GENERAL

LOOKING FOR PICTURES  OF  KARDEC,  ST  JAMES  AND  ST  LAZARUS
Tearlach Mac a' Phearsoin

Dear Mr. Xavier:

Thank you for continuing to send  The  Spiritist  Messenger.  I  enjoy reading it.

We are in the process of  establishing  Spiritist  Halfway  Houses  in Calgary for people released from prison. I would like to obtain color pictures (large pictures) of Allan Kardec  which  I  could  frame  and place in each halfway house. Would you be able  to  direct  me  to  an address or e-mail where I could purchase such pictures?

I am also looking for large color  pictures  of  St.  James  and  St. Lazarus.

Please advise if you know somewhere I can obtain these.

Yours for G-d, Christ & Charity,

Dr. Tearlach Mac  a'  Phearsoin,  The  National  Spiritist  Church  of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. E-mail: dunsford@calcna.ab.ca

ASKING FOR INFORMATION ON PHYSICAL MEDIUMSHIP
 M Lewis and A  L Xavier Jr

Dear Sir, Madam

I Should be MOST grateful  for  ANY  information  on  past  Brazilian PHYSICAL MEDIUMS ( ie Mirabelli etc ). I am in the process of a  study of this phenomena, and in setting up a physical  mediumship  database. The information, apart from some basic stuff  in  Playfairs  books  is patchy, and often not in English. Any suggestions ??. Please also  let me know of any costs incurred.

Malcolm Lewis, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, ENGLAND

OUR REPLY

Dear M. Lewis;

Thank you for your message. In  fact  there  is  much  information  on Brazilian  physical  mediums  written  in  Portuguese.  For   example, specifically on Mirabelli, there is a dedicated  book  "Mirabelli,  um medium  extraordinario"  -  Mirabeli,  an   extraordinary   medium   - unfortunately written in Portuguese.

I'm particularly interested in  physical mediumship and could help you depending on the level of interest of people on the subject. For  now, the thing we can do is to post a message in the  report  of  the  GEAE group and wait for some external help from the group participants.

Moreover, it would be interesting if you could give  more  information on your own project, it would make people  get  interested  in  it. I suggest you to write a small detailed text on your plans or propose  a new thing. Your article could even be translated into  Portuguese  and published in the GEAE report in this language  which  is considerably more populated.

With best regards,  yours,

Ademir L Xavier Jr
GEAE Editor

NEW ANSWER

Dear A Xavier,

Thank you for your prompt reply and information. I would be  happy  to expand on my work on physical mediumship. Your members may be aware of the Noahs Ark Society in the UK, an organization of Spiritualists  and interested parties ( many scientists  )  whom  study  and  demonstrate physical mediumship. The society, and interested members are compiling an archive of material on  physical  mediumship.  We  have  extensive sources, and experiences of British physical mediums, but the  mediums of Brazil are less well known. The idea  of  the  organization  is  to promote the SAFE practice of physical mediumship, and  to  learn  from others, worldwide. We are today demonstrating  physical  mediumship  (and I know this is rare!! ) to  a  high  standard,  and  I  have  only recently had the privilege of sitting in such a  physical  circle.  I will be happy to write a detailed account  of  contemporary  phenomena for your GEAE report of which I have witnessed first hand if you would like.

The archive consists of both written and audio material, and  I  speak for many of my colleagues when I say we are interested in sharing  and learning from each other. Importantly we feel that the archive  is  an important historical database for future researchers

Hope to hear from you soon

With kindest regards,

Malcolm Lewis

CARMINE MIRABELLI
A de Carvalho Borges

Concerning  the  GEAE  bulletin  329,  in  "Comments  -  on   Carmine Mirabelli", I would like to  inform  the  existence  of  an  exclusive web page on this medium created  by  Philippe  van  Putten,  from  ABP (Brazilian Parascience Academy):

http://members.tripod.com/~Mirabelli

Regards,

Alexandre de Carvalho Borges

LOOKING FOR FRIENDS
Mar

I'm a brazilian lady who lived in the US back in the mid 80's  when  I was doing my graduate studies in Chicago.    I'm  also  spiritist  (at least I try to be - what a hard task!) and would like to meet/write to people who share my faith. I attend  meetings  regularly  at  CEACE (Centro Espirita Amor, Caridade e Esperanca), and take part  in  their monthly assistance to 22 families. My first language  is,  of  course, Portuguese and my "near" second is English.   I  teach  English  at  a language institute /university in  Brazil. My  e-mail  is: mar137@ism.com.br

Thank you.
Mar

CORRECTED ADDRESS
F P Dovalle

Hi, this [is] a very helpful  site,  on  the  Boston  "Grupo  Espirita Caminho, Verdade e Vida" the correct address is:

52 Broadway, Sommerville, MA (USA).

and we meet wednesday and  saturday  06:45pm  to  08:00pm  (these  are portuguese spoken) but on saturday from 05:00pm to  06:30pm  they  are english spoken, thanks for your time and best wishes.

Fabio P. Dovalle

ON THE PREVIOUS REPORT
S Reyes

I am extremely impressed with the material that I have  read  regarding your recent newsletter.  While I am still  trying  to  assimilate  and decipher some of the material on genetics and astrology, the  materials very well-written and illuminating.  Thank you.

S. Reyes

NEW WEB PAGE  IN  FRENCH.  LE  CHEMIN  DU  BONHEUR
S  Brulotte

I  would  like  to  introduce  to  you  my  new  site  on   spiritism. (Unfortunately, it is only in  french  for  now.)  It  presents  in  a modernized and updated way the fundamentals principles  and  teachings of spiritism.  Developed  as  an  introduction  to  spiritism,  it  is designed mostly for those who haven't yet discovered spiritism and its benefits. Spread the word to your french acquaintances! (See the  URL address below).

Bonjour!

Spirites francophones, je vous invite à decouvrir et à faire connaître ce  nouveau  site.  Il  présente  et   explique   les   principes et enseignements fondamentaux du spiritisme d'une manière plus moderne et actualisée. Excellente initiation à la  doctrine,  ce  site  s'adresse principalement  aux  personnes  qui  n'ont  pas  encore  découvert  le spiritisme et ses bienfaits.

L'URL en est

http://www.cactuscom.com/brulottes

Pourriez-vous l'inclure dans votre liste de liens de langue française?

Merci d'avance.

Stephane Brulotte

"Derrière   chaque   nuage,    rayonne    le    soleil!"
(Filozofe)

NEW WEB PAGE IN ENGLISH: THE "SPIRITISM TO THE WORLD" WEB PAGE
A L Xavier Jr

We gladly announce the re-edition of an old web page  (as  far  as  it  previous launching date  is  concerned,  August  1995!)  on  Spiritism  totally written in English.

Please, go to the main page:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/1592

Those who knew the previous version  will  recognize  in  the  present  format directories already displayed in  the  past.  However,  we  are  presently remodeling the page  which  will  bring  several  some  new  directories (not available yet):

1) A special mediumship directory. In this area, we plan to present  a  detailed study on mediumship emphasizing the most important aspects of  this barely known  human  faculty,  its  definition,  nature,  way  of  operation  etc.  Several  cases  will   be   discussed   as   examples  (xenoglossy, spirit poetry, music  and  painting;  physical  phenomena  like teleplasty etc)

2) A special directory containing Spiritist articles in English.  This  section will be called "Spiritist Essays".

Moreover, constant updates of spirit messages are being planned. A new  page on "The Spirits' Book" is also going to appear. Read  other  news  in the future issues of "The Spiritist Messenger".

The page has also its address:

swebp@geocities.com

A L Xavier Jr