Complementary spiritist therapy: systematic review of scientific evidence.
Abstract Spiritism is the third most common religion in Brazil, and its therapies have been used by millions worldwide. These therapies are based on therapeutic resources including prayer, laying on...
View ArticleComparison of brazilian spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity disorder
Abstract We studied the similarities and differences between Brazilian Spiritistic mediums and North American dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients. Twenty-four mediums selected among...
View ArticleDemonic attributions in nondelusional disorders
Abstract OBJECTIVE: Belief in demonic influence has repeatedly been described as a delusion in schizophrenic patients. The goal of this explorative study was to examine the frequency, as well as the...
View ArticleClairvoyant Diagnosis
This experiment assesses the accuracy of a non-medically trained Spiritualist medium in her ability to identify a medically diagnosed disease. The case is also illustrative of the discovery of one...
View ArticleReligion and Health: The more we know the more we need to know
Moreira-Almeida A. World Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;12(1):37-8. Click the image for the article.
View ArticleWhere the imaginal appears real: a positron emission tomography study of...
Abstract An auditory hallucination shares with imaginal hearing the property of being self-generated and with real hearing the experience of the stimulus being an external one. To investigate where in...
View ArticleThe interface between multiple personality, spirit mediumship, and hypnosis
Richeport MM. Author information University of Miami. Abstract In this paper I draw parallels between multiple personality, spirit mediumship, and hypnosis from historical, anthropological, and...
View ArticleOn the belief that one body may be host to two or more personalities
Sarbin TR. Author information Abstract The belief in the validity of the multiple personality concept is discussed in this article. Two scaffolding constructions are analyzed: dissociation and...
View ArticleRare medical conditions and suggestive past-life memories: a case report and...
Lucchetti G, dos Santos Camargo L, Lucchetti AL, Schwartz GE, Nasri F. Author information Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil; São Paulo Medical Spiritist Association, São Paulo,...
View ArticleHistorical and cultural aspects of the pineal gland: comparison between the...
Author information 1Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Brazil. g.lucchetti@yahoo.com.br. 2Anapolis University Center and Brazilian Medical Spiritist Association, Brazil. 3Anhanguera...
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