Nosso Lar

For the film adaptation, see Nosso Lar (film).

Nosso Lar (Our Home in Portuguese) is the best-selling novel by the Brazilian spiritist medium Francisco Cândido Xavier.^[1] The book tells the story of the spirit of André Luiz, a prominent doctor who lived in the city of Rio de Janeiro. After dying, André Luiz encounters neither the Heaven nor the Hell depicted in the teachings he had received during his Catholic upbringing. Rather, he initially has to endure a period in the so-called umbral, a region where less-than-perfect souls face the consequences of their infelicitous actions while alive. After a while, André Luiz is able to perceive the presence of Clarêncio a friendly spirit who had been trying to help him all along during his stay in the umbral. Clarêncio then takes André Luiz to Nosso Lar, a spirit colony, or astral city, where André becomes acquainted with the intricacies of afterlife and reincarnation.

1. ^ http://www.feblivraria.com.br/Livros-em-outros-idiomas/Ingles/Our-home-nosso-lar-ingles.html?acao=DT&prod_id=79691&dep=1191&secao=4372&pedido=81472219&codbar=8598161217

The book can be read for free in its entirety here or download the PDF here.