Chico Xavier in the literature of Brazilian Umbanda

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582282205093

• Palavras-chave: Spiritism; memory; Umbanda; Chico Xavier.

• Keywords: Spiritism; memory; Umbanda; Chico Xavier.

• Abstract:

   This work aims to go through the interdiscursive paths in which Umbanda literature sought cohabitation with Chico Xavier. The medium from Minas Gerais is seen as a recurrence of authority, as a search for a symbolic good, not only of Brazilian Spiritism, but also inter-confessional. On the other hand, the recurrence of Umbanda to Chico Xavier cannot be studied without paying attention to the constitutive presence of Spiritism in the project of the identity of the new religion. Thus, the project towards a “Umbanda Spiritism” related a good part of Umbanda intellectuals in the search for discursive cohabitation, both with 19th century French Spiritism, as well as its symbolic identity markers, such as psychography. The presence of Chico Xavier in Umbanda literature is seen in two ways, both as a direct presence and in the search to share an interdiscourse, bringing themes and apprehensions typical of his work.

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