Divaldo Pereira Franco

Divaldo Pereira Franco
Born	Divaldo Pereira Franco May 5, 1927(1927-05-05) Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

Divaldo Pereira Franco (born May 5, 1927, Feira de Santana, Brazil) is a prominent Spiritist speaker and medium.^[1][2][3]

He represented Spiritism as a delegate to the United Nations August 28–31st, 2000, Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.^[4] After the death of the Brazilian medium Chico Xavier in 2002, Divaldo became the most representative figure of Spiritism worldwide.^{[5][not in citation given]}

On March 12, 2004, Divaldo presented the seminar Understanding Spiritual and Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in Baltimore.^[6]

"Divaldo Pereira Franco offers a psycologized counterpoint to the popular Spiritism paradigm established around the work of Chico Xavier".^[7]

"Divaldo Pereira Franco had a prevalent role in the implantation and consolidation of the Spiritist Movement in the United States."^[8]

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)

References

1. ^ The Spiritist Review (English Edition). 2006. p. 7. http://www.spiritist.org/thespiritistreview/review02.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
2. ^ Leão, F.C.; Lotufo Neto, F. (2007). "Rev. Psiq. Clín. 34, supl 1; 23-28, 2007". http://www.hcnet.usp.br/ipq/revista/vol34/s1/en/23.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
3. ^ Globo-Salgusa (April 2007). "Evento espírita reúne 15 mil na Imigrantes". http://oglobo.globo.com/sp/mat/2007/04/21/295459348.asp. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
4. ^ "News Room: Delegates". http://www.millenniumpeacesummit.com/news000905.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
5. ^ Dobroruka, Vicente (May 2005). "Aspects of Late Second Temple Jewish Apocalyptic: A cross cultural comparison". Oxford Univ.. p. 101. http://tede.ibict.br/tde_arquivos/1/TDE-2006-05-17T06:42:34Z-366/Publico/VicenteDobroruka.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
6. ^ Lar Fabiano de Cristo (January-February 2006). The Spiritist Information Service. p. 3. http://www.lfc.org.br/sei/boletim/ingl55.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
7. ^ Dawson, Andrew (June 2007). New Era: New Religions: Religious transformation in contemporary Brazil. Ashgate Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7546-5433-9. http://books.google.com/?id=-DgoCG9ZIQEC. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
8. ^ "Interview with Wanderlei D C Marques". Advanced Study Group of Spiritism. February 2000. http://www.geae.inf.br/en/boletins/sm024.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 

External links

• Official Web site of Divaldo Franco
• Divaldo Franco - English Bio
• Mansion of the Way
• Peace and You Movement by Divaldo Franco

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Name	Franco, Divaldo Pereira
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Date of birth	1927-05-05
Place of birth	Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
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