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Learning from the Spirits: Candomble, Umbanda, and Kardecismo in Recife, Brazil.

The article focuses on the role of mediumship in Brazil's spiritistic religions, as examined by American psychologist Stanley Krippner. It explains how traditions such as Candomblé, Umbanda, and Kardecismo involve communication between humans and the spirit world through rituals of spirit incorporat...

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Published in:ReVision Vol. 34; no. 3/4; pp. 51 - 66
Main Author: Krippner, Stanley
Format: Article
Published: ReVision Publishing Spring/Summer2025
Subjects:
Spirits
Krippner, Stanley
Psychologists
Consciousness
Brazil
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on the role of mediumship in Brazil's spiritistic religions, as examined by American psychologist Stanley Krippner. It explains how traditions such as Candomblé, Umbanda, and Kardecismo involve communication between humans and the spirit world through rituals of spirit incorporation, trance, and altered states of consciousness.