The mechanism of the communications; conditions, affinity and harmony

We present in this issue the topic #99 from the Systematized Study of the Spiritist Doctrine, that is being presented weekly, according to the programme elaborated by the Brazilian Spiritist Federation (FEB), structured in 6 modules and 147 topics.

If the reader uses this program for a study group, we suggest that questions proposed be discussed freely before the reading of the text that follows. If you would like to study alone, we ask you to try to answer the questions at first and only then read the text that follows. The answer key can be found at the end of the lesson. 

Questions

1. According to the Spiritism, what is a medium?

2. Can we say that the mediumistic faculty is rooted in the organism of the people?

3. Is there any difference between fluidic affinity and moral affinity?

4. What are the existent difficulties in the mediumistic practice which we should remedy or at least minimize?

5. What are the factors that are important for the achievement of a productive mediumistic work?
 

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The mediumistic faculty depends on the organism of the people

1. Mediums, teaches the Spiritism, are people who are able to feel the influence of the spirits and convey their thoughts. The mediumship is an inherent faculty to the man, since few are those who do not have the rudiment of such faculty.

2. The perispiritual fluid is the agent of all spiritual phenomena, which can only be produced by the interplay of fluids from the medium and the Spirit. The development of the mediumistic faculty depends, therefore, on the nature more or less expansive of the perispirit of the medium and on the more or less facility of being assimilated by the perispirit of the spirit who will communicate through the medium.

3. The mediumistic faculty, therefore, depends on the organism and can be developed when the principle exists in the individual. The organic predisposition does not depend, however, on the person's age, gender and temperament.

4. The relationship between spirits and mediums are established through their perispirits, depending on the ease of these relations, on the degree of affinity between them. We can not, however, never ignore that the mind remains the basis of all mediumistic phenomena.

Fluidic affinity and moral affinity are different things

5. We learnt with André Luiz that every soul involves in the circle of the living forces which sweat from one’s mental breath, in the sphere of the creatures that emanate it, in obedience to their needs of adjustment or growth for the immortality. We act and react one on the other - tells André Luiz - through the mental energy we are constantly renewing, creating, nurturing and destroying forms and situations, landscapes and things, in the structuring of our destiny.

6. There can be, between a particular spirit and a medium, fluidic affinity and no moral affinity, as there can be moral affinity and no fluidic affinity. This, the fluidic affinity depends on the constitution of the spiritual body of the medium and of the Spirit’s. The moral affinity is the consequence of the spiritual advancement reached by one and other.

7. There are some difficulties in the mediumistic practice that we should, whenever possible, seek to rectify, or at least minimize. We highlight, among them, the lack of study, the deficiency of moral illumination, the lack of perseverance, lack of attendance, the impatience etc. These deficiencies can lead to difficulty in harmonizing the vibrations and thoughts.

8. It is exactly in the combination of psychic forces and thoughts between the mediums and experimenters, on one side, and between them and the spirits, on another side, that law of the demonstrations entirely lays on.

Harmony is essential to a good mediumistic reunion  

9. The conditions of experiments are favourable when the medium and the assistants constitute a harmonic group. Other factors that also favour the success of the mediumistic meetings are the silence and meditation. If, however, there is disagreement or disharmony in the team, there will be clear difficulties in achieving a good mediumistic exchange.

10. Quite often, the lack of method, lack of continuity and lack of a safe direction in the mediumistic experiences may make sterile the good will of the mediums and the aspirations, even if legitimate, of the experimenters.

11. Aware that the mediumistic communications must be rigorously examined, the medium must accept gratefully, and even ask the critical examination of the  communications which one was the intermediary.

12. A productive mediumistic work should therefore take precedence for the study, for the effort on moral improvement, for the perseverance, for the humility, for the attendance, for the discipline on the part of the members of the team, and be exercised in an environment of silence, prayer, meditation and seriousness focusing on the welfare and spiritual improvement of the next.  

Answer Key

1. According to the Spiritism, what is a medium? 

A.: Medium is the person who is able to feel the influence of the spirits and convey their thoughts. The mediumship is an inherent faculty to the man, since few are those who do not have the rudiment of such faculty.

2. Can we say that the mediumistic faculty is rooted in the organism of the people?

A.: Yes. The mediumistic faculty depends on the organism and can be developed when the principle exists in the individual. The organic predisposition does not depend, however, on the person's age, gender and temperament.

3. Is there any difference between fluidic affinity and moral affinity?

A.: Yes. There can be, between a particular spirit and a medium, fluidic affinity and no moral affinity, as there can be moral affinity and no fluidic affinity. The fluidic affinity depends on the constitution of the spiritual body of the medium and of the Spirit’s. The moral affinity is the consequence of the spiritual advancement reached by one and other.

4. What are the existent difficulties in the mediumistic practice which we should remedy or at least minimize?

A.: The difficulties that we must rectify or minimize are, mainly, the lack of study, the deficiency of moral illumination, the lack of perseverance, lack of attendance and impatience.

5. What are the factors that are important for the achievement of a productive mediumistic work?

A.: The conditions of experiments are favourable when the medium and assistants constitute a harminic group. A productive mediumistic work should, also, take precedence for the study, for the effort on moral improvement, for the perseverance, for the humility, for the attendance, for the discipline on the part of the members of the team, and be exercised in an environment of silence, prayer, meditation and seriousness focusing on the welfare and spiritual improvement of the next.

 

Bibliography:

The Book of Mediums;  by Allan Kardec, FEB, 41st ed., Ch. 29, item 329, and cap. 31, item XXIII.

Posthumous works;  by Allan Kardec, FEB, 13th ed., Manifestations of spirits, items 33 to 35.

In the Invisible;  by Léon Denis, FEB, 7th edition, pp. 84 and 89.

Mediumship without tears;  by Elisha Rigonatti, LAKE, 5th ed., Pp. 34, 46 and 47.

In the fields of the Mediumship;  by André Luiz, Chico Xavier of psychographic, FEB, 9th ed., Pp. 11 to 17.