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(...) This is a marvellous and moving film. Through a powerful structure and strong images, it is able to offer keen insight into the unequal relationship between Christianity and traditional religion. It is a very sensitive film that is able to get beyond mere surface, and leads viewers deep into both contexts. The scenes filmed convey to viewers a sense of immediacy. The narratives around Borley and Emilia are as sympathetic as evocative.

At all times the film resists exoticization and spectacle. The voice-over, used at strategic moments, is devoted to the work of cultural translation, raising questions through which Western spectators may deepen their understanding of another culture, and the deep struggles therein, and find a human perspective. This film is cutting edge in its attempt to explore differences and commonalities between Christians and traditionalists.

It is a superb achievement that definitely appeals to scholars, but also as of great interest to a broader audience.

Birgit Meyer, Professor i Kulturantropologi / VU University Amsterdam

(...) I stedet for det vestlige verdens foretrukne ikon, den grædende kvinde, får vi her nærbilleder af undselig henrykkelse. Stærkest virker dog portrættet af en ung kvinde, der gennem kristendommen er blevet skilt fra sin himmelske elsker. Ingen, der har set disse billeder, vil nogen sinde glemme det udtryk af tom fortvivlelse, der følger på det teologiske hvide snit. Der er som nævnt svagheder, men de er for intet at regne imod den intelligens og professionalitet, der lyser ud af dette produkt, den første dokumentarfilm, jeg har set, der blot NÆRMER sig en forståelse af religiøse fænomener (…) og anbefales hermed alle, som har brug for billeder på en forståelse, der er så svær, fordi den er så fjern. Den er ganske simpelt fremragende!

Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff, forfatter, digter, filosof