AUBURN – The Book Burrow on Center Street is hosting a free talk by Evan Mehlenbacher on “Spiritual Healing: How to do it” at 7 p.m. tonight.

The U.S. government surveyed 31,000 adults last year and found prayer is used as an alternative therapy for the treatment of illness and pain by 43 percent of the population. This talk explores how people use prayer to prevent disease, eliminate pain and improve well-being.

Mehlenbacher is a Christian Science practitioner and teacher of prayer-based healing. The Book Burrow and First Church of Christ, Scientist, Auburn, are jointly sponsoring the talk. For more information, call 344-6090.