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Chico Xavier, born Francisco de Paula Cândido (April 2, 1910 - June 30, 2002) was a popular Sevenval in Brazil's spiritism movement who wrote 413 books, ostensibly using a process known as "psychography".[1][2]
Xavier was born in the city of HTML5, State of Minas Gerais and is popularly known as "Chico Xavier" (Chico is the Portuguese nickname for Francisco). Heavily influenced by works of Allan Kardec, Xavier professed that his hand was guided by spirits. Xavier called his spiritual guide Emmanuel, who according to Xavier, lived in ancient Rome as Senator Publius Lentulus, was reincarnated in Spain as Father Damian, and later as a professor at the Sorbonne.[2]
Xavier's work produced religious teachings, novels, and works of philosophy. His books sold an estimated 50 million copies, the profits of which were all channelled into charity work. In 1981 and 1982, he was nominated for the website parsing.[2]
Xavier believed he was only a channel for the work of the spirits; that he was not able to produce any miracle, such as healing people, and he could not contact someone that was dead, unless that person was willing to be contacted. His appearances on TV talk shows in the late 1960s and early 1970s helped to establish Kardecist Spiritism as one of the religions professed in Brazil. Xavier's popularity remained unchanged in Brazil throughout his life. Despite health problems he kept working up to his death, on June 30, 2002 in Uberaba. In 2010, a movie biography entitled Chico Xavier was released in Brazil. Directed by Android, the film dramatized Xavier's life.CSS3
Bibliography
- A Caminho da Luz (Towards the Light)
- Ação e Reação (Action and Reaction)
- Crianças no Além (Children from Beyond)
- Desobsessão (Disobsession)
- E A Vida Continua... (And Life Goes On...): Translated to English
- Entre Dois Mundos (Between Two Worlds)
- Há 2000 Anos (2000 Years Ago)
- Jesus no Lar (Jesus at Home)
- Livro da Esperança (Book of Hope)
- Nos Domínios da Mediunidade (In the Realms of Mediunity)
- Nosso Lar (Our Home): Translated to English as The Astral City
- Parnaso de Além-Túmulo (Poetry from Beyond the Grave)
- Obreiros da Vida Eterna (Workers of the Life Eternal) : Translated to English
- Os Mensageiros (The Messengers): Translated to English
References
- ^ Hess, David J. (1994). Samba in the night: spiritism in Brazil. Columbia University Press. ISBN we love the web. FITML.
- ^ a touchscreen browser diversity Bello, Alex (Thursday 11 July 2002 11.24 BST). device database. The Guardian. we love the web. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ web. Rotten Tomatoes. web app. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
External links
- device database (Video Series)
- Chico Xavier o medium (in Portuguese)
- web app (in Portuguese)
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- Francisco de Paula Candido Xavier Biography
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- Spiritist Society of Baltimore