Regarding this issue
about the prior personal
development, by the
medium, as a condition
for a higher quality
“mediumistic filtration”,
it is worth mentioning
again another Yvonne
Pereira’s notable work,
"Delving into the
Invisible” (Devassando o
Invisivel). In its third
chapter, entitled
"Frederick Chopin, in
Spirituality", the great
composer Chopin would
have asked Yvonne to
study a little musical
theory, as he only knew
how to express himself
through music. Thus, if
Yvonne had a minimum of
musical knowledge,
Chopin could bring
musical compositions.
However, Yvonne did not
have the aforementioned
knowledge, nor the time,
money and/or
availability to create
such prerequisites.
Furthermore, she knew
that her doctrinal
contribution through the
texts themselves was
more important. Soon,
this Chopin-Spirit
project ended up being
left aside.
We can assume that it
was through the most
elementary scores or in
a simpler way that
Chopin could, with great
difficulty, bring the
music to Yvonne, but her
psychic influence would
limit Chopin's musical
quality, to the point
that he could not use
his famous name, as
critics would not
identify the
extraordinary composer.
In this way, what could
become important
evidence of the
immortality of the soul
and of mediumship would
end up being used to
demoralize the
mediumistic phenomenon,
and, consequently, the
very immortality of the
soul on the part of
skeptics and
materialists, unless it
only used a pseudonym.
However, considering
this last option, the
relevance of the work
would be substantially
diminished, in terms of
proving the survival of
the soul after the death
of the physical body.
Let us see what the
noble medium explains
regarding questions 3
and 4:
Yvonne: “3- The most
prudent way to manage
this part is the
following, practice
established in the most
enlightened and
judicious Spiritist
Centers:
a) Theoretical sessions
for the development of
the candidates. Crucial
study of “The Book of
Mediums” by Allan
Kardec, and other works
that help the effort to
tune one's own
vibrations with the
forces from above.
b) If candidates have
good morals, good health
and a desire to serve
God and others, if they
already attend study
sessions, taking
advantage of the
instructions received,
the criterion of the
Doctrine and the
responsibility assumed,
they will be able to
apply passes, in the
same center or outside
it, accompanied by more
experienced brothers,
when starting the
mister. This is the work
of faith and courage,
without bureaucracy, and
we have nothing to fear,
as we will be secretly
assisted by Christ's
messengers.
It would be a mistake,
however, to assume that,
in order to apply
passes, we need to
receive spirits and be
developed mediums. This
method is false,
unfortunate
infiltrations of other
currents of ideas in the
lucid Doctrine of the
Spirits, codified by
Allan Kardec.
Applying passes
judiciously, in the
sublime work of Charity,
with fervor,
responsibility and love,
the suitor will
certainly be assisted by
the messengers of good
and, if he has other
faculties, he will
develop them smoothly,
naturally, safely, in
spiritual bands
protective and
enlightened, without the
need to go through those
terrible obsessive
periods provoked by the
development sessions,
forcing the explosion of
the faculty that may not
exist. These are the
normal cases.
c) In addition to the
work on passes, the
candidate will be able
to attend practical
meetings called “of
charity” (not for
disobsession), outside
the table, in a “second
current”. May the
president not bother
with him. The day he,
the medium, feels any
abnormality, he sits
down at the table and,
for sure, the case will
be resolved.
He should also study the
Spiritist Doctrine and
the Gospel daily,
avoiding, however,
fanaticism for
mediumistic works and
carefully meditating on
the classics, observing
modern research; pray,
beg, offer your work to
Jesus, learning from him
to be good and humble of
heart and to renounce,
although the preparation
for the necessary
renunciations for the
good progress of the
works is slow,
progressive; and to do
charity, also without
fanaticism, rather
balanced and useful. It
is a moral renewal that
is necessary to achieve
good mediumship.
The medium, moreover,
should not and cannot
think about his own
duties just when he sits
at the table, but every
hour he lives, since he
is an antenna that is
always awake, that will
receive everything, and
that could harm himself
and his mediumistic work
for many different ways,
if he neglects his own
responsibilities.
For cases of obsession
or strong performances
in undeveloped mediums,
it will not be
convenient to develop
them on that occasion.
In this abnormal state,
the medium becomes a
sick person who needs
treatment first of all.
The most prudent thing
will be to transfer the
entity to another
medium, talk to him in
order to clarify him,
and treat the medium
cautiously, including
clarifying him as well.
To indoctrinate the
entity using the
tormented medium is to
harm him even more, as
he may not have the
necessary criteria for
such an undertaking, nor
bear the responsibility
of the commitment; to
develop his faculty on
this occasion is to open
up the possibility for
new obsessions.
Charitable work,
whatever it may be, will
be a saving resource
(Yvonne A. Pereira).
The clarity and
objectivity of Yvonne
Pereira's text is
impressive.
Interestingly, her
recommendation so that
“candidates for
mediumship” can consider
the possibility of
working with the passes,
as a mediumship
preparation, since, in
fact, such practice can
help in the so-called
“fluidic perception”, be
it (the fluid), coming
from Superior or
Inferior Spirits.
Also interesting is
Yvonne's recommendation
that the practice of the
passes, especially for
these beginners, be done
in a group, especially
when outside the
Spiritist Center.
Yvonne also emphasizes
that the Spiritist pass
completely dispenses
with the so-called
“mediumistic
incorporation”. In
addition, it is
highlighted that such
preparation of
candidates for
mediumship, before
attending mediumistic
development itself, is
spiritually safer for
the medium, as it occurs
“... without the need to
go through those
terrible obsessive
periods provoked by
development sessions ,
forcing the explosion of
faculty that may not
exist”.
Subsequently, Yvonne
recommends that when
candidates for
mediumship and/or
mediumistic meetings,
not necessarily
ostensive, are able to
attend mediumistic
meetings, they do not
necessarily remain
around the table.
Moreover she reinforces
that the medium “...Must
also study the Spiritist
Doctrine and the Gospel,
daily, avoiding,
however, fanaticism for
mediumistic works and
carefully meditating on
the classics, observing
modern research...”.
The question would be,
Are we studying the
Doctrine and the Gospel
daily?
We are studying, in
addition to mediumistic
works (and it is worth
remembering that Yvonne
was an action medium and
produced mediumistic
works of great value,
such as “Memoirs of a
Suicide”), the so-called
“classic works”, as well
as the books by Leon
Denis, Gabriel Delanne,
Ernesto Bozzano, among
others?
Another issue: are we
“looking at modern
research”?
These are reflections
that should be made by
all leaders,
indoctrinators, mediums
and militant Spiritists.
It should not be
forgotten that
mediumship is a gift
from God, which we must
not abuse.
We must, yes, treat it
with love and respect,
cultivate it with
method, humility and
skill.
It is useful to remember
that a medium will not
only be recommended to
produce beautiful pages
of literature, but also,
and above all, to
console suffering
hearts, wipe away tears
of affliction, help the
unfortunate, providing
them with Love and Hope,
because for that he has
the credentials of
intermediary between
Earth and Heaven (Yvonne
A. Pereira)”.
Yvonne Pereira comments
on the “various types”
of psychographic
mediums, implying that
each one has its own
characteristics, which
cannot be neglected by
directors and confreres,
when we create
expectations about what
they can produce as a
medium. Yvonne goes so
far as to say that this
“excessive pressure”
from peers is a
generating factor of the
psychic
phenomenon.Yvonne also
emphasizes that “being a
medium” is not enough to
be a good psychographer:
“If the medium does not
have literary gifts, it
will be in vain to try,
as he will only obtain
mediocre productions”.
If we accept this
interesting and
reasonable comment, we
have to admit that Chico
Xavier, Yvonne Pereira
and Divaldo Franco may
not have had the
opportunity to enjoy
many years of schooling
in this last
incarnation, but they
were not “properly
ignorant individuals”
(not even in their
youth), as we have
already seen some
individuals claim.It is
evident that Yvonne is
concerned with the goals
and productivity of
mediumistic work. We do
not always identify the
quality of the products
of this work at first,
but after a certain
time, we will be able to
perceive the level of
contribution and/or
limitations of the
mediumistic effort. In
any case, trying to take
various preparatory
measures, foreseeing
problems and acting
without haste, we will
tend to build a
mediumistic work with a
more solid quality and a
more significant
contribution to the
spiritist effort.
Yvonne also reinforces
that “poet psychography
mediumship” is a very
peculiar specialty and
difficult to obtain. She
tells the medium:
“Poetry is in the same
condition: not all
literary mediums will
produce poetry, as this
gift is another
specialty in
psychography”.
Yvonne comments that her
discussion on the
respective subject was
the “result of long
observations around the
case, the advice of the
Good Spirits and the
recommendations of the
great masters of the
Spiritist Doctrine”.
In conclusion, our
admirable confrere
states: “It is important
not to forget that
mediumship is a gift
from God, which we must
not abuse”. And she
adds: “We must, yes,
treat him with love and
respect, cultivate him
with method, humility
and skill, based on the
Gospel, making him an
instrument of Charity
and Faith”.
It is evident that
Yvonne is concerned with
the goals and
productivity of
mediumistic work. We do
not always identify the
quality of the products
of this work at first,
but after a certain
time, we will be able to
perceive the level of
contribution and/or
limitations of the
mediumistic effort. In
any case, trying to take
various preparatory
measures, foreseeing
problems and acting
without haste, we will
tend to build a
mediumistic work with a
more solid quality and a
more significant
contribution to the
spiritist effort.
Concluding our study
based on the last
chapter of “Canticles of
the Heart – volume II”
(Chapter IX –
“Considerations on
Mediumship”) by Yvonne
do Amaral Pereira, we
transcribe the
commentary of the
admirable Spiritist
writer Herminio C.
Miranda. Herminio says
about this publication:
“Writings by Yvonne
Pereira will always be
welcome. For this
reason, we salute this
collection that,
inspired by the
companions of “Leon
Denis” fetched from the
forgotten pages of
“Workers of the Good”.
This visit from the dear
and devoted worker is a
joy, with whom we will
be able to live a little
longer, through her
texts full of teachings
gathered in decades of
study and practice of
the blessed Doctrine of
the Spirits. She has
what to say and she says
it with authority,
competence and
sobriety.”
Bibliographic
references:
Pereira, Y. A. Songs of
the Heart (Cânticos do
Coração – Volume II
(Spiritist Realities).
First edition. CELD
editions. Rio de
Janeiro-RJ, 1994.
Kardec, A. The Book of
Mediums [translation by
Evandro N. Bezerra].
Second edition.
Brazilian Spiritist
Federation (FEB).
Brasilia DF. 2021.
Kardec, A. The Book of
Spirits [translation by
Evandro N. Bezerra].
Fourth edition.
Brazilian Spiritist
Federation (FEB).
Brasilia DF. 2021.
Pereira, Y. A. Delving
into the Invisible.
First special edition.
Brazilian Spiritist
Federation (FEB).
Brasilia DF. 2004.
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