[{"content":"Olá a todos!\nEstamos felizes em anunciar o lançamento do nosso novo site. A partir de agora, esta seção Eventos e Publicações será o espaço central para:\n📢 Anúncios e avisos importantes 🗓️ Conferências e eventos especiais 📺 Novos vídeos publicados no nosso canal do YouTube 🌐 Conteúdo compartilhado nas nossas redes sociais Sigam-nos também no Facebook para receber atualizações em primeira mão.\nFraternalmente,\nCESF — Centre d\u0026rsquo;Études Spirites Fraternité\n","date":"1 de May de 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pt/eventos/2026-05-01-bem-vindos-ao-cesf/","section":"Eventos e Publicações","summary":"Olá a todos!\nEstamos felizes em anunciar o lançamento do nosso novo site. A partir de agora, esta seção Eventos e Publicações será o espaço central para:\n📢 Anúncios e avisos importantes 🗓️ Conferências e eventos especiais 📺 Novos vídeos publicados no nosso canal do YouTube 🌐 Conteúdo compartilhado nas nossas redes sociais Sigam-nos também no Facebook para receber atualizações em primeira mão.\n","title":"Bem-vindos ao CESF — Site Renovado","type":"eventos"},{"content":"Bonjour à tous !\nNous sommes heureux d\u0026rsquo;annoncer le lancement de notre nouveau site. Désormais, cette section Événements et Publications sera l\u0026rsquo;espace central pour :\n📢 Annonces et avis importants 🗓️ Conférences et événements spéciaux 📺 Nouvelles vidéos publiées sur notre chaîne YouTube 🌐 Contenus partagés sur nos réseaux sociaux Suivez-nous également sur Facebook pour recevoir les mises à jour en avant-première.\nFraternellement,\nCESF — Centre d\u0026rsquo;Études Spirites Fraternité\n","date":"1 May 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/fr/eventos/2026-05-01-bienvenue-au-cesf/","section":"Événements et Publications","summary":"Bonjour à tous !\nNous sommes heureux d’annoncer le lancement de notre nouveau site. Désormais, cette section Événements et Publications sera l’espace central pour :\n📢 Annonces et avis importants 🗓️ Conférences et événements spéciaux 📺 Nouvelles vidéos publiées sur notre chaîne YouTube 🌐 Contenus partagés sur nos réseaux sociaux Suivez-nous également sur Facebook pour recevoir les mises à jour en avant-première.\n","title":"Bienvenue au CESF — Site Renouvelé","type":"eventos"},{"content":"","date":"May 1, 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/eventos/","section":"Events \u0026 Posts","summary":"","title":"Events \u0026 Posts","type":"eventos"},{"content":" View Our Activities → Welcome to the Spiritist Study Center Fraternity! # CESF is a spiritist center that aims to help everyone who wishes to begin the study and practice of spiritist philosophy, who wish to know the advantages that this philosophy can bring to their life, or who wish to deepen their knowledge and studies about Spiritism.\nWhat we offer # Study activities — basic and in-depth on Spiritism Spiritual care and balance passes for the centers of force Spiritual treatment and development Activities for the development of spiritist mediumship Visit us # If you seek a spiritist center to deepen your studies, share your knowledge, seek help, or even volunteer to help others, CESF is ready to welcome you genuinely, with great care and respect.\n📍 Address: 5569 Rue de Verdun, Montreal, QC H4H 1L2\n📧 Email: cesfraternite@gmail.com\n📱 WhatsApp: Click here to join our group\n","date":"May 1, 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" View Our Activities → Welcome to the Spiritist Study Center Fraternity! # CESF is a spiritist center that aims to help everyone who wishes to begin the study and practice of spiritist philosophy, who wish to know the advantages that this philosophy can bring to their life, or who wish to deepen their knowledge and studies about Spiritism.\n","title":"Welcome to CESF","type":"page"},{"content":"Hello everyone!\nWe are happy to announce the launch of our new website. From now on, this Events \u0026amp; Posts section will be the central space for:\n📢 Important announcements and notices 🗓️ Conferences and special events 📺 New videos published on our YouTube channel 🌐 Content shared on our social media Follow us also on Facebook to receive updates first.\nFraternally,\nCESF — Centre d\u0026rsquo;Études Spirites Fraternité\n","date":"May 1, 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/eventos/2026-05-01-welcome-to-cesf/","section":"Events \u0026 Posts","summary":"Hello everyone!\nWe are happy to announce the launch of our new website. From now on, this Events \u0026 Posts section will be the central space for:\n📢 Important announcements and notices 🗓️ Conferences and special events 📺 New videos published on our YouTube channel 🌐 Content shared on our social media Follow us also on Facebook to receive updates first.\n","title":"Welcome to CESF — New Website","type":"eventos"},{"content":"The five books codified by Allan Kardec form the foundation of the Spiritist Doctrine. All are available for free PDF download.\nThe Spirits\u0026rsquo; Book # Published by Allan Kardec in 1857, it is the main book of Spiritist philosophy. We can call it its backbone because it supports all other works of Spiritism. It is divided into four parts: \u0026ldquo;Primary Causes\u0026rdquo;; \u0026ldquo;The Spiritual World or Spirits\u0026rdquo;; \u0026ldquo;Moral Laws\u0026rdquo;; and \u0026ldquo;Hope and Consolation\u0026rdquo;. It is composed of 1,018 questions asked by Kardec to the superior Spirits responsible for the arrival of Spiritism among men. What is God? Where do we come from? Where are we going? What are we doing on Earth? These are some of the questions answered by the phalanx of the Spirit of Truth.\n📥 Download PDF\nThe Mediums\u0026rsquo; Book # Published in 1861, Allan Kardec shows the benefits and dangers of mediumship — the link that connects the incarnate person to the spiritual world. He demonstrates that while all living beings have this opening of contact, there are those in whom it is much more pronounced. Kardec and the Superior Spirits warn about the subtlety of this faculty so that a person can contact Spirits without being disturbed by entities of evil, thus losing control of their mediumship.\n📥 Download PDF\nThe Gospel According to Spiritism # Published in 1864, this work can be considered the moral part of Spiritist philosophy. Kardec and the Superior Spirits comment on the main passages of Jesus\u0026rsquo; life in accessible language. They explain his parables and demonstrate the greatness of the Master in his teachings, in addition to giving us important advice on our daily conduct in the face of life\u0026rsquo;s difficulties and doubts.\n📥 Download PDF\nHeaven and Hell # Kardec published this book in 1865. Through the invocation of the Spirits of people from different social classes, beliefs, and behaviours, he shows us what their arrival and life in the spiritual world was like after their disincarnation. Queens, peasants, nuns, murderers, the ignorant, and intellectuals are some of those who tell what awaited them after their earthly conduct and how their future life might unfold.\n📥 Download PDF\nGenesis # In this 1868 work, Kardec explains the Biblical Genesis and the formation of the Universe, demonstrating its consistency when confronted with scientific knowledge freed from the allegories of the time in which it was written. He exposes what miracles are — explained by the laws of nature, produced by the modification of the fluids that surround us. Finally, he brings religion and science together, strengthening the faith of those who believe in God.\n📥 Download PDF\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/livrosbasicos/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":"The five books codified by Allan Kardec form the foundation of the Spiritist Doctrine. All are available for free PDF download.\nThe Spirits’ Book # ","title":"Basic Books","type":"page"},{"content":"Meet the main authors and figures who contributed to the building and spreading of Spiritist Philosophy.\nAllan Kardec (1804–1869) # Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail was born in Lyon, France, on 3 October 1804. A trained educator and disciple of the renowned pedagogue Pestalozzi, he distinguished himself from an early age as a teacher and author of educational works widely adopted in French schools. His rigorous intellectual background prepared him for the mission he would only discover in maturity: to be the codifier of the Spiritist Doctrine.\nAround 1854, Rivail learned of the phenomena of turning tables spreading across Europe. Sceptical by training, he decided to investigate with scientific method. Studying the communications obtained through mediums, he perceived that behind the phenomena lay a coherent, philosophical and moral doctrine. He carefully organised the questions and answers obtained in hundreds of sessions, subjecting everything to rigorous analysis before publishing anything.\nIn 1857, he published The Spirits\u0026rsquo; Book under the pseudonym Allan Kardec — a name the spirits themselves indicated had been his own in a previous incarnation as a druid of Gaul. This was followed by The Mediums\u0026rsquo; Book (1861), The Gospel According to Spiritism (1864), Heaven and Hell (1865), and Genesis (1868). These five works form the codified foundation of the Spiritist Doctrine.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Kardec did not invent Spiritism: he was the instrument chosen by superior spirits to organise and transmit to the world a revelation arriving at the right moment in humanity\u0026rsquo;s evolution. His humility, intellectual honesty, and total devotion to the work make him one of the greatest spiritual benefactors of the modern era. He passed away in Paris on 31 March 1869, but his work continues to live and expand on every continent.\nLéon Denis (1846–1927) # Léon Denis was born in Foug, France, on 1 January 1846. From youth he showed a profound interest in questions of the soul and life beyond death. Upon encountering the works of Allan Kardec, he found the answers he had been seeking and devoted his entire adult life to the study, dissemination, and deepening of the Spiritist Doctrine.\nRegarded as the greatest continuator of Kardec\u0026rsquo;s work, Denis possessed an elevated literary style and a profound philosophical understanding. His most celebrated work, After Death (1890), became one of the most widely read books in Spiritism worldwide, offering clear and consoling answers about the destiny of the soul after disincarnation. In The Problem of Being, Destiny and Pain (1888), he masterfully addressed the great questions of human existence in the light of Spiritist philosophy.\nDenis was also a tireless lecturer. He toured Europe for decades, carrying the Spiritist message to audiences of every background. His eloquence and serenity captivated listeners, and his personal life was a living example of the principles he preached — simplicity, charity, and disinterested dedication to the good.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Léon Denis represents the ideal of the spiritual worker who places his talents at the service of the higher cause. His work is a beacon of light for those seeking to understand the meaning of life, death, and the immortality of the soul. He passed away in Tours on 12 April 1927, leaving a philosophical and moral legacy of inestimable value.\nGabriel Delanne (1857–1926) # Gabriel Delanne was born in Paris on 23 March 1857, the son of one of Allan Kardec\u0026rsquo;s first collaborators. He grew up immersed in the Spiritist environment and, upon becoming an engineer, decided to unite his scientific training with the defence of Spiritism, producing a solid and rationally grounded body of work.\nHis most original contribution was the elaboration of the theory of the perispirit — the intermediary body between the immortal spirit and the physical body — drawing on evidence from mediumistic studies and phenomena such as materialisations. In The Spiritist Phenomenon (1897) and Animic Evolution (1897), he demonstrated through scientific arguments the reality of the soul\u0026rsquo;s survival and the continuity of life after death.\nDelanne firmly believed that Spiritism was not merely a religious belief, but a science in the making, capable of withstanding the most rigorous intellectual scrutiny. For this reason, he patiently responded to every criticism from the materialists of his era, presenting data, experiments, and analyses that underpinned the Spiritist theses.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Gabriel Delanne is a rare example of a scientist who does not fear the truth, wherever it may come from. His work contributed decisively to elevating Spiritism to the level of a doctrine coherent with the advances of human knowledge. He passed away in Paris on 27 January 1926, after devoting nearly 50 years to the Spiritist cause.\nCamille Flammarion (1842–1925) # Nicolas Camille Flammarion was born in Montigny-le-Roi, France, on 26 February 1842. Fascinated from childhood by the starry sky, he became one of the most respected astronomers of the nineteenth century, founder of the Juvisy Observatory and author of popular science works that enchanted generations of readers worldwide.\nAlongside his astronomical career, Flammarion devoted decades to the scientific study of paranormal phenomena and the question of the soul\u0026rsquo;s survival. He investigated hundreds of cases of apparitions, premonitions, after-death communications, and telepathy, publishing his research in works such as Death and Its Mystery (1920–1922), a monumental trilogy gathering testimonies and analyses of exemplary rigour.\nFor Flammarion, the universe was too vast and complex to be explained by matter alone. His astronomical observations convinced him that life and consciousness are universal phenomena, and his metapsychic research led him to the conclusion that the soul survives the physical body. Though he did not formally identify as a Spiritist, his conclusions converged deeply with the teachings of Kardec.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Flammarion represents the open-minded scientist who, when faced with evidence, does not retreat for fear of ridicule. His authority in the scientific world lent credibility to the cause of the soul\u0026rsquo;s immortality at a time when materialism dominated academic thought. He passed away in Juvisy-sur-Orge on 3 June 1925.\nFrancisco Cândido Xavier — Chico Xavier (1910–2002) # Francisco Cândido Xavier was born in Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 2 April 1910. From childhood he manifested extraordinary mediumistic faculties, but it was only in adolescence, upon encountering Spiritism, that he found the doctrinal framework that would give meaning and direction to his gifts. He then became the most prolific and beloved medium in the history of Brazilian Spiritism.\nOver more than 60 years of mediumship, Chico Xavier psychographed over 400 books whose royalties were entirely donated to charitable institutions — for he never accepted a single cent for his mediumistic work. The works span novels, poetry, science, philosophy, and comforting messages for the bereaved, always dictated by identified spirits, among whom the spirit Emmanuel and the brother André Luiz stand out.\nHis personal life was a living testimony to Spiritist morality. He lived in extreme simplicity, receiving for decades thousands of people seeking comfort, never charging anything and never refusing to help. In 1971, in a gesture that moved all of Brazil, he publicly renounced the Peace Prize, saying that peace would only be true when all of Brazil had found it.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Chico Xavier is considered a spirit of light who chose to incarnate to serve, console, and elevate. His mediumship, his charity, and his humility constitute the greatest living argument in favour of the reality of Spiritism. He passed away in Uberaba on 30 June 2002 — the very day Brazil celebrated its qualification for the World Cup final, as though the spirits had chosen a moment of collective joy to take him home.\nOther important authors # Alexander N. Aksakof (1832–1903) # Alexander Nikolaevich Aksakof was born in Repievka, Russia, in 1832. A State Councillor to the Tsar, a cultivated man of high social standing, he could have led a comfortable and conventional life. Instead, he chose to dedicate a great part of his energy and his own resources to the scientific investigation of mediumistic phenomena and to the dissemination of Spiritism in Europe.\nIt was Aksakof who brought to the attention of the European scientific world the experiments conducted with the greatest mediums of his era. He translated into Russian the works of Kardec and other Spiritist authors, making Spiritism accessible to the Russian-speaking public. He founded the journal Psychische Studien (Psychical Studies), published in Leipzig, which for decades was one of the leading scientific publications on paranormal phenomena in Europe.\nHis most important work, Animism and Spiritism (1890), is a meticulous response to the objections of psychologist Eduard von Hartmann against Spiritism. With patience and rigour, Aksakof dismantled the materialist arguments and demonstrated that mediumistic phenomena require, for their explanation, the Spiritist hypothesis.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Aksakof represents the intellectual courage of one who, holding a respectable position in society, is not afraid to embrace an unpopular cause when the evidence demands it. His contribution to the scientific acceptance of Spiritism in Europe was invaluable.\nAmalia Domingo Soler (1835–1909) # Amalia Domingo Soler was born in Seville, Spain, on 15 November 1835. Raised in a humble family, she faced the hardships of life from an early age: poverty, illness, and the loss of loved ones. It was precisely through suffering that she found the path of Spiritism, a doctrine that answered her deepest questions and transformed her pain into strength.\nA writer of exceptional talent, Amalia became the greatest female voice of nineteenth-century Spanish Spiritism. She founded and directed for many years the journal La Luz del Porvenir (The Light of the Future), a publication that became a landmark of the Spiritist movement in Spain and the Spanish-speaking Americas. Her writings combined the philosophical depth of the doctrine with a rare literary sensitivity, reaching the hearts of readers.\nAmong her most widely read works are Memorias del Padre Germán and Cuentos Espiritistas, narratives illustrating Spiritist principles through touching stories accessible to readers of all levels. Her prose was at once elegant and ardent, reflecting the lived faith of someone who writes not out of obligation, but out of love.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Amalia Domingo Soler is an example of how suffering, understood in the light of Spiritist philosophy, can be transformed into an instrument of evolution and service. Her life and work continue to inspire Spiritists throughout the Hispanic world. She passed away in Barcelona on 29 October 1909.\nAndrew Jackson Davis (1826–1910) # Andrew Jackson Davis was born in Blooming Grove, New York, on 11 August 1826. The son of a poor family and without formal education, Davis manifested extraordinary visionary abilities from youth. As a teenager, under magnetic influence, he would enter an altered state of consciousness and reveal scientific, philosophical, and medical knowledge far beyond the reach of his education — something that deeply impressed those who observed him.\nIn 1845, at the age of 19, Davis dictated in trance the work The Principles of Nature, a volume of over 700 pages covering cosmology, philosophy, and spiritual science. The work was received with astonishment, as its depth was incompatible with the author\u0026rsquo;s background. Davis even described the existence of planets that would only be confirmed by astronomy years later.\nDavis is considered one of the great forerunners of the Spiritist movement in the United States. Even before the celebrated manifestations of the Fox sisters in Hydesville (1848), Davis was already describing in his writings the nature of spirits, the plurality of inhabited worlds, and the law of progress governing the evolution of souls — principles that would be systematised by Kardec in France a few years later.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Andrew Jackson Davis is a magnificent demonstration of how superior spirits make use of modest human instruments to transmit truths that transcend the limitations of the incarnate mind. His work anticipated many of the Spiritist teachings and prepared the ground for Kardec\u0026rsquo;s codification.\nArthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) # Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 22 May 1859. A physician by training and a writer by vocation, he became world-famous for creating the detective Sherlock Holmes — a character whose rigorous deductive method reflected the author\u0026rsquo;s own personality: a man who only accepted as truth what could be demonstrated. That same disposition would lead him, decades later, to embrace Spiritism.\nThe death of his son Kingsley in the First World War was the blow that accelerated Conan Doyle\u0026rsquo;s definitive conversion to Spiritism. But his investigation of mediumistic phenomena had begun much earlier, in 1886, at his first séances. Over years of careful investigation, he became convinced of the reality of the phenomena and the survival of the soul, becoming one of the most eloquent and courageous defenders of Spiritism in the English-speaking world.\nFrom 1917, Conan Doyle devoted himself almost exclusively to spreading Spiritism. He lectured on every continent, financed publications, opened Spiritist bookshops, and wrote foundational works such as The New Revelation (1918) and The History of Spiritualism (1926). His fame as a writer drew to the subject millions of people who would never otherwise have considered it.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Conan Doyle represents the intellectual who, armed with the tools of reason and honest investigation, arrives at the same conclusion that the spirits have always affirmed: life does not end with the death of the body. His courage in publicly defending a then-ridiculed cause is a permanent example of intellectual and spiritual integrity.\nBezerra de Menezes (1831–1900) # Adolfo Bezerra de Menezes Cavalcanti was born in Reriutaba, Ceará, Brazil, on 29 August 1831. A graduate in medicine from the Faculty of Rio de Janeiro, he distinguished himself from the start both for his clinical competence and for his boundless generosity. It was common to see him roaming the poor neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro in the middle of the night, treating the sick without charge, often digging into his own pocket to buy medicine for the needy.\nAn active politician, he served as a provincial and federal deputy for Ceará, always defending the interests of the most humble. But it was as a Spiritist that Bezerra de Menezes left his deepest mark. Upon encountering Spiritism in 1873, he found the rational explanation for the mediumistic experiences he had been living since childhood. His healing mediumship — combining medical knowledge with passes and spiritual treatments — was recognised by all who knew him.\nHis most important written work, Madness Under a New Light (1897), is a pioneering study on the relationship between mental illness and spiritual obsession, anticipating an understanding that conventional psychiatry would take time to recognise. The book remains relevant today and is studied in Spiritist centres throughout Brazil.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Bezerra de Menezes is considered a spirit of light who knew how to unite science and charity in an exemplary way. His memory is venerated with deep affection in Brazilian Spiritism, and his name is associated with spiritual healing and unconditional brotherly love. Passing away on 11 April 1900, he continues, according to Spiritists, to work actively in the spiritual planes on behalf of humanity.\nCesare Lombroso (1835–1909) # Cesare Lombroso was born in Verona, Italy, on 6 November 1835. Professor of psychiatry and forensic medicine and founder of modern criminology, he was one of the most celebrated and respected scientists in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. His materialism was absolute: for him, all human phenomena — including crime and genius — could be explained by physical and biological causes.\nIt was precisely this convinced materialist who, upon investigating the Neapolitan medium Eusapia Palladino, found himself compelled to retreat. Lombroso personally attended dozens of sessions, tried by every means to identify fraud, and at the end declared publicly: \u0026ldquo;I am ashamed and sorry to have so strongly opposed the possibility of the facts called Spiritist.\u0026rdquo; His conversion, wrested by the force of evidence, was an event of enormous repercussion in the scientific world of the time.\nHe published his investigations in Hypnotism and Mediumship (1909), a work in which he analysed the phenomena observed with Eusapia and other mediums, concluding in favour of the reality of forces and intelligences that escape materialist explanation. Although he never formally adhered to Spiritism as a doctrine, his testimony was widely used by Spiritists as proof of the solidity of mediumistic phenomena.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Lombroso\u0026rsquo;s trajectory is a precious lesson: truth, sooner or later, imposes itself even on the most resistant minds, when they have the honesty to look at the evidence without prejudice. His example shows that sincere science and Spiritism are not adversaries, but paths that converge.\nCharles Richet (1850–1935) # Charles Robert Richet was born in Paris on 26 August 1850. A physiologist of international renown, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1913 for the discovery of anaphylaxis. His scientific reputation was unassailable, which made his interest in the paranormal all the more significant for the academic world.\nRichet devoted more than 50 years to the study of phenomena he called \u0026ldquo;metapsychic\u0026rdquo; — a term he coined himself to designate the field of investigation of paranormal phenomena. He founded the Institut Métapsychique de Paris and systematically investigated phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, materialisations, and ectoplasm, working with the greatest mediums of his era, including Eusapia Palladino and Eva C.\nIn his monumental work Treatise on Metapsychics (1922), Richet presented a synthesis of decades of research, concluding in favour of the objective reality of paranormal phenomena and the existence of a \u0026ldquo;psychic force\u0026rdquo; that goes beyond the explanations of conventional physics. Although he had philosophical reservations about accepting the Spiritist hypothesis, his empirical conclusions pointed unequivocally in that direction.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Charles Richet is one of the greatest examples of how honest science, when conducted with patience and method, inevitably approaches the truths that Spiritism affirms. His work opened doors that materialism insisted on keeping closed, and his moral authority lent indispensable credibility to the cause of researching spiritual phenomena.\nDaniel Dunglas Home (1833–1886) # Daniel Dunglas Home was born in Currie, Scotland, on 20 March 1833, and emigrated young to the United States. From childhood he manifested spontaneous mediumistic phenomena that frightened those around him: moving furniture, inexplicable sounds, predictions that came true. Upon discovering Spiritism, he understood the nature of his gifts and began developing them in formal sessions.\nHome became the most investigated medium in history. Unlike most, he required sessions to be held in good lighting and allowed investigators to examine him before, during, and after. His phenomena included levitation of his own body (witnessed by dozens of reliable observers), elongations of the body, handling of live coals without burning himself, materialisation of hands and faces, and movement of heavy objects without physical contact.\nThe physicist William Crookes investigated him extensively between 1871 and 1873, using scientific instruments, and confirmed the reality of the phenomena. Throughout his years of mediumistic activity — across hundreds of sessions conducted before kings, emperors, scientists, and declared sceptics — no fraud was ever proven against Daniel Dunglas Home.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Home represents one of the most solid proofs ever offered of the reality of the spiritual world. His mediumship, exercised with transparency and without ever charging for participation in sessions, left a historical legacy that continues to challenge materialist scepticism and confirm the claims of the Spiritist Doctrine.\nDivaldo Pereira Franco (1927–2025) # Divaldo Pereira Franco was born in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, on 5 May 1927. From childhood he revealed intense mediumship, but it was at the age of 17, upon joining Spiritism, that his life took its definitive direction. In 1952, he founded in Salvador the Lar Fabiano de Cristo, an institution assisting underprivileged children that grew to shelter thousands of people over the decades, becoming one of the greatest examples of Spiritist charity in Brazil.\nOver more than 70 years of mediumship, Divaldo Franco psychographed over 280 works dictated by various spirits, most notably the series of books by the spirit Joana de Ângelis — one of the most extensive and profound contributions to Spiritist psychology. His books address themes such as mental health, spirituality, self-knowledge, and life in the spiritual planes, with a depth that impressed psychologists, physicians, and philosophers.\nAn extraordinary lecturer, Divaldo Franco toured more than 60 countries, speaking to audiences of every culture and religion. His oratory was unique: it combined erudition, humour, emotion, and spirituality in a way that touched even the most sceptical listeners profoundly. For decades he received in Salvador queues of hundreds of people seeking spiritual guidance and consolation.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Divaldo Franco is considered one of the greatest missionaries of Spiritism in the twentieth century. His entire life was a gift: to the needy he welcomed in his institutions, to the readers he nourished with his works, and to the audiences he illuminated with his lectures. Passing away in Salvador on 13 May 2025, he leaves a legacy of love, work, and faith that will continue to inspire generations.\nErnesto Bozzano (1862–1943) # Ernesto Bozzano was born in Genoa, Italy, on 8 January 1862. Initially a convinced sceptic, he was gradually won over by the weight of evidence gathered in the investigations of Crookes, Richet, Myers, and other serious researchers. As he deepened his own studies, he became one of the most rigorous and prolific researchers in the Spiritist field, producing a body of work of internationally recognised scientific value.\nBozzano was above all a methodologist. His method consisted of gathering the greatest possible number of documented cases of a given phenomenon — telepathy, deathbed visions, cases of bilocation, apparitions, possession, xenoglossy — and analysing them comparatively, seeking patterns and eliminating alternative explanations. The result was dense, documented, and logically irrefutable works that piled evidence upon evidence until the Spiritist hypothesis became the only satisfactory one.\nAmong his most important works are Animism or Spiritism? (1919), The Phenomena of Bilocation (1934), and Indagini sulla Sopravvivenza (Inquiries into Survival, 1939). Bozzano maintained correspondence with the greatest researchers in the world and was widely cited as an indispensable reference in the field of psychical research.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Ernesto Bozzano is the researcher who transforms faith into a well-founded certainty. His monumental work demonstrates that the immortality of the soul is not merely a religious hope, but a rationally justified conclusion in the face of the totality of available evidence. He passed away in Savona on 24 June 1943.\nEmanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) # Emanuel Swedenborg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 29 January 1688. The son of a Lutheran bishop, he received a thorough education and became one of the greatest scientists and engineers of his era, a member of the Swedish Board of Mines and the author of pioneering works in fields as diverse as astronomy, physics, mineralogy, anatomy, and philosophy.\nAround the age of 55, Swedenborg began to have visions and to communicate, by his own account, with angels and spirits of people already passed. Far from losing his intellectual rigour, he devoted the last 27 years of his life to describing with method and detail what he observed in these experiences, producing a vast body of work on the nature of the spiritual world, life after death, and the relationship between the material and spiritual worlds.\nHis works, written in Latin and published anonymously, describe with surprising coherence a vision of the spiritual world that presents remarkable convergences with the teachings of Kardec, elaborated nearly a century later. Swedenborg described the plurality of inhabited worlds, the progression of souls after death, the existence of spiritual spheres of different degrees, and the centrality of love and usefulness as organising principles of spiritual life.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, Emanuel Swedenborg is considered a privileged forerunner — an evolved spirit who was given permission to reveal, before the time of the official codification, fragments of the great spiritual truth. His visions, though marked by the cultural and religious limitations of his time, anticipate with remarkable precision many of the teachings that the spirits would systematically transmit to Kardec. He passed away in London on 29 March 1772.\nWilliam Crookes (1832–1919) # William Crookes was born in London on 17 June 1832. A chemist and physicist of the first rank, he was the discoverer of thallium, the inventor of the Crookes tube (fundamental to the later development of atomic physics), and a pioneer in the study of matter in the plasma state. A Fellow of the Royal Society and its President between 1913 and 1915, he was one of the greatest scientific authorities of the Victorian era.\nThe death of his younger brother in 1867 led Crookes to investigate mediumistic phenomena with the hope — and scientific demand — of finding objective proof of survival. Between 1871 and 1874, he conducted a rigorous series of experiments with the medium Daniel Dunglas Home and the young medium Florence Cook, documenting phenomena of levitation, materialisation, and physical force without contact that could not be explained by conventional causes.\nIn his scientific reports, published in the Quarterly Journal of Science, Crookes was clear: the phenomena were real, reproducible, and inexplicable by materialist science. He described in detail the experimental conditions, the instruments used, and the conclusions obtained, assuming full responsibility for his statements. The reaction of the scientific community was one of mockery, but Crookes did not retreat.\nFrom the Spiritist perspective, William Crookes represents the ideal of the scientist who places honesty above convenience. In publishing conclusions that contradicted the consensus of his era, he risked his reputation in the name of truth. His intellectual courage and the rigour of his experiments make him one of the most credentialled witnesses to the reality of the spiritual world. He passed away in London on 4 April 1919.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/biografias/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":"Meet the main authors and figures who contributed to the building and spreading of Spiritist Philosophy.\nAllan Kardec (1804–1869) # Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail was born in Lyon, France, on 3 October 1804. A trained educator and disciple of the renowned pedagogue Pestalozzi, he distinguished himself from an early age as a teacher and author of educational works widely adopted in French schools. His rigorous intellectual background prepared him for the mission he would only discover in maturity: to be the codifier of the Spiritist Doctrine.\n","title":"Biographies","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":" 🏠 History of the Centre d\u0026rsquo;Études Spirites Fraternité # 🌱 Origins # Most spiritist centres began with simple study meetings held in family homes, with the participation of relatives and friends. It was from this union and harmony of ideas that many spiritist centres were founded throughout the world.\nIt was no different for the Centre d\u0026rsquo;Études Spirites Fraternité. After a period of weekly gatherings of a group of friends around a table in the living room of a small apartment, the moment came to found a spiritist centre. The main ideal of this group — then and still today — was to promote Spiritism in Montreal, bringing to Québécois and immigrants the message of love and charity of spiritist philosophy.\nFounded on August 9, 2005, CESF began its activities at 797 Gordon Street, Verdun, Montreal, in premises made available by Roberto Lavoie and Isabelle Norris, active members of the centre.\n📋 Formal Constitution # The founding group developed the Bylaws and established a Board of Directors to oversee the centre\u0026rsquo;s activities, which received the name \u0026ldquo;Centre d\u0026rsquo;Études Spirites Fraternité\u0026rdquo;.\nOn March 23, 2006, the centre received its letters patent — Societies Act, Part III, registration number 1163604623 — formalising itself as a legally constituted non-profit entity.\nAt that time, activities were distributed as follows:\nTuesdays and Wednesdays: study meetings Fridays: mediumistic meetings and development courses Saturdays: study of the Spirits\u0026rsquo; Book and the Gospel According to Spiritism 📈 Growth # By 2007, already 40 people attended the centre each week, with activities from Tuesday to Saturday.\nBy 2010, activities ran from Monday to Saturday; about 60 people attended each week and approximately 150 were directly or indirectly connected to the centre. Growth made the premises inadequate, prompting the Board of Directors to seek a new space.\n🏢 New Headquarters # On August 20, 2011, CESF moved to 5573 Rue de Verdun. What had begun around a table in a small apartment now occupied an area of 2,400 m², including:\nConference and meeting rooms for over 100 people Study rooms and mediumistic meeting rooms Passes room Library and administrative office Basement dedicated to moral education for children and adolescents 🔧 Current Address # In 2017, we moved to 5569 rue de Verdun — much work again: building back rooms, installing a kitchen, lots of painting and organising. With lower costs, we were able to focus on strengthening our spiritist activities, and many new workers joined us.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/historia/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" 🏠 History of the Centre d’Études Spirites Fraternité # 🌱 Origins # Most spiritist centres began with simple study meetings held in family homes, with the participation of relatives and friends. It was from this union and harmony of ideas that many spiritist centres were founded throughout the world.\n","title":"CESF History","type":"page"},{"content":"Get in touch with us.\n📱 WhatsApp: Click here to join our group\nName: Email: Message:\nSend\nFollow us on Facebook # ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/contact/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":"Get in touch with us.\n📱 WhatsApp: Click here to join our group\nName: Email: Message:\nSend\nFollow us on Facebook # ","title":"Contact","type":"page"},{"content":"Your donations to CESF are welcome! We would be grateful to receive monetary donations of any amount from those who feel in solidarity with the spiritualist ideal.\nThe resources thus obtained will support part of CESF\u0026rsquo;s monthly expenses.\nCESF sincerely thanks you.\nOne-Time Donation # Make a one-time donation of any amount.\n💙 Donate via PayPal Monthly Contribution (Subscription) # Select the desired monthly amount:\n$20.00 CAD / month $30.00 CAD / month $40.00 CAD / month $50.00 CAD / month $60.00 CAD / month $70.00 CAD / month $80.00 CAD / month $100.00 CAD / month $120.00 CAD / month $150.00 CAD / month 💙 Subscribe via PayPal ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/doacoes/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":"Your donations to CESF are welcome! We would be grateful to receive monetary donations of any amount from those who feel in solidarity with the spiritualist ideal.\nThe resources thus obtained will support part of CESF’s monthly expenses.\n","title":"Donations","type":"page"},{"content":" ✨ Fundamental Teachings of Spiritism # 🌌 God # God is the supreme intelligence, the first cause of all things. He is eternal, immutable, immaterial, unique, all-powerful, supremely just and good.\n🪐 The Universe # God created the universe, which includes all rational and irrational beings, animate and inanimate, material and immaterial.\nCorporeal World: Where incarnate Spirits — men — live. 🌍 Spiritual World: The home of disembodied Spirits. 🕊️ In the universe, there are other worlds inhabited by beings at different levels of evolution — equal to, more evolved than, or less evolved than men.\n⚖️ Divine Laws # All the laws of nature are divine laws, since God is their author. They encompass physical laws and moral laws.\n👤 The Spirit # Man is a Spirit embodied in a material body.\nPerispirit: The semi-material body that unites the Spirit to the material body. Spirits are the intelligent beings of creation. They constitute the spiritual world, which pre-exists and survives all things.\n📈 Evolution # Spirits are created simple and ignorant. They evolve intellectually and morally, moving from a lower order to a higher one, toward perfection.\nIndividuality: Spirits preserve their individuality before, during and after each incarnation. Hierarchy: From pure Spirits (the highest degree) to good Spirits and imperfect Spirits. 🔄 Reincarnation # Spirits reincarnate as many times as necessary for their own perfection.\nProgress: In their multiple existences, they may stagnate, but never regress. Pace: The speed of progress depends on their efforts to achieve perfection. 🤝 Relations between Spirits and Men # Relations between Spirits and men are constant and have always existed.\nGood Spirits call us to do good and support us in life\u0026rsquo;s trials. Wicked spirits seek to deceive us. ⚖️ Morality # Jesus is the guide and model of all Humanity.\nThe Gospel: The morality of Christ is the path to sure evolution for all men and the solution to all human problems. Free Will: Man has free will to act, but is responsible for the consequences of his actions. 🤲 Prayer # Prayer is an act of worship to God. It is part of natural law and results from an innate feeling in man.\nHe who prays with fervour and confidence is stronger against the temptations of evil, and God sends him good Spirits to help him.\nSource: Adapted text, Brazilian Spiritist Federation – FEB\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/ensinamentos-fundamentais/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" ✨ Fundamental Teachings of Spiritism # 🌌 God # God is the supreme intelligence, the first cause of all things. He is eternal, immutable, immaterial, unique, all-powerful, supremely just and good.\n","title":"Fundamental Teachings","type":"page"},{"content":" ✝️ Is Spiritism a Religion? # 🧭 A Philosophical Doctrine # Spiritism is in itself only a philosophical doctrine built on concrete facts and natural laws still little understood. By profoundly modifying ideas, this doctrine touches all social questions — and consequently the religious question, like all others.\nDo not all philosophies do the same? They all comment on the foundations of religions: God, the origin and nature of the soul. Materialist philosophy also concerns itself with these questions, by way of negation. It is impossible for a philosophy not to address them, in one direction or another. Spiritism addresses them in light of its own new elements — but this does not make it a religion; otherwise, all philosophies would be.\n🔍 Religious Idea vs. Religion Properly Speaking # We must distinguish the religious idea from religion properly speaking.\nThe religious idea is general, without fixed principles of detail, without any regulation. Religion, on the other hand, has a particular character of precision: it consists not only of a community of well-defined beliefs, but also of an external form of worship, the fulfilment of certain duties, and the bond that unites its adherents.\nSpiritism has never had this formal character — and that is why it is not a religion. One is a spiritist because one sympathises with the ideas Spiritism contains, just as one is Cartesian, Platonic or materialist — but not by a profession of faith or any consecration.\n🚫 No Dogmas, No Rites # Spiritism has no dogmas, cults, rites, ceremonies or hierarchies. It neither asks nor admits any blind faith. It wants to see everything clearly; it wants us to understand everything, to perceive everything.\n💡 The Philosophical Sense # In the philosophical sense, Spiritism may be called religious — because it founds the bonds of fraternity and communion of thought not on an arbitrary convention, but on solid foundations: the very laws of nature.\nWhy then do we declare that Spiritism is not a religion? Because there is only one word to express two distinct ideas. In general opinion, the word religion is inseparable from the word worship — and Spiritism has no worship.\nWe vehemently reject:\nDogmas that crystallise inquiry and often oppose reason Rites that tend to confer undue power on those who practise them Source: cslak.fr\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/espiritismoereligiao/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" ✝️ Is Spiritism a Religion? # 🧭 A Philosophical Doctrine # Spiritism is in itself only a philosophical doctrine built on concrete facts and natural laws still little understood. By profoundly modifying ideas, this doctrine touches all social questions — and consequently the religious question, like all others.\n","title":"Is Spiritism a religion?","type":"page"},{"content":" 🌊 The Universe of Vibrations # From Léon Denis — In the Invisible\n🌌 Everything Vibrates in the Universe # All manifestations of nature and life can be summarised as vibrations — more or less rapid and extensive, according to the causes that produce them. Everything vibrates in the universe: sound, light, heat, electricity, magnetism, chemical rays, cathode rays, radio waves\u0026hellip; These are only the various modes of undulation and vibration of universal force — the successive degrees that constitute, as a whole, the ascending scale of energy manifestations.\n📏 The Scale of Vibrations # These degrees are very far apart from each other. Sound travels 340 metres per second; light, in the same time, crosses 300,000 kilometres; electricity propagates at a speed that seems incalculable to us.\nOur physical senses, however, cannot perceive all modes of vibration. In the field of optics alone, we know that light waves only impress our retina within the limits of the seven colours of the prism, from red to violet. Beyond or below these colours, solar radiations escape our sight — they are called dark rays.\n🧠 The Insufficiency of the Senses # Between the limit of sounds (from 24 to 60,000 vibrations per second) and the sensation of heat (measured in billions of vibrations), we perceive nothing. The same applies between heat and light, which corresponds on average to 500 trillion vibrations per second.¹\nIn this stupendous ascent, our senses represent only a few widely spaced floors — stations placed at great distances from each other on an endless road. Between these various stages, there are for us true chasms. But would not these chasms, apparently empty and obscure, be inhabited by beings endowed with senses more subtle or more numerous than ours?\n🌿 The Continuity of Life # It would make little sense to believe in emptiness, because everything in nature follows on, is connected and unfolds, from link to link, through gradual transitions. Nowhere is there a sudden jump, a void, a hiatus. What emerges from these considerations is simply the insufficiency of our organism — too limited to perceive all modes of energy.\nOur knowledge of the universe is restricted or expanded according to the number and subtlety of our senses. Many forms of life escape us. But let a new sense be added to ours — and immediately the invisible is revealed, the emptiness is populated, dark insensitivity gains life.\n¹ The physicist W. Crookes established a classification according to which sound vibrations are distributed from the 5th to the 15th degree. Electricity and magnetism range from the 20th to the 35th degree. From 45 to 50, we find heat and light. Beyond the 58th degree, cathodic undulations appear. In the intervals, vast regions of energy remain unexplored, inaccessible to our senses.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/mediunidade/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" 🌊 The Universe of Vibrations # From Léon Denis — In the Invisible\n🌌 Everything Vibrates in the Universe # All manifestations of nature and life can be summarised as vibrations — more or less rapid and extensive, according to the causes that produce them. Everything vibrates in the universe: sound, light, heat, electricity, magnetism, chemical rays, cathode rays, radio waves… These are only the various modes of undulation and vibration of universal force — the successive degrees that constitute, as a whole, the ascending scale of energy manifestations.\n","title":"Mediumship","type":"page"},{"content":"Mediumistic meetings\nIntended to assist disembodied spirits who need guidance and clarification, as well as embodied ones who need spiritual help and who are in a state of obsession.\nMediumship study and education meetings *\nBased on spiritist principles and objectives with the aim of clarifying and directing, as well as preparing workers for mediumistic activities.\nMediumship meetings are not open to the public, but if you would like an appointment to talk about mediumship, please contact us. ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/outrasatividades/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":"Mediumistic meetings\nIntended to assist disembodied spirits who need guidance and clarification, as well as embodied ones who need spiritual help and who are in a state of obsession.\nMediumship study and education meetings *\n","title":"Other Activities","type":"page"},{"content":"Hybrid meetings (in-person and via zoom):\nWednesday: Conference and studies with in-person passes in Portuguese: 7:00 PM - 8:20 PM and/or 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM\nFraternal Assistance: If you need help or feel the need to talk to someone, write to: atendimentofraterno.cesf@gmail.com\nIn-person meetings only:\nEvery two Saturdays: Children\u0026rsquo;s Evangelization (3 to 18 years old) and parent group: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM\nOnline meetings only, via Zoom:\nTuesday: Spiritual Assistance: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (one week in French and one week in English with slides in Portuguese and French/English)\nThursday: Joana de Ângelis study group, in Portuguese: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM\nThursday: Collective vibrations: 8:15 PM – 9:00 PM (one week in Portuguese and one week in French)\nSaturday: Conference or studies in French: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM\nEvery two Saturdays: Youth Group (10:45 AM - 12:30 PM)\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/nossas-reuni%C3%B5es-p%C3%BAblicas/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":"Hybrid meetings (in-person and via zoom):\nWednesday: Conference and studies with in-person passes in Portuguese: 7:00 PM - 8:20 PM and/or 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM\nFraternal Assistance: If you need help or feel the need to talk to someone, write to: atendimentofraterno.cesf@gmail.com\n","title":"Our Public Meetings","type":"page"},{"content":" 📅 Activity Schedule # Wednesday (🦜 Portuguese) 📍+ 💻 # 🎙️ 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM # Lectures on Spiritism\n(General Public)\n📍 + 💻 Hybrid meetings (In-person and Zoom)\n🙌 8:00 PM - 8:20 PM # Magnetic passes\n📍 In-person\n📖 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM # Study of Allan Kardec\u0026rsquo;s Book of Spirits\n📍 + 💻 Hybrid meetings (In-person and Zoom)\n🧑‍🎓 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM : NEW # Youth Studies (Ages 18 to 35)\n📍 In-person only (Simultaneously with the public lecture)\n📅 Dates\nFeb: 04 \u0026amp; 18 | Mar: 04 \u0026amp; 18 | Apr: 01, 15 \u0026amp; 29 | May: 13 \u0026amp; 27 | Jun: 10 \u0026amp; 24\n📍 Saturday (In-person) — every two weeks # 👨‍👩‍👧 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM # Children\u0026rsquo;s Evangelization, Youth and Parents\u0026rsquo; Group\n📍 In-person\nChildren\u0026rsquo;s Evangelization (Ages 0 to 12)\nA space dedicated to children, with age-appropriate activities, stories, conversations and group dynamics inspired by spiritist teachings and values such as respect, empathy, friendship and solidarity.\nSpiritist Youth (Ages 13 to 17)\nA group for teenagers and young people, with gatherings for exchange, reflection and discussion on topics of everyday life, spirituality, relationships, emotions and personal development, in light of the spiritist worldview.\nParents\u0026rsquo; Group\nA gathering for parents and guardians, offering a space for support, conversation and reflection on the challenges of parenting, raising children and family life.\n💻 Zoom Only # Monday (🦜 Portuguese) 💻 # 📖 6:45 PM - 7:30 PM (🦜)\nCollective Home Gospel — to help families who would like to develop this habit.\nTuesday (⚜️ French / 🍁 English) 💻 # 🕊️ 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM\nSpiritual Assistance (Weekly alternation FR/EN with multilingual slides)\nThursday (🦜 Portuguese) 💻 # 📚 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (🦜)\nStudy of the books of medium Divaldo Franco and the spirit Joana de Ângelis\n🌍 7:30 PM - 7:50 PM (🦜 / ⚜️)\nCollective vibrations for the planet (Weekly alternation)\nSaturday (⚜️ French) 💻 # 🎙️ 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (⚜️ French)\nLectures and systematic study of spiritist philosophy through the study of Allan Kardec\u0026rsquo;s books and other sources.\n🤝 Support and Fraternity # ❤️ Fraternal Care # Need to be heard or need help?\n📩 Write to us: atendimentofraterno.cesf@gmail.com\n🔗 Access and Contact # 🎥 Zoom Link: Click here to join\n🆔 ID: 7478 764 062 | 🔑 Password: cesf\n📱 WhatsApp: Join our group for articles and announcements\n👍 Facebook: Follow us here\n📧 General information: cesfraternite@gmail.com\nSee Other Activities →\nPublic Meetings →\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/atividades/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":"📅 Activity Schedule # Wednesday (🦜 Portuguese) 📍+ 💻 # 🎙️ 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM # Lectures on Spiritism\n(General Public)\n📍 + 💻 Hybrid meetings (In-person and Zoom)\n","title":"Public Activities","type":"page"},{"content":" 🔬 Is Spiritism a Science? # By Charles Kempf\n📖 Definition and Specificity # The words spiritualism and spiritualist have a very general meaning: anyone who believes there is something beyond matter in themselves is a spiritualist. On the other hand, the terms SPIRITISM and SPIRITIST are neologisms — words created by its codifier, Allan Kardec.\nAllan Kardec defines Spiritism as:\n\u0026ldquo;A science that deals with the nature, origin and destiny of Spirits, and their relationship with the corporeal world.\u0026rdquo;\nSpiritism is therefore clearly defined as a science. But it differs from already-established scientific disciplines in the object of its study: the spiritual element.\n🗺️ Structure of this Reflection # To illustrate this point, we will examine:\nThe elements that characterize Spiritism — in a brief historical summary Parallels with classical and modern scientific concepts — links and differences in relation to Spiritism The various aspects of knowledge — how Spiritism is situated within the panorama of human knowledge ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/espiritismoeciencia/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" 🔬 Is Spiritism a Science? # By Charles Kempf\n📖 Definition and Specificity # The words spiritualism and spiritualist have a very general meaning: anyone who believes there is something beyond matter in themselves is a spiritualist. On the other hand, the terms SPIRITISM and SPIRITIST are neologisms — words created by its codifier, Allan Kardec.\n","title":"Spiritism and Science","type":"page"},{"content":" 🤝 Spiritist Practice # 💸 Free of Charge # All spiritist practice is free of charge, according to the Gospel principle:\n\u0026ldquo;Give freely what you have received freely.\u0026rdquo;\n🙏 No External Worship # Spiritist practice has no external worship, according to the Christian principle that God must be worshipped in spirit and in truth.\nSpiritism does not adopt or use in its meetings and practices:\nFacings, alcoholic beverages, incense, smoke Altars, icons, candles, processions Talismans, amulets, sacraments, granting of indulgences Horoscopes, divination, pyramids, crystals, seashells Rituals or any other form of external worship 🧠 Freedom of Thought # Spiritism has no priesthood, gurus or the like. It does not impose its principles — it invites those who wish to know it to submit its teachings to the test of reason before accepting them.\n🌀 Mediumship # Mediumship — which enables communication between Spirits and men — is a gift that many people bring at birth, regardless of the doctrinal line adopted in their life.\nSpiritist mediumistic practice is only that which is exercised on the basis of the principles of the Spiritist Doctrine and according to Christian morality.\n🌍 Universal Fraternity # Spiritism:\nRespects all religions Values efforts towards the practice of good Works for fraternity among all men, regardless of race, colour, nationality, creed or sociocultural level \u0026ldquo;The truly good man is he who practises the law of justice, love and charity in its greatest purity.\u0026rdquo;\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/praticaespirita/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" 🤝 Spiritist Practice # 💸 Free of Charge # All spiritist practice is free of charge, according to the Gospel principle:\n","title":"Spiritist Practice","type":"page"},{"content":" ❤️ Spiritual Assistance # Spiritist centres are frequently sought by people who need help with a variety of personal problems:\nDifficulty overcoming the loss of a loved one Depression and emotional suffering Lack of meaning and hope in life Physical problems whose causes have not been found 🤝 How We Can Help # CESF maintains a free spiritual assistance service to listen to these people with attention and seek to help them according to spiritist philosophy.\nBy identifying the main causes of their problems, we seek to relieve their suffering. Many situations of this nature become easier to understand in light of the spiritist teaching that \u0026ldquo;every effect has a cause\u0026rdquo; — and when the cause is found, problems can be overcome.\n👥 Experienced Support # These conversations are conducted by people experienced and familiar with spiritist philosophy and the means that Spiritism offers to help in such situations.\n📩 To schedule an appointment, contact us.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/assistenciaespiritual/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" ❤️ Spiritual Assistance # Spiritist centres are frequently sought by people who need help with a variety of personal problems:\n","title":"Spiritual Assistance","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"},{"content":" 🌟 Welcome to CESF! # The Centre d\u0026rsquo;Études Spirites Fraternité (CESF) is a spiritist centre in Montreal that welcomes everyone who wishes to:\nBegin the study and practice of spiritist philosophy Discover what Spiritism can bring to their life Deepen their knowledge of spiritist doctrine 🤲 What We Offer # At CESF we develop:\nBasic and in-depth studies on Spiritism Spiritual care and balance passes for the centres of force Spiritual treatment and development Mediumship development activities 💙 Come and Meet Us # If you are looking for a spiritist centre to deepen your studies, share your knowledge, seek help or volunteer to help others — CESF is ready to welcome you with great care and respect.\nWe invite you to explore our site, consult our activities and learn more about CESF and spiritist philosophy.\nWe are sure you will enjoy a visit to our spiritist centre!\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/bem-vindo/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" 🌟 Welcome to CESF! # The Centre d’Études Spirites Fraternité (CESF) is a spiritist centre in Montreal that welcomes everyone who wishes to:\n","title":"Welcome to the CESF website!","type":"page"},{"content":" 📚 What is Spiritism? # ✨ Definition and Codification # Spiritism is a set of principles and laws, revealed by Superior Spirits, contained in the works of Allan Kardec. These works constitute the Spiritist Codification:\n📖 The Spirits\u0026rsquo; Book 📖 The Mediums\u0026rsquo; Book 📖 The Gospel According to Spiritism 📖 Heaven and Hell 📖 The Genesis 🔬 Science and Destiny # \u0026ldquo;Spiritism is a science that deals with the Nature, origin and destiny of Spirits, and their relationship with the corporeal world.\u0026rdquo; — Allan Kardec (What is Spiritism - Preamble)\n🕊️ Faith and Hope # \u0026ldquo;Spiritism helps by showing that man knows where he came from, where he is going and why he is on Earth; it leads him to the true principles of God\u0026rsquo;s Law and consoles through faith and hope.\u0026rdquo; — Allan Kardec (The Gospel According to Spiritism)\n🔍 What does it reveal? # It reveals new and deeper concepts about God, the universe, mankind, Spirits and the laws that govern life.\nIt also answers:\n👤 Who are we and where do we come from? 🌈 Where are we going? 🎯 The purpose of existence and the reason for suffering. 🌎 Its Scope and Impact # Spiritism opens a new era for the regeneration of humanity. It must be practised in its aspects:\n🧪 Scientific | ⚖️ Philosophical | 🙏 Religious | 💡 Moral | 🎓 Educational | 🤝 Social\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/oqueeespiritismo/","section":"Welcome to CESF","summary":" 📚 What is Spiritism? # ✨ Definition and Codification # Spiritism is a set of principles and laws, revealed by Superior Spirits, contained in the works of Allan Kardec. These works constitute the Spiritist Codification:\n","title":"What is Spiritism?","type":"page"}]