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THE PSYCHOGRAPHY
OF DIVALDO
FRANCO
(4)
Different themes
and literary
styles mark the
work
of the
medium
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It is worth
starting to
consider some
themes and
totally
different
literary styles,
contained in
books by
psychographic
medium Divaldo
Franco, written
by many
spiritual
authors. In this
article we will
make a more
thematic and
ample approach,
to give it a
good idea.
The literate
from Bahia
Amélia Augusta
Sacramento
Rodrigues (1861
1926), born in
Oliveira dos
Campinhos, in
Santo Amaro (Bahia),
she was a
teacher, a poet,
a translator and
lecturer, making
a great contribution to
the literary
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and cultural
history of Bahia. Eight
books dictated
by the medium
Divaldo, and all
took the form of
evangelical
narratives of
much beauty,
applying a
biblical
vocabulary and
the history of
early
Christianity. |
Consider some
excerpts, with
more specific
citations, just
to give an idea:
"Jesus loved the
Galilee and
their children.
He stated in
Capernaum that
hey were 'His
people'.
There He
exercised his
ministry in an
atmosphere of
total
contribution and
tenderness.
The landscape
rich in beauty
and color, the
creatures were
simple, sincere,
and diligent
devoid of
ashamed
ambition. He was
touched by
sublime
feelings.
Thus, to convene
the College, He
brought together
eleven disciples
in Galilee and
only one from
Judea, Judas
Iscariot who
betrayed Him.
The astute,
researching,
restless and
apprehensive
mind,
disharmonize the
feeling; it
becomes
suspicious,
leading to
disruption and
uncertainty.
Among the
disciples, Judas
stood out by not
achieving
behavioral or
emotional
relationship
with other
children of the
earth, and
sometimes they
were ironically
called.
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His presence
gave them
dignity, lifted
them up from
mystery and
littleness to a
peaking
unimaginable
future, a
rainbow of
blessings. "(Amélia
Rodrigues -
Wheat of God,
LEAL / BA, 1st
ed., Pp. 93.)
The themes of
Spirit Irmao X,
which is
Humberto de
Campos Veras
(1886-1934), are
very different
in relation to
the books of the
Spirit Amélia
Rodrigues. He
was born in
Miritiba (MA)
and passed away
in Rio de
Janeiro (RJ). He
was journalist,
columnist and a
successful
memoirist. He
gained further
prestige as a
writer when
published
humorous stories
as Conselheiro
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XX. He belonged
to the Brazilian
Academy of
Letters, and
wrote several
chronicles
through
Divaldo’s
mediumship. |
"Simon Peter! My
God, it’s the
Apostle Peter!
Yes, it was the
extraordinary
worker of the
Gospel. "
He dictated the
following
message to the
medium when
doing talks in
Rome / Italy,
coinciding with
the period of
the consecration
of Pope John
Paul I, Cardinal
Albino Luciani,
in September
1978. The
message is in
the book The
Department of
Spiritism, LEAL
Ed. / BA. The
Spirit narrated
an interesting
and profound
chronic,
representing an
imaginary
dialogue, when
the Apostle
Peter was found
after the
religious
ceremony:
"When the
pompous
celebration,
which made the
Cardinal Albino
Luciani, Pope
John Paul I, the
264th head of
the Roman
Catholic Church,
'successor of
the prince of
the apostles,
patriarch of the
Western World,
Premier of
Italy,
archbishop and
metropolitan of
the Roman
Province,
Sovereign of the
Vatican City and
Servant of the
servants of God,
the great square
of St. Peter in
the Vatican
City, was being
empty little by
little.
The first autumn
winds blew.
Almost
imperceptibly,
under the dome
of a few stars,
a figure that
roamed lonely,
took the
direction of the
path of
conciliation,
which leads to
the Castle of
St. Angelo,
darkly built in
the wetland by
the sleepy river
Tiber. I did not
rest my
curiosity and
approached the
wanderer that
seemed steeped
in deep thought.
By identifying
the melancholic
character, sped
up my step and
exclaimed,
reverent, moved:
- Simon Peter!
My God, the
Apostle Peter!
Yes, it was the
extraordinary
worker of the
Gospel.
Neither host of
angels nor a
retinue of
saints was with
him. Not one
blessed or any
celestial
entourage was
present. The
humble clothing
of fabric, the
sandals of
pilgrims and the
expression of
infinite sorrow,
marking his
rugged and
crested face
with the old
deal and
sacrifices, were
the mark of the
apostolic days
revived in him.
- Where are you
going, sir?
- Out of the
Vatican,
returning to the
ways of human
suffering to
serve Jesus.
- You came to
the Mass
celebration – I
decided to ask -
and to watch the
appointment of
the one who will
be your direct
successor as
Vicar of Christ
on Earth?
The Apostle, who
had a life
between the
beams of a rough
and brutal cross
looked toward
the huge hills
and great
buildings,
paused his
voice, repeating
the Galilean
prophet, said:
- Yes I was
notified of the
ceremony and
decided to meet
you. However,
since I arrived,
not found, even
at a time, the
presence of
Jesus here. The
opulence, the
ritual, the
liturgy reminded
me the transient
values of the
world ... "-
Brother X (Humberto
de Campos) - (A
Service of
Spiritism,
Nilson Pereira /
Divaldo, LEAL /
BA, 1st ed. Pp.
127.)
"It is
regrettable that
the gap between
the psychiatric
and
psychotherapeutic
spiritual
therapy
persists."
But the Spirit
Manoel Philomeno
Batista de
Miranda
(1876 1942),
born in Conde
(BA), worked in
the business
sector. He
became a
spiritist in
1914 and was a
major
contributor of
the
União Espírita
Baiana
in Salvador
(BA). He wrote
eight books
through the
medium Divaldo.
Themes explored
in these works
are completely
different from
those form the
spirits
mentioned
above(Amélia
Rodrigues and
Brother X),
focusing on the
obsession and
linking them
with psychiatric
problems, is
also worth a
specific
vocabulary, with
many historical
citations,
academic and
revealing deep
knowledge of
area.
Let us analyze:
"From the
psychiatric
point of view
she (Julinda)
has a picture of
manic-depressive
psychosis, which
is present with
increasing
severity. From
an initial
euphoria it
became a
distressing
depression,
building a
scheme of self
destruction.
"Initially they
applied the
resources of
balneotherapy,
trying-to
produce a better
peripheral blood
flow through
slightly warm
quick showers.
Soon after,
opiates were
used and now
will be joined
by barbiturates
and electroshock
derivatives
without more
meaningful and
favorable
results.
"Thanks to the
financial
resources
available we can
keep her
isolated and
under regular
care. Beside
these, the moral
of the tender
devotion of mom
and her husband
have been of
great benefit,
avoiding her
greater evils.
- It is
regrettable that
the gap persists
between the
psychiatric and
psychotherapeutic
spiritual
therapy. In the
case above, are
resulting
fruitless, if
not harmful,
treatments based
on derivatives
of barbiturates,
as the
electroshock.
"From a
psychiatric
point of view,
it is argued
that the Bipolar
disorder (LDCs)
as schizophrenia
are an"
endogenous
psychosis ",
whose cause is
in the genes, a
hereditary
transmitted to
another
generation, and,
therefore,
inevitable and
unfortunate fate
for the
children of
carriers of the
disease,
especially the
victims of
so-called
"convergence
hereditary."
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"It is within
this place, that
the excessive
pathological
diversion
becomes a
cycloid, added
to physical
education in
which the forces
are present
predominantly in
the visceral
glands
responsible for
the
determination of
humor, it is
responsible for
the
manic-depressive
psychosis. As
they say, it is
just the cycloid
constitution,
which provides
resources for
the emergence of
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manic-depressive
psychosis,
becoming thus
the hereditary
inducer.
"Other scholars
assert that LDCs
result from
endocrine
alterations,
particularly in
the tables of
manias and
melancholy.
"Although many
psychiatrists
believe factors
such as changes
in prevailing
organic
chemicals... -
Manoel Philomeno
de Miranda (In
the Borders of
Madness, LEAL /
BA, 1st ed., Pp.
29.)
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Francisco do
Monte Alverne
said through
Divaldo
a work of
theological
reflection |
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Admirable is the
approach and the
vocabulary of
the Spirit
Manoel Philomeno
de Miranda,
Totally
different from
the various
spirits seen
above. In the
same way a
comment needs to
be done of the
Spirit of Mount
Alverne
Francisco
(1784-1858),
speaker sacrum,
Franciscan, born
and passed away
in Rio de
Janeiro. He was
professor of
philosophy,
theology and
eloquence at the
College of São
Paulo,
considered the
greatest sacred
preacher of his
time. Divaldo
psychographed
the book
Spiritual
Anthology, Ed.
IDE / Araras /
SP, published in
1981. The Spirit
of Mount Alverne
Francisco said
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through Divaldo
a work of
theological
reflection. He
reflected on the
cross, heaven,
hell, the called
and chosen ones,
love, charity
etc.., from
references to
biblical texts,
all of course
under the lights
of the Spiritist
Doctrine. It is
interesting that
in Speaking
Works from
his sacred
speaker, which
is a collection
of his speeches,
complied in two
thick volumes,
Ed. Guarnier, he
drew a
significant
peculiarity.
There is the
important detail
that more than
half of the
chapters of
oratorical works
represented a
eulogy (which is
a laudatory
speech in praise
of someone or
something). The
word eulogy,
highlight it, is
little known and
used by ordinary
people in the
twentieth
century and the
beginning of the
XXI century. For
example, in life
he wrote the
panegyric of St.
Sebastian, the
panegyric of St.
Francisco de
Paula, the
panegyric of St.
Lawrence, the
panegyric of St.
Joaquim etc. On
his
psychographed
work Spiritual
Anthology, by
Divaldo’s
mediumship, just
as almost half
the book was
also made of
panegyric, and
the panegyric of
the Fire of
Love, Life
eulogy,
panegyric of the
Faith,
Dedication of
panegyric,
eulogy of
Knowledge, the
eulogy Charity
etc. Finally, it
is a detail that
needs to be
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Among the
thousands of
personal
messages from
spirits to their
loved ones that
Divaldo
psychographed,
we see a message
dictated by the
Spirit Cristiane
Moraes Rodrigues
(1964-1980),
born in
Piracicaba (SP)
and passed away
in Itambé (BA).
On 28/01/1983,
the message was
sent by the
Spirit of
Cristiane
through Divaldo,
who did not know
her or anyone in
her family. It
appears that
there was no one
who knew
Cristiane at the
meeting in which
the Divaldo
psychographed
the message, (to
rule out any
theory of the
unconscious,
telepathy etc.).
This text
features more
than thirty
family details
(names, dates,
relationships,
places,
circumstances
etc.).
The message was
received by
Divaldo in
Uberaba, in the
Group Spirit of
Prayer, along
with Chico
Xavier
Look:
"Dear Mommy
Vilma *, bless
your daughter *.
We mix tears and
smiles in this
blessed night,
thanking God for
the happiness of
our
indescribable
love.
* Sixteen
Januaries ago,
on the
twenty-eighth *
in * Piracicaba,
I returned to
your loved arms,
reborn for the
brief encounter
in which the
accident * with
* the firearm
would invite me
to more accurate
meditations that
Friday *, the
twentieth of
June * two
years, seven
months and eight
days *... The
counting of the
time of our
physical
separation aims
to evoke the
joys we lived
together after
that longing
that consumes us
in the first
afflicting
hours.
I followed you
here and
meditated on our
Christmas party
* you wanted to
celebrate on
this sanctuary
of love, * where
our
correspondence
has continued to
talk of hope and
gratitude. We
are not
separated. *
Your daughter
Cris continues
growing to God
and trying to
follow the march
of progress
looking to our
bright future,
which included
the always
present Luiz *
dear father and
our beloved
family.
We participate
on the joy of
our * Ageu and
achievements of
our Luiz
Lourenço * and
our * John, I am
not sure of our
dear Taciana *,
you and father,
have a very
happy moment in
our home * for
it to become a
star, radiating
light, even when
it took some
stubborn shadows
of longing. It
is that the
heart of a
mother can be
compared to an
ocean of love,
which all fit
the desires of
the world and
nothing can
drain ...
Accordingly, as
time has passed,
you managed to
increase our
family with the
affection of our
very dear IAIA
*, which has
collected in its
offspring happy
our delicate
Daniel *,
bolstering the
group's letter D
with another,
embodied angel.
I refer to our
Dener *, Dione,
* Deborah *,
Danilo * and *
Deni became the
group jovial and
happy in our
increased
family. That is
why I do not
stop asking our
devoted Albanize
* that offers
you the
affection that
she is endowed,
working with you
in climbing,
hill above, the
redemption.
Mother, you
brought to the
party this
evening in the
presence dear
greatfather
Lawrence *, * *
Olympia's
beloved
grandmother,
involving the
grandparents in
caring Dulcina *
* and Maria
always wanted
that, moved and
thankful to God,
part of the pie
of love that
feeds evocations
of this festival
and not miss
more than
before, the joy
and excitement
with which the
higher life
offers us. "-
Cristiane
(Triumphant
lives, Various
Spirits, LEAL /
BA, pp. 112.)
(*) The various
names, dates and
information
marked in
asterisk were
ratified in
research with
the relatives of
the letter, all
unknown to the
medium. The
message was
received by
Divaldo in
Uberaba (MG) on
28/01/1983 in
the Group Spirit
of Prayer, a
public meeting,
along with Chico
Xavier.
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