the poison into the user. It acts similarly to the ability to heal by restoring full health to the victim but has a secondary effect of causing the user to be infected by the poison instead. After transferring Darklighter Poison from Macy into himself, Harry was greatly affected and unable to orb or heal properly for a time. It is unclear if this is the case for ordinary poisons.

Coma Inducement[]

The users of this ability are able to place other beings that have been poisoned into a magically-induced coma in order to ward off the effects of the toxin and provide more time to find an antidote without the being dying.

Rapid Cellular Regeneration[]

Rapid Cellular Regeneration, also known as Self-Healing, is the power to heal and restore oneself to full health and pristine condition at an extremely fast rate.[7] Unlike Healing, Rapid Cellular Regeneration is a process that occurs automatically to the user's body without the need for activation, resulting in a constant state of optimal health. Little is known about this power, except the fact that the user's mRNA molecules can be harnessed through the combination of magic and science, to create a solution that will allow the user to share an aspect of their power to reprogram someone else's cells in order to heal them from something.[8] The same thing can happen through natural means, to the mother of the user while still pregnant to them, as they share the same blood.[9]

Known Users[]

Original Power
Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
Objects

Trivia[]

  • Like in the original series, healing projects light from the palm of the user's hand when utilized. However, unlike the golden yellow light of the original series, the light is white instead in the rebooted series. This might be the power that gave Whitelighters their name.
  • Unlike in the original series, where it takes a short while to heal any type of injury, healing is ordinarily near instantaneous.
  • In the original series, Whitelighters could not use their power to heal themselves, but they could be healed by other Whitelighters. They also possessed additional regenerative and reconstituting abilities for such purposes. In the reboot, while it is unknown if regular Whitelighters can heal themselves, it was implied in "Touched by a Demon" that Whitelighter-Witches can. However, it could be presumed that they cannot, because Harry didn't even think to try to heal himself from the Malignants' parasite in "Dance Like No One is Witching". Although, it is also possible that the parasite is one of the things that cannot be healed by the Whitelighters. The assumption that Whitelighters cannot heal themselves could further be cemented by the fact that, in "You Can't Go Home Again", Harry and Jordan tricked Frank the leprechaun into believing that they had poisoned a bottle of wine by proceeding to "heal" each other, instead of simply healing themselves. However, since this was simply a hoax scenario, it is still debatable.
    • Unlike Whitelighters in the original series, it can be also assumed that Whitelighters in the reboot do not possess any self-healing abilities, such as Rapid Cellular Regeneration. They do possess Enhanced Durability, albeit at a seemingly minimal level, as Harry was capable of surviving a fall from three stories in "Jingle Hell" with little damage but was mortally wounded when stabbed by Jimmy in "Safe Space".
  • Much like the original series, healing cannot be used on injuries caused by mental afflictions or self-inflicted wounds.
    • In the episode "Needs to Know" during season 2, this is demonstrated when Harry is unable to heal Helen McGantry after she stabbed herself. However, in "Memento Mori" from season 1, Harry successfully heals multiple burns on Macy's arm that she had intentionally placed there as a lead for herself, creating a continuity error. While it's not explicitly clarified, Helen's wound proves fatal, unlike Macy's self-inflicted burns, hinting at a potential difference beyond mere self-infliction — perhaps involving the intent behind the injury, such as a suicide attempt.
  • Among other things, this power is unable to heal fatal injuries caused by magic, such as Harry's inability to save Macy in "I Dreamed a Dream…" after she vanquished the Whispering Evil as he attempted to possess her and inadvertently left damage to her body on a cellular level.
  • Although not confirmed, it can be presumed that Whitelighters are unable to heal the dead like in the original series. It's been shown that healing a being close to death requires a great amount of focus and takes longer to complete the process.
  • It has not been shown if healing can repair clothing and other damaged objects like in the original show.
  • In the original series, healing did not work on evil beings and had half the effect on demonic hybrids. In the reboot, this does not appear to be the case, as Harry was able to heal Macy periodically and would have been able to heal Abigael if she had not taken a poison that somehow blocked his power.

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References[]

  1. "Pilot"
  2. "Sweet Tooth"
  3. "Red Rain"
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Touched by a Demon"
  5. "Cats and Camels and Elephants, oh my…"
  6. "Truth or Cares"
  7. Joey Falco's Tweet (Broken link: In the fall of 2023, Joey Falco deleted his Twitter account through which he gave most of the information about the show.)
  8. What to Expect When You're Expecting the Apocalypse
  9. Schrodinger's Future
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