Johanna Brandt

Health writings

Brandt published about twenty pamphlets on the subject of natural remedies for health problems. Her best-known publications are The Grape Cure and Fasting Book. The conclusions expressed by Brandt in The Grape Cure have been denounced as "quackery", however, Brandt's book was an influence for South African author, Essie Honiball, who wrote I Live on Fruit, and Basil Shackleton, author of The Grape Cure: A Personal Testament.

Prophecy

Brandt wrote about revelations that were allegedly made to her on the evening of her mother's death on 7 December 1917 in Pretoria. She published these prophetic revelations in a book called The Millennium in 1918. Her other religious work was the Paraclete, or Coming World Mother which was published in 1936. The works include prophecies for South Africa in which she warns the "tribes" that they must heed their "masters" and of a "dark future".

Legacy

In 2000, the South African Post office created a series of stamps about the writers of the Boer War, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Winston Churchill. Johanna Brandt appears on the 1.30 rand stamp together with Sol Plaatje and the Anglo-Boer War Medal.

Major works

Het concentratie-kamp van Iréne (Amsterdam: Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1905). Die Kappie Kommando, of Boerevrouwen in Geheime Dienst (Amsterdam: J. H. De Bussy & Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1913).

Die Millenium, een voorspelling (Bloemfontein, Eigenverlag 1918). The Millenium – A Prophetic Message to the Native Tribes of South Africa (1918). Die smeltkroes (1920). The Grape Cure, USA: Metaphysical Concepts, 1927. Fasting (describes her visions & spiritual experiences when fasting) The Fasting-Book: a book on the creation and redemption of the body, Edition 2, De Nationale Pers, 1931, 229 pages.