Divaldo Franco Explained

Divaldo Franco
Birth Name:	Divaldo Pereira Franco
Birth Date:	5 May 1927
Birth Place:	Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

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

Biography

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 Brazilian medium Chico Xavier in 2002, Divaldo became the most representative figure of Spiritism worldwide.^[5]

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 psychologized 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 pages;
• "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)

External links

• Divaldo Franco – English Bio
• Mansion of the Way
• Peace and You Movement by Divaldo Franco

Notes and References

1. The Spiritist Review (English Edition) . 2006 . 2 . 7 . 2009-01-04.
2. Web site: Leão, F.C. . Lotufo Neto, F. . Rev. Psiq. Clín. 34, supl 1; 23–28, 2007 . 2007 . 2009-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081027114000/http://www.hcnet.usp.br/ipq/revista/vol34/s1/en/23.html . 2008-10-27.
3. Web site: Globo-Salgusa . Evento espírita reúne 15 mil na Imigrantes . April 2007 . 2009-01-04.
4. Web site: News Room: Delegates . 2009-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714094809/http://www.millenniumpeacesummit.com/news000905.html . 2011-07-14 .
5. Web site: Dobroruka, Vicente . Aspects of Late Second Temple Jewish Apocalyptic: A cross cultural comparison . Oxford Univ. . 101 . May 2005 . 2009-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706160856/http://tede.ibict.br/tde_arquivos/1/TDE-2006-05-17T06%3A42%3A34Z-366/Publico/VicenteDobroruka.pdf . 2011-07-06 .
6. Lar Fabiano de Cristo . The Spiritist Information Service . 55 . 3 . January–February 2006 . 2009-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090219135307/http://lfc.org.br/sei/boletim/ingl55.pdf . 2009-02-19 .
7. Book: Dawson, Andrew . New Era: New Religions: Religious transformation in contemporary Brazil . 24 . Ashgate Publishing . 978-0-7546-5433-9 . June 2007 . 2009-01-04.
8. Web site: Interview with Wanderlei D C Marques . February 2000 . Advanced Study Group of Spiritism . 2009-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706161514/http://www.geae.inf.br/en/boletins/sm024.html . 2011-07-06 .