INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL
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4th WORLD SPIRITIST CONGRESS Paris October
2-5, 2004
Sponsored by: International Spiritist Council
Hosted by: French and Francophone Spiritist Union
Executed by: Kardec Association
CENTRAL THEME
«Allan Kardec: Builder of a New Era for the
Regeneration of Humanity»
LOCATION
Maison de la Mutualité
Rue Saint Victor, 24 Paris - France 75005
PROGRAM
2 Oct. - Saturday
I – 7 PM - 9 PM
Opening Ceremony
Lecture: “ALLAN KARDEC: THE EDUCATOR AND THE
CODIFIER OF THE SPIRITIST DOCTRINE”
Presented by: José Raul Teixeira
(Brazil)
3 Oct. - Sunday
II – 9 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel: “THE
SPIRITS' BOOK: SPIRITIST PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW SOCIETY”
Objective: To emphasize the doctrinal basis of
Spiritism and the consequences of accepting the reality of the spiritual and
immortal being.
Time
Activity / Theme Presented by
09:00 – 09:10 Opening
09:10 – 09:50 Philosophical
Basis for the Spiritist Doctrine Marlene
Rossi Severino Nobre (Brazil)
09:50 – 10:30 Mankind
and Its Spiritual Evolution Leo Gaudet (Canada)
10:30 –
11:10 Influences of Spiritism on the
March of Progress Juan Antonio
Durante (Argentina)
11:10 – 11:30 Break
11:30 –12:10 Spiritist
Ethics Altivo Ferreira (Brazil)
12:10 – 12:30 Questions & Answers
III – 2:30 PM - 6 PM
Panel: «THE
MEDIUMS' BOOK: MEDIUMISTIC INTERCHANGE BASED ON THE SPIRITIST DOCTRINE»
Objective: To emphasize
the purpose of spiritual manifestations and guidelines for its practice based
on Spiritist guidance, highlighting the role of this interchange in the lives
of people and families as a natural consequence of Spiritist knowledge.
Time Activity / Theme Presented
by
02:30 – 02:40 Opening
02:40 – 03:20 Influence
of the Spirits in the History of Humanity Michel
Buffet (France)
03:20 – 04:00 Criteria
for the Analysis of Mediumistic Manifestations Porfírio
Mário de C. Lago
(Portugal)
04:00 – 04:40 Mediumistic
Influence and the Identity of Edwin Bravo Marroquin
Communicating Spirits (Guatemala)
04:40 – 05:00 Break
05:00 – 05:40 Mechanisms
and Practice of Mediumship Sérgio Felipe de Oliveira (Brazil)
05:40 – 06:00 Questions
& Answers
IV – 16 PM - Artistic
Performance
4 Oct. - Monday
V – 9 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel: «THE
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SPIRITISM: ETHICAL AND MORAL BASIS OF THE SPIRITIST
DOCTRINE»
Objective: To emphasize
the importance of a moral and Christian way of life in interpersonal and social
relationships.
Time Activity / Theme Presented
by
09:00 – 09:10 Opening
09:10 – 09:50 Proposal
of the Spiritist Doctrine for the Education Alberto
Ribeiro de Almeida (Brazil)
of Mankind
09:50 – 10:30 Charity
from the Spiritist Point-of-View Charles
Kempf (France)
10:30 – 11:10 Family
Ties: Basis of Society Vanessa
Anseloni (USA)
11:10 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:10 Promoting
Goodness in the Building of Peace César Soares dos Reis (Brazil)
12:10 – 12:30 Questions
& Answers
VI – 2:15 PM –
4:30 PM
Panel: «HEAVEN
AND HELL: IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN EDUCATION, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY»
Objective: To emphasize
psychological and social consequences based on the knowledge of the various
states of the soul in the spirit world.
Time Activity / Theme Presented
by
02:15 – 02:20 Opening
02:20 – 02:50 Death
and Spirit Life According to the Spiritist Doctrine Sonia de Quateli Doi (USA)
02:50 – 03:20 States
of the Souls of Communicating Spirits Maria da Graça Simões de Ender
(Panama)
03:20 – 03:50 Repercussion
of Messages from Spirits of Relatives Joel
Ury (France)
03:50 – 04:20 Justice
and Harmony of the Divine Laws Domenico
Romagnolo (Italy)
04:20 – 04:30 Questions
& Answers
VII – 4:45 PM – 7 PM
Panel: “GENESIS: INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SPIRITIST DOCTRINE
AND SCIENCE”
Objective: To focus on
scientific evidence on the reality of the interchange with the spirit world and
on reincarnation.
Time Activity / Theme Presented
by
04:45 – 04:50 Opening
04:50 – 05:20 Character
of the Spiritist Revelation: The Relationship Alexandre Sech
(Brazil)
Between Spiritism and Science
05:20 – 05:50 Role
of the Perispirit in Reincarnation and Jérémie
Philippe (France)
Spiritual Manifestations
05:50 – 06:20 Health,
Bioethics, and Ecology in the Spiritist Doctrine Fábio Villarraga Benevides
Vision
(Colombia)
06:20 – 06:50 Spiritism's
Position on the Human Genome Décio
Iandoli Júnior (Brazil)
Research
06:50 – 07:00 Questions & Answers
VIII – 7 PM - Artistic
Performance
5 Oct. - Tuesday
IX – 9 AM – 11:15 AM
Panel: «EVOLUTION OF THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT»
Objective: To offer a
panoramic view of the development of the Spiritist Movement in the
international arena.
Time Activity / Theme Presented
by
09:00 – 09:05 Opening
09:05 – 09:35 Birth
of the Spiritist Movement in the XIX Century Eduardo Carvalho
Monteiro (Brazil)
09:35 – 10:05 Evolution
of the Spiritist Movement in the XIX Century Karine Nguema (France)
10:05 –10:35 Spiritist
Movement in the XX Century Arnaldo
Carvalhais da Silveira
Costeira
(Portugal)
10:35 – 11:05 International
Spiritist Movement: Current Phase Nestor João Masotti (Brazil)
11:05 – 11:15 Questions
& Answers
X - 11:30 AM -
12:15 PM
Lecture: “LA
REVUE SPIRITE: ITS HISTORY AND OBJECTIVES”
Presented by: Roger Perez (France)
XI – 2:00
PM – 4:15 PM
Panel: “THE DISSEMINATION OF THE SPIRITIST
DOCTRINE ”
Objective: To offer a
panoramic view on the experiences related to the Systematic Study and the
dissemination of the Spiritist Doctrine.
Time Activity / Theme Lecturer
02:00 – 02:05 Opening
02:05 – 02:35 Systematic
Study Courses on the Spiritist Doctrine Salvador
Martin (Spain)
02:35 – 03:05 Campaign
for the Dissemination of Spiritism Antonio César Perri de Carvalho
(Brazil)
03:05 – 03:35 Dissemination
Through Radio, TV, and the Internet Jean-Paul
Evrard (Belgium)
03:35 – 04:05 The
Virtual International Encyclopedia Project Mickael Ponsardin (France)
04:05 – 04:15 Questions
& Answers
XII – 5 PM – 7 PM
Closing Ceremony
Lecture: «DISSEMINATION OF THE SPIRITIST
DOCTRINE AND ITS ROLE IN THE NEW ERA»
Presented by: Divaldo Pereira Franco
(Brazil)
NOTE: Books, Exhibit
on Allan Kardec, information on the Spiritist
Movement in various countries, and book
signings will be available to
Congress participants throughout the duration
of the event.