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TITLE
:
PS I -PA INTIN
NAME:
DUBUGRAS , ELSIE
Researcher,
Writej
Le c ture r
INSTITUTION
"PLANETA"
,
Editora Tres
Sao Paulo,
Brai
ui
- quiet.
His arms had become paralyzed and he was only
to aove
them freely after the meeting was
over.
Later he
to feel pains down his arms and complained to his mother
then.
Zibia Gasparetto Immediately spoke
to a friend who
well known medium and this friend suggested that
the boy be
it along to
one
of
the meetings
she held at her Spiritist
..
this would allow her
to observe him more
closely under
the
"conditions.
Zibia agreed as
she thought her boy might really
incipient automatic writer
(as
she was)
.
If Luiz Antonio was
ion,
tne development
of this faculty would help liM and those
nIn.
they arrived at
the meeting,
Luiz Antonio was placed at
ibie where all
the mediums
sat
(x)
and in front of him he
l!a stack of papers and a few pencils.
If he became entranced,
„
p-Iting materials were
there
But when the meeting started,
PSI-FAINTING
(psychic
_ painting)
siting
the youngster drew pictures
only ceasing when
s'veets were covered with drawings.
Then he got up and gave
scce
of the sick who were
there for that purpose,
speak
r.,j_
» ^
^
.
«*,
i»
R
which was
recognized by one
of
the people present
Luiz Antonio was born in
t>ao Paulo, Brazil,
on August
I6j
194:9-
He
is
the second son of Aldo and Zibia Gasparetto,
a
This paper deals with
_
t
by a young Brazilian psychologist who
is also* ^Spiritist*
LUIZ ANTONIO GASPARETTO.
“[Chinese dialect.
fession^and°haQ
S
a
C
hard
e
struggle
U
to
a
bring
S
up
n
his
famIly
t
0f
y
foi*^'er
the
waS
over
> ^
pe/"°n f
‘ahad lnvlted Z1Ma
cause
after_ Pedro and Luiz Antonio, tw^other children were t£ r scr^ suggested
that, m spite
of his tender age
rac rc - na rj
he
showed
mediumistic potentiality and-
;.should develop it in
manne r
.
Luiz Antonio should come
to her Centre
for
week.
As
he. had felt
so well there.
x
.
,,
.
,
,
two other children were
Irineu and Silvana.
tj careful
child'uvi^ifa'state
up^eava^S^
af^ c^iS 25S
at
stood a>r was, able
to control.
Because of this acute •sensiti^**trB
'
ti!r’es a week
'
considerable difficulty
in his relationship with
other*.,
.
children and even with
the members
of his family,
in view
oil*""*
and other problems which plagued him,
his parents,
thinking
f+* r*
comnanhi nnshln
t«h t-H
cfrior.^
_
It was only years later, when his
trvine to
k-ppn
t-ho
/
,
7~
*•*—
“““''Its took him
to
see
tne
famous Brazilian medium
- Francisco Can
..Lf,
,_ k? e
?, the
resfcless child quiet.
At last
one
teacherf», v
. ar
. alr
r-.=
*. rst painter sign his name.
But after that
and
the youngster seemed strangely attracted
to shapL c„‘
:
"little,
the masters made themselves known to
and colours
so she gave him coloured
chalirs
=
...
Aattr.io.
close
t
•.tie
by
little
he developed his mediumship,
became
calmer and
and
tr.e drawings also improved although at
that time
no
one,
"a" v* ‘ v e youngster
- dreamed that a group of famous discarnate
si'
1;;.*"?!!?™/"??," 1111 .*”?*'" "°*>i»
-
And now,
sixteen years later,
these painters have pro-
ve
thousand works
of art through their young medium.
so she gave him coloured chalks and
the
task of
d:
ing on the blackboard
the maps and assignments
the
children
w!
doing at
the
time.
This fortunately worked out and while
he
*[hia work * Luiz Antonio kept quiwt.
However,
this
obse: over the years
the styles have become more pronounced as the
h»n(iirann
ri°-
n0
fi Ced that although he enjoyed doing the work, jers'have learned
to manipulate his arms
- and legs
... But
it
app
'ed
. ln
, the execution of the drawings as he
seemed
to
1 a be stressed that Luiz Antonio himself has
little knowledge
i?na
;
e knowl® dSe
of art.
So
she suggested that his
pa; •» and
the
styles,
colours and other details favoured by each
in “ art
, s ?h° o1 suitable for his age.
This was
li
Luiz Antonio afso had to learn to adapt himself
to the
“;,el
.y a0n
p
£he
cholce was unfortunate as
it was only a
fri to become utterly passive when the painters wish to do their
T
peaching was inadequate
for the boy's needs.
but
the close proximity to these discarnate Masters has
?iftle
mdS
L
thIt
A?ir°
Save UP thiS art
°°UrSe havins lean 't bL quite
a lot.
Whpn
Till 7
,
...
.
It should be observed that
it
is not
the usual procedure for
life
v,
th
ir
2ee? years
oldj
a new phase
of .tlsts
to
take their children to sessions such as the one Luiz
a
_ af
_
, a?d this happened during one
of
the weekly meetii,i 0 Ment
to-
Spiritist voumstei® participate
of study groups
nex£
fc°
s Pudy Spiritism.
Like most Spiritist
faml
hones and also In youth groups of which each Centre has
2d £ufz Antonio
eand°h^
h
b
f??ily Sphered together for this
; £2o'£^ivWed according
t0
S
the
P
Children' s ages,
ana luiz Antonio and his brothers were expected
to participate
though Luiz Antonio was a trial
to
the
rest of
the group
becau
ms restlessness.
However, at this particular meeting,
he
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