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Sonia Sarti:
“The Meeting for
Study of the
Spiritist
Science was
created to
discuss
Spiritism”
The city of
Poços de Caldas
annually gathers
Spiritist from
Brazil and
abroad to study
the Spiritist
science. The
Meeting of this
year,
in its 11th
edition, will
discuss
doctrinal and
behavioral
themes according
to Spiritism
aimed for teens
and adults
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Sonia Cristina
Sarti
(picture) is
an entrepreneur
in Poços de
Caldas,
countryside of
Minas Gerais,
where she was
born and raised.
Graduated in
Administration,
Accountancy and
Law, she
presides at the
Society of
Spiritist
Studies Allan
Kardec.
Spiritist for 12
years, she has
coordinated,
along with her
industrious
team, a yearly
event that
happens in the
city and has
attracted
participants
from Brazil and
abroad to study
the Spiritist
science, as the
interview
reveals.
O Consolador:
For the 11th
year
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in a row,
with a great
response,
Poços de
Caldas
stages the
Meeting for
Study of the
Spiritist
science. How
was it
created?
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The Meeting for
Study of the
Spiritist
science was
created to
discuss the
Spiritist
doctrine,
promote the
share of
experiences
among workers
and Spiritist
leaders, equally
promoting union
for everybody.
O Consolador:
What are the
criteria as to
themes and
lecturers?
We look for the
most necessary
ones for the
everyday life,
inviting
lecturers who
know them inside
out.
O Consolador:
What are the
topics for 2008?
Just like
previous years,
doctrinal topics
will be
presented and,
for those who
are not
Spiritist yet
and come to the
Meeting to have
an initial
contact with the
Doctrine, we
deliver
behavioral and
self-help
lectures.
For 2008 they
are: Intrusion
personalities:
causes, symptoms
and treatment of
spiritual
obsession;
Though and
health: psychic
immunity;
Science and
spirituality:
from belief to
conviction; It’s
worth it to
love; Charity:
Spiritist
therapy for the
cure of
obsession;
Criminality and
justice in the
Spiritist
concept – Peace
bound;
Depression: he
illness, its
origins and
Spiritist
therapy;
Changing for
better: neuro-linguistic
program and
spirituality;
Prejudice:
thorns in our
intimacy; The
pains of
renovation of
the soul and
Spiritism – The
last straw;
Depression: get
out of it real
quick; The other
face:
therapeutic
benefits of
forgiving and
self-forgiving;
Decision to be
happy: the
individual as
the sole
responsible for
his own fate;
The era of fear:
how did we end
up like this?
(and how to get
out?); Exiled
from Capela:
scientific
proof; Spiritism
and Quantum
Mechanics: um a
possible dialog.
The workshops:
Formation of
mediums: study,
critical sense
and
understanding;
Self-knowledge:
the starting
point; Doctrinal
coherence: the
role of the
Spiritist
Center;
Treatment of
depression
through
magnetism: how
to do so;
Musical journey:
opening spaces
for a new life
through art; the
inner discovery
and
relationships;
Mediumship of
the Future –
What’s the
future of
Spiritism?
Plus:
Mediumistic
painting and
participation of
Allan Vilches
and Paula Zamp.
The invited
lecturers will
be Carlos A.
Baccelli,
Clayton Levy,
Elídia F. Levy,
Fabiana M.
Guimarães,
Francisco do
Espírito Santo
Neto, José
Carlos de Lucca,
Izaias Claro,
Jacob Mello, Kau
Mascarenhas,
Jamiro da Silva
Wanderley, José
Medrado, Orson
Peter Carrara,
Paulo Henrique
Figueiredo and
Wladimyr
Sanches.
O Consolador:
How long will
the activities
take?
The Meeting, as
we saw, is
composed of
lectures and
workshops, which
objective is to
discuss and
orient the
practice in
Spiritist
Centers. Each
lecture lasts an
hour and the
workshops, one
hour and half.
O Consolador:
What’s the
average
attendance in
previous events?
Is there any
registration of
the amount of
cities, states
and countries
that
participate?
Average 1,350
participants
from, mainly,
all Brazilian
states and
cities.
Countries which
participated
already:
Portugal and the
USA. We had
interest of
groups from
France and
Switzerland,
but,
unfortunately,
we will have
neither space
nor structure
for
translations.
O Consolador:
When and where
will it take
place this year?
This year it
will be on 21,
22 and 23 of
November, at
Palace Casino,
where it has
been done all
these years,
preferentially
the first
weekend after
November 15.
O Consolador:
How has the
response been so
far?
Usually, great
deal of
participants, at
the end of the
event, book for
another year.
Besides, we have
had several
hotels crowded
for the Meeting.
That’s why we
ask for those
who are
interested to
register as soon
as possible. We
also fill
evaluation
sheets to
control our
work.
O Consolador:
What’s the major
difficulty
coordinating
such event?
Natural ones
like defining
compatible
themes with the
reality and the
audience, the
financial costs;
we have many
hotels in Poços
de Caldas, but
every year some
people leave to
make a
reservation too
late and,
because of that,
can’t get a
vacancy. We
don’t have many
workers, but
dedicated ones.
O Consolador:
What is the fee
to participate?
And how can we
pay?
Up to October 1st,
the fee is R$
50,00. From
October 2 to
November 3, R$
55,00 and later,
R$ 60,00. For
teenagers up to
18 years old
there is a
discount of 50%.
The phone
(fax) of the
Society of
Spiritist
Studies Allan
Kardec is (35)
3722.3545 and
the e-mail,
shambala@matrix.com.br
O Consolador: Is
there anything
for teens?
Teenagers can
participate of
workshops. This
year we offer
behavioral
themes: Do you
know your
potential? The
process of
self-knowledge
building a
self-esteem;
Identifying and
building life
principles; the
care we owe to
one another;
Building
happiness:
responsibility
in our hands;
Quality of
Life.
O Consolador:
Are the
activities
simultaneously?
Is it possible
to choose
themes?
Yes, the
activities are
simultaneous,
so, it’s
possible to
choose lectures.
O Consolador:
Your final words.
We thank the
opportunity to
talk about the
Meeting in the
magazine O
Consolador,
inviting the
reader to be
with us in
November. Poços
de Caldas
welcomes
everybody with
arms wide open
and hotels offer
a different
price for the
participants of
the Meeting.
Besides the
opportunity of
learning, it is
a spiritual
party.
It’ll be a great
joy to welcome
you.
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