Did Kardec reincarnated
as Chico Xavier?
It is unlikely that the
Spirit of Allan Kardec,
if reincarnated as Chico
Xavier, could have
communicated so many
times, as many authors
and scholars register;
that is the first
challenge to be overcome
for those who believe in
the thesis that they are
the same Spirit
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Every now and
again this
subject,
controversial by
the way, is
commented in the
Spiritist
movement. Books
for or against
it are at
disposal of
those who are
interested in
it. We could
even treat it as
a possibility;
but, to define
it, it is
necessary to
solve two
points:
1 – that the Spirit of a
living person can
communicate;
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2 – that, in
communicating,
given the
necessary
conditions to do
so, the
incarnated
Spirit can take
on his previous
personality. |
Well, the first point
is, in fact, already
solved, because Kardec
himself wrote, in the
Spiritist Magazine,
cases of manifestation
of living people. In the
year 1860, for example,
there are many examples
of summoning of living
people; however, for
that to happen, it is
necessary that the
incarnated is not awake,
according to the
Compiler (KARDEC, 2001,
p. 138).
In March 1860, he
publishes the article
“Study on the Spirits of
living people”, in which
he reports the summoning
of Dr. Vignal, to study
such cases (p. 81-88).
Probably the result is
what we have in The
Mediums’ Book, Cap.
XXV – Evocations, item
284 - Evocation of
Living Persons, which
follows:
38. Can we evoke the
spirit of a person now
living in our world?
"Yes; just as you can
evoke a spirit
incarnated in some other
world. The spirit of a
person living in your
world can also, in his
moments of liberty,
render himself visible
to you without
evocation; that depends
on the degree of his
sympathy with the
parties to whom he
manifests himself."
39. In what state is a
person's body when his
spirit answers to an
evocation?
"It is asleep or dozing;
it is then that the
spirit is freest."
43 Is it absolutely
impossible to evoke the
spirit of a person who
is awake?
"It is difficult to do
so, but it is not
absolutely impossible;
for, if the evocation
tells, the person evoked
may fall asleep. But a
spirit can only
communicate, as a
spirit, at times when
his presence is not
necessary to the
intelligent activity of
his body."
(KARDEC, 2007, p.
384-392).
Thus, we can say that it
is correct the
possibility of
manifestation of an
incarnated Spirit;
however, there will be a
condition for this to
happen, which is being
in a situation where the
presence of the Spirit
is not necessary to the
intelligent activity of
the physical body.
In relation to the
second point, we see the
following:
45 When the spirit of a
person in the flesh is
evoked, does he reply as
a spirit, or with the
ideas of his waking
state?
"That depends on his
elevation; but, at all
events, his judgment
will be clearer, and
less influenced by
prejudices, than in his
waking state, for, when
answering an evocation,
his state is analogous
to that of lucid
somnambulism; the two
states, in fact, are
almost the same."
(KARDEC, 2007, p.
387-388).
The situation here is
that the Spirit evoked,
says nothing about his
free manifestation. And
the fact of answering as
a Spirit does not mean
that he takes on his
previous personality. We
conclude, however, that
we do not have solid
information to state
that it can happen.
Everything that we are
saying has a purpose,
because there are
manifestations of the
Spirit of Kardec at the
same time when Chico was
incarnated. What would
lead us to believe, in
this case, there would
have been a
manifestation of the
Spirit of a living
person.
Eduardo Carvalho
Monteiro, in Allan
Kardec (the reincarnated
druid), says the
following:
In the book The
Celtic Genius and the
Invisible World by
Leon Denis, recently
available to the
Brazilian public, the
author reproduced a
series of messages of
the Spirit of Allan
Kardec who, in fact,
wrote the final part of
The Celtic Genius.
Madame Baumard, who
followed his last years
as a secretary,
described the creative
process of this great
writer: “Between the
years 1926-1927, Denis
kept constant contacts
with the invisible.
“Allan Kardec’s interest
in the book and its
elaboration was intense:
he showed up every
fifteen days and took
charge, by mediumistic
dictation, of the final
part of the book”
(MONTEIRO, 1996, p. 74).
The biographer André
Moreil, in Life and
Work of Allan Kardec,
states: “On Easter
Monday, 1910, at the
“Hope Center” in Lyon,
through Mrs. Bernadette
in a state of
somnambulism, Allan
Kardec manifested to
thank his biographer,
the Spiritist Henri
Sausse” (MOREIL, 1986,
p. 174). According to
Garcia “the Easter of
1910 is coincidentally
the return to the
physical body of the
Spirit today known as
Chico Xavier. As we
know, Chico was born on
April 2, 1910.”
(GARCIA, 1999, p. 141).
Thus, this manifestation
would be of a living
person. We also
highlight:
The register of
communications given by
Kardec in the condition
of Spirit out of a
physical body is not
limited to the period
immediately after his
disincarnating. We
advance in time and one
of these messages needs
to be singled out,
despite being well known
by scholars. It was
addressed to the
philosopher Leon Denis
in 1925 (once more, take
note of the date),
containing an explicit
request by Kardec for
him to attend the
spiritualist congress of
that year, because of
the importance of the
event for Spiritism.
[...] (GARGIA, 1999, p.
143).
Indeed, Herculano Pires
says that:
In 1925, when took place
in Paris the
International
Spiritualist Congress,
Kardec himself, through
mediumistic
communications had to
force Leon Denis, blind
and old, to leave from
Tours, in the
countryside, to defend
Spiritism from the
additions they were
trying to make.
[“...]”. (PIRES, 1978,
p. 13-14).
Garcia also says that
“Wantuil and Thiesen
reproduce, in the same
book [Allan Kardec],
a message transmitted by
Kardec on June 14, 1979,
at the Spiritist Group
Ismael, in Rio de
Janeiro. The document
appears at the end of
volume III, finishing
the biography.
(GARCIA, 1999, p. 146).
As we can see it is not
recent of people trying
to point someone as
Kardec reincarnated;
let’s see the following:
We must register another
fact. Denis takes an
interesting note in the
book, about news that
was being spread, saying
that Kardec would be
reincarnated. Well, it
shows how old this issue
is. Denis wrote the book
in 1927, when Chico was
17 years old and started
his mediumistic work.
There was in the
occasion those who
admitted that Kardec was
reincarnated but not as
Chico! He was a
Frenchman, about 30
years old, therefore, he
would have reincarnated
before the new century.
Denis said the
following: “Another
objection consists in
intending that Allan
Kardec has been
reincarnated in Havre,
since 1897. Thirty years
have been passed of his
new earthly experience.
Well, is it possible to
admit that a Spirit of
this stature has waited
so long to reveal by
works or actions?
Besides, Allan Kardec
does not communicate
only in Tours, but also
in many other Spiritist
groups in France and
Belgium. In all these
places he is revealed by
the authority of his
word and wisdom” (The
Celtic Genius, p.
220).
(GARCIA, 1999, p. 145)
What can be concluded
from this is that it is
unlikely that the Spirit
of Kardec, if
reincarnated as Chico,
could manifest so many
times as mentioned. To
accept such thesis it
would be paramount to
bring all them up,
specifying day and time,
to see if Chico, in
those moments which
Kardec manifested, was
asleep or in a situation
in which his Spirit did
not need to be in his
physical body. That is
the first challenge for
those who believe in it.
On the other hand, if it
really happened, there
is still another
challenge to be overcome
that would be going
against Chico himself,
because, in such
hypothesis, after
disengaging from the
body he would, totally
conscious, just like the
disincarnated, take on
his previous personality
to manifest. Well, this
takes us to the
situation in which Chico
should remember this
“change”. So, how can we
explain that on August
28, 1988, in an
interview to The
Morning Herald, in
Goiania, answering the
question if he was
Kardec reincarnated he
said: “I look at my
personality, my
tendencies.
All that I have inside
my heart is mine.
I have no resemblance
with that brave man who,
in twelve years, left
twelve great books.
[...]” (COSTA E SILVA,
2004, p. 115-116).
Thus, those who still
want to have the idea
that Kardec reincarnated
as Chico Xavier must
solve those issues,
which, we believe, are
fundamental.
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