Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
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
A Personal Note
Chapter Three: Sorting Out Spiritism vis a vis Spiritualism and Religion
Comparing Spiritism and Spiritualism
Is Spiritism a Religion?
A Map of Spiritual Evolution
Chapter Four: Supporting Personal Spiritual Evolution
The Levels of Spiritual Evolution
Physical
Emotional
Mental
Integrated Personality
Levels of Initiation
The Faculties of the Spiritual Man or Woman
New Groups/New Religions
PART TWO
PORTRAITS OF CONTEMPORARY CENTERS
Chapter 5: Palmelo
Medical Intuition
Dis-Obsession and De-Possession
Marcel’s Schizophrenia
From Mental Illness to Mediumship
The Place and the People
Chapter 6: Busca Vida
Marlene’s Cancer Treatment
Laussac’s Electromagnetic Devices
Replacing Energy Passes
Vital to All Healing
Chapter 7: The Centro
Tania: Preventive Medicine
Cleide and Her Son: Confronting Cancer
Chapter 8: 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 9: Financial and Human Resources
The Organizational Structure
Managing Financial Resources
Raising Money
Allocating Money for Expenditures
Chapter 10: 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 Outside Brazil
Chapter 11: First Steps Toward Creating a Spiritist Center In Your Town
Fraternity and Fraternities
First Steps in the USA
Personal Note
Restrictions and Successes
Summary
Notes
Glossary
Appendix One: How Christianity Relates to the Concept of Reincarnation
References and Suggested Reading
Index
List of Diagrams:
The Spiritual Path/ The Path of Materialism
The Path to Abnormal Cell Growth