Divaldo Franco

Divaldo Franco

Divaldo Pereira Franco Humanitarian and worldwide renowned Spiritist speaker and medium, Mr. Franco has given more than 14, 000 lectures and spoken in 56 countries. Through his mediumship, he has published over 200 books. Born in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, on May 5th, 1927. He has been, for almost 60 years, a spiritual speaker and writer, having devoted more than 50 years to spirituality and more than 40 years dedicated taking care of the orphan children of Salvador, Bahia Brazil. On the 15th of August, 1952, he founded (along with his cousin Nilson de Souza Pereira), the "House of Assistance" (Mansão do Caminho), a Village responsible for the orientation and education of over 33,000 devoid children and adolescents.

Since his infancy, he claimed to be able to communicate with spirits.

When he was young, he was traumatized by the death of his two older brothers, so much so that he became sick. He was taken to several Medical specialists, none of whom could give a satisfactory diagnosis. Thereafter, he met Dr. Ana Ribeiro Borges, who persuaded him to take up the Spiritism . During his period of convalescence, he dedicated himself to the study of spiritism, as his health improved became clear for him that he was in the right path. His medical ailments belonged now to the past.

He moved to Salvador in 1945, to try for a position at the IPASE, an institute for the assistance of Civil Servants. He enterred on the 5 December 1945 as a clerk.

At that stage a fervent spiritist, he founded the CECR (Spiritist Centre of Redemption) on 7 September 1947.

Brazilian Spiritist developed its own characteristics. Focusing on the subject of moral improvement in their publications. Francisco Cândido Xavier and Divaldo Pereira Franco are some of the most popular mediums. (Leão, F.C.; Lotufo Neto, F.)

After the disincarnation of the brazilian medium Francisco "Chico" Xavier in 2002 at age 92, Divaldo Pereira Franco became the most representative figure of the Kardecian Spiritism worldwide. Providing guidance about the ethical aspect of a proper medium's life to those developing mediumship,and those interested on the relation between pathology and mediumship.(Dobroruka 2005)

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In April 2007, almost 300 Spiritists from 16 states gathered in Baltimore, U.S.for an historic occasion. It was the 150th anniversary of Spiritism founder Allan Kardec's spirit-dictated work "The Spirits' Book" and it was the first time a Spiritist Symposium has been held in the United States totally in English. Famous Spiritist medium, Divaldo Franco said in a greeting to the Symposium:

"We finally transfer the Spiritist knowledge to the American hands. A new Era has arrived." Until now, all Spiritist meetings were conducted largely in Spanish or Portugese.

Books about Divaldo

• "Divaldo, médium ou gênio?" - by journalist Fernando Pinto, 1976, 160 pags;
• "Moldando o Terceiro Milênio - Life and work of Divaldo Pereira Franco" - By journalist Fernando Worm;
• "O Semeador de Estrelas" - By Suely Caldas Schubert Stories about Divaldo's life;
• "Viagens e entrevistas" - By Yvon Luz. Different interviews with Divaldo.

Books by Divaldo translated to English

• Child of God (1986)
• Recipes for Peace (1996)
• Self-Discovery: An Inner Search (2005)
• Living and Loving (Audio CD - 2005)
• The Dynamics of Our Sixth Sense (2006)
• Obsession (1979)
• I Love Myself, I Am Addiction-free: Spiritual Tools to Fight Addiction (2005)
• The New Generation: The Spiritist View on Indigo and Crystal Children with Vanessa Anseloni (2007)
• Open Your Heart and Find Happiness (2006)
• Therapeutic Visualizations - (Audio CD - 2005)
• Understanding Spiritual and Mental Health (2005)

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In 2006, as part of the U.S.Conferences tour Divaldo presented a Special Seminar with Raymond Moody Jr. MD, PhD, about "Visionary encounters with departed ones" and the "Spiritist therapy for those who stayed"

References

• House of the Path:Mansão do Caminho Web site
• Official Web site of Divaldo Franco
• Non-Official Biography of Divaldo Franco
• Radio Program Spiritist Presence - Presença Espírita, recorded lectures by Divaldo Franco (Portuguese)

Notes

• Egby, Robert (2007-05-18). "Parapsychic Journal Edition #51". Retrieved 2007-10-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Leão, F.C.; Lotufo Neto, F. (2007). "Rev. Psiq. Clín. 34, supl 1; 23-28, 2007". Retrieved 2007-10-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Dobroruka, Vicente (May 2005). "Aspects of Late Second Temple Jewish Apocalyptic: A cross cultural comparison. Oxford Univ.Pag.101" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-10-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)