Divaldo Pereira Franco
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Divaldo Pereira Franco (born May 5, 1927, Feira de Santana
, Brazil
) is a prominent Spiritist speaker and medium.
He represented Spiritism
as a delegate to the United Nations
August 28–31st, 2000, Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders. After the death of the Brazilian medium Chico Xavier
in 2002, Divaldo became the most representative figure of Spiritism worldwide.
On March 12, 2004, Divaldo presented the seminar Understanding Spiritual and Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in Baltimore.
Feira de Santana
Feira de Santana is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 700,000 according to IBGE's estimate. It is located 115 km northwest of Salvador, Bahia's capital city. These cities are connected by BR-324, a four-lane divided highway...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
) is a prominent Spiritist speaker and medium.
He represented Spiritism
Spiritism
Spiritism is a loose corpus of religious faiths having in common the general belief in the survival of a spirit after death. In a stricter sense, it is the religion, beliefs and practices of the people affiliated to the International Spiritist Union, based on the works of Allan Kardec and others...
as a delegate to the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
August 28–31st, 2000, Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders. After the death of the Brazilian medium Chico Xavier
Chico Xavier
Chico Xavier, born Francisco de Paula Cândido was a popular medium in Brazil's spiritism movement who wrote 413 books, ostensibly using a process known as "psychography"....
in 2002, Divaldo became the most representative figure of Spiritism worldwide.
On March 12, 2004, Divaldo presented the seminar Understanding Spiritual and Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in Baltimore.
"Divaldo Pereira Franco offers a psycologized counterpoint to the popular Spiritism paradigm established around the work of Chico Xavier".
"Divaldo Pereira Franco had a prevalent role in the implantation and consolidation of the Spiritist Movement in the United States."
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)