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The Brazilian Spiritist Federation, a Roustainguist organization practically since its inception, has always deliberately manipulated the Spiritist Movement, distancing it from the true Spiritism codified by Allan Kardec. I've already discussed this institutional deviation in a previous article.
We know well (and if you didn't know, now you do) that the FEB was taken over by followers of the dogmatic Jean-Baptiste Roustaing starting in 1895, when Bezerra de Menezes—also a supporter of Roustaingist theses—assumed its presidency. From this doctrinal appropriation emerged one of the greatest aberrations ever seen in the Brazilian Spiritist Movement: the book Brazil, Heart of the World, Homeland of the Gospel. This is a work clearly inspired by a mystifying Spirit — probably Ishmael — which served as the basis for the formulation of the “Golden Pact” and, later, for the creation of the ESDE (Systematized Study of the Spiritist Doctrine), a program that is completely permeated by the distortions of Roustainguism.
In the ESDE handouts, more specifically in chapter 4, we find a quote from this work (psychographed by Chico Xavier, under supposed spiritual authorship of Humberto de Campos), which I transcribe below with the appropriate emphasis:
[…] This is how Allan Kardec, on October 3, 1804, saw the light of the Earth's atmosphere, in the city of Lyon. According to the work plans of the invisible world, the great missionary, in his marvelous effort of synthesis, would count on the cooperation of a host of assistants in his work, designated specifically to assist him, in the individualities of John Baptist Roustaing (Jean-Baptiste Roustaing), who would organize the work of faith; Léon Denis, who would carry out the philosophical unfolding; Gabriel Delanne, who would present the scientific path; and Camille Flammarion, who would open the curtain of the worlds, drawing the wonders of the celestial landscapes, thus cooperating in the Kardecian codification in the Old World and expanding it with the necessary complements.
This statement, in particular, is factually false. Roustaing was not only not Kardec's assistant, but he also placed himself in clear opposition to genuine Spiritism, especially due to his rejection of the scientific methodology that underpinned Kardec's work—a point that represented the true Achilles' heel of his mystical and doctrinally fragile writings.
Recently, when trying to show this distortion to a friend, I realized that volume I of the ESDE had been “revised,” and the above quote had been modified: Roustaing’s name was simply removed from the excerpt, as if it had never been there.
An attempt shameless to erase its Roustainguist roots without, however, publicly acknowledging the doctrinal deviation or giving any sign of returning to the right path. This is the FEB: always operating behind the scenes, trying to control the Spiritist Movement and maintain its influence, just as the Catholic Church did with Christianity over the centuries.
Make no mistake: the FEB remains a Roustainguist. It continues to reject the evocation and rational examination of spirit communications—practices essential to Kardecian methodology. It continues to attempt to control mediumship according to its own dogmas, limiting it to the molds of its centers (Roustainguists, although they call themselves "Spiritist"). And it remains silent when it should stand up in defense of the true Spiritist Doctrine.
The FEB, my dears, can only be considered legitimate when, publicly and unequivocally, assume your deviation and recognize the historical error committed. Not before. Never before.
Reading Recommendations (Books)
- Free PDFs by Kardec – https://bit.ly/3sXXBxk
- Autonomy – The Untold History of Spiritism: https://amzn.to/3PIvbyy
- Allan Kardec's Legacy: https://amzn.to/3RIn2gv
- Final point – the reunion with spiritualism with Allan Kardec: https://amzn.to/48PLaE7
- Neither Heaven nor Hell – The Laws of the Soul According to Spiritism: https://amzn.to/3F2voYO
- Genesis – Miracles and Predictions According to Spiritism (unadulterated): Free PDF or https://amzn.to/3RM91hF
- Heaven and Hell: Or divine justice according to Spiritism (unadulterated): Free PDF or https://amzn.to/3ZGrcal
- Spiritist Revolution. Allan Kardec's forgotten theory: https://amzn.to/3t7HIUH
- Mesmer. The denied science of animal magnetism: https://amzn.to/3PYc1X2
- The Book of Mediums: https://amzn.to/3PDNTHK
- The Spirits' Book: https://amzn.to/3QkcFx9
- Spiritist Magazine – complete collection: https://amzn.to/48Uxh7s
- Practical Instructions on Spiritist Manifestations: https://amzn.to/3QiR8Gc
- Spiritism in its Simplest Expression: https://amzn.to/3M6fXT5
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