Espiritismo: Puerto Rican Mediumship & Magic

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Santeria: Cuban spiritual tradition that honors and serves the African deities of the Yoruba people, known as orishas. Santerismos: blended practice of Santeria and Mesa Blanca. santeristas: practitioners of Santerismo. santeros: priests of Santeria; often improperly used to mean anyone practicing any spiritual tradition or religion; used in the past to refer to people who made statues of saints out of wood. santiguar: healing ritual in which a person is prayed over and has the sign of the cross drawn over them. santos de bulto: statues of Catholic saints carved from wood. santos: saints, including Catholic saints. seres: spirits. sessiones: Spiritist meetings, rituals, and reunions (see reunion espiritual and Misa). Siete Potencias: Seven African Powers; refers to the seven most popular deities of Santeria. sortilegios: casting of lots, also called throwing of the bones. trabajar las causas: to heal by removing negative spirits. trabajo: spiritual work or rituals. trabajos buenos: spiritual rituals or spells that work toward good ends. trabajos de limpieza: rituals and spells to cleanse and remove negativity. trabajos de luz: rituals and spells considered white magic that work toward positive ends.
trabajos de sanación: healing works. trabajos malos: spells and rituals of black magic. traer una luz: bring a light, bring a candle. trance asombrao: trance in which a medium is overshadowed by a spirit, but is completely conscious of the events. trance inconsiente: trance in which a medium loses all control and recollection. trance media unidad: trance in which a medium retains some control and recollection of the events during the trance. union de pensamientos: praying together with a single purpose or goal. velada de desenvolvimiento: candle ritual devoted to bringing about evolution and progress. velada: candle-based ritual. videncia: information given to mediums by the spirits that can be proven as fact. videntes: clairivoyants. viejos: old ones or elders; term used to describe elevated spiritual guides or elder espiritistas. vista: the ability to see things spiritually. Vodou: religion of African slaves and their desendants in Haiti. Yemaya: African deity of the Santeria pantheon associated with the sea.
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PRAISE FOR ESPIRITISMO “Hector Sa
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This edition first published in 202
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CONTENTS Preface Introduction Chapt
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PREFACE The principles of faith, ho
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others found only confusion. It has
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centros or spiritual centers, where
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practices. Master teachers are know
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Chapter 1 THE ROOTS OF PUERTO RICAN
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Caribbean (see wearemitu.com). The
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Whenever she visited, mi bisabuela,
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Chapter 2 THE BIRTH OF ESPIRITISMO
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Catholic and Apostolic Religions we
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MESA BLANCA To eradicate the tradit
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also known as Espiritismo del Jibar
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elationship that exists is that bet
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“Te vamos limpiar, vamos limpiar
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first gently—to rid the native po
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You would think that this would be
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Various other life forms had also m
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PLANES OF EXISTENCE Within creation
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The properties of these corrientes
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Impure spirits are called luces osc
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physical realm, usually unwillingly
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white and light yellow. He was a he
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aware or asking or trying to direct
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The patron saint is a major force i
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obstructing the flow of their light
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The spirits conveyed that Carmelita
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Chapter 6 LOS GUIAS—SPIRITUAL GUI
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express racist sentiments, or to ha
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depending on their nature. They wer
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practitioners in life; some have be
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mediums, they often use water or pe
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commonly hold veladas in honor of t
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they decided to document the Chines
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This shared name was usually follow
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Chapter 7 COMMUNICATING WITH THE SP
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A medium's abilities are always a w
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So that's what I did. And I discove
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they can do. By combining the infor
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Spiritual centers, known as centros
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floral scent that you never forget.
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Once all the messages had been deli
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The ritual starts with a series of
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water, and a handful of cigars fann
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Chapter 9 ANSWERING THE CALL The ca
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desires, in some cases to help othe
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Don Ileo was an espiritista who was
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may use any number of divination to
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Indeed, some of the horrors that br
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Amparo confirmed everything, crying
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merely helps to perpetuate it. Thro
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Page 151 and 152: CONCLUSION Con Dios venimos y con D
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