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Emma Inc. Bragdon. Kardec's Spiritism: A Home for Healing and Spiritual Evolution
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Rustum Roy, PhD
Introduction
The US Health Care System
Kardecist Spiritist Centers Can Help
PART ONE: The Nature of "Kardecismo"
Chapter One: What is a Kardecist Spiritist Center?
Seminal Ideas-Structural Foundation
The Typical Kardecist Center
A Home for Energy Medicine
A Resource We Neither Have Nor Recognize
Chapter Two: The History
Demographics
Historical Perspective
Hippolyte Rivail/Allan Kardec
Kardec's Spiritism Comes to Brazil
Today's Leadership
On a Personal Note: Problems with Translations
Chapter Three: Sorting Out Spiritism vis à vis Spiritualism and Religion
Comparing Spiritism and Spiritualism
Is Spiritism a Religion?
A Map of Spiritual Evolution
Chapter Four: Supporting Personal Spiritual Evolution
Levels of Spiritual Evolution
The Physical Level
The Emotional Level
The Mental Level
The Integrated Personality Level
Levels of Initiation
Faculties of the Spiritual Man or Woman
New Groups/New Religions
PART TWO: Portraits of Contemporary Centers
Chapter Five: Palmelo
Medical Intuition
Dis-obsession and De-Possession
Marcel's Schizophrenia
From Mental Illness to Mediumship
The Place and the People
Chapter Six: Busca Vida
Marlene's Cancer Treatment
Laussac’s Electromagnetic Devices
Replacing Energy Passes
Vital to all Healing
Chapter Seven: Centro
Tania: Preventive Medicine
Cleide and Her Son: Confronting Cancer
Chapter Eight: The Brazilian Federation of Spiritists of San Paulo (FEESP)
Help for the Addict
Elsie: Becoming a Leader
PART THREE: Building Blocks of Successful Kardecist Spiritist Centers
Chapter Nine: Financial and Human Resources
The Organizational Structure
Managing Financial Resources. Raising Money
Allocating Money for Expenditures
Chapter Ten: Classes and the Preparation of Teachers
The Basic Course
After the Basic Course: Further Study
Training for Mediumship
Training to Give Energy Passes
Preparation of Teachers
Finding Teachers and Mentors Outside Brazil
Chapter Eleven: First Steps Toward Creating A Center in Your Town
Fraternity and Fraternities
First Steps in the USA
Personal Note
Restrictions and Successes
Summary
Glossary
Appendix One: How Christianity Relates to the Concept of Reincarnation
References
Recommended Reading
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I deeply appreciate the generosity of Laurance Rockefeller and the Lloyd Symington Foundation who sponsored the research and printing of this book.
I have had the great good fortune to come to know Elsie Dubugras and Martha G. Thomaz, two women who have been leaders in the development of Kardecist Spiritism in Brazil since the 1940s. I have learned much from their wisdom, good humor, and dedication to the path of service. Julika Kiskos, a Brazilian psychologist, both introduced me to these leaders, and helped me understand Spiritism through the lens of Parapsychology. She took Spiritism "out of the clouds of mysticism" and anchored it into the footprint of science, as her teacher, Hernani Andrade, did.
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- Dr. Mitchell Krucoff, Duke University17
People are recognizing that there is a spiritual component to being healthy, and healing. 84% of Americans think that praying for the sick improves their chances of recovery18. Many are looking for a way to develop spiritually, not sure where to turn, and concerned with how to maintain a meaningful connection to community. In Brazil, some of these individuals have found their way to Kardecist Centers where they take training to become healers, take classes to study Kardec's philosophy, and learn about spiritual dimensions within an ecumenically-based, caring community.
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