Spirit’s Existence and survival II
Greetings and Opening prayer
Closing Prayer
Lesson Objective:
Get the young people to recognize the existence and survival of the spirit as well as the existence of God and His attributes.
First:
group dynamic.
Form two or three groups – get them to look for clues that were hidden previously in one or more rooms. These should be fragments from chapters taken from ‘The Genesis According to Spiritism’. Keywords should have been highlighted in each of the texts. Once read, these keywords will form a sentence that will provide the indication of an object/s.
Here are the clues and the corresponding object/s:
Clue A:
’The Genesis According to Spiritism’, Chapter X, items 26 and 29 and Chapter XI, item 1. Underline these keywords in these texts:
combined in order to
form
a
demonstration
moved by an intelligence.
attribute the thought to a
deceased man
living man
[click here] to find the material.
Objects: 2 puppets (based on the text, the adolescents can explain with a theatrical performance).
Clue B:
’The Genesis According to Spiritism’, Chapter XI, item IV. Underline these keywords in these texts:
always will be
material proof
of a spiritual being
outside the matter
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Objects: psychographed books (obtained by the hand of the medium).
Clue C:
’The Genesis According to Spiritism’, Chapter II, items 1, 2 and 3. Underline these keywords in these texts:
observing
that we arrive
is that
an ingenious piece of mechanism
work of a man
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Object: magic cube.
Clue D:
’The Genesis According to Spiritism’, Chapter II, items 5, 6 and 7. Underline these keywords in these texts:
look
man
produced
the knowledge
God does not show himself, but he makes affirmation of himself in his works
things which are beyond
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Object: mirror (placed in a high place).
Clue E:
’The Genesis According to Spiritism’, Chapter XI, items 02 and 03. Underline these keywords in these texts:
For one could
stones
without
qualities
God
without
admit
reason
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Object: The Spirits’ Book with a marker pointing to question is 13 (please note the book could be placed near or over a few rocks).
[Here’s] a copy of this question.
The teams must find the evidence and talk to each other about it. They should agree on how they will relate these objects to the theme proposed once back in the large group.
Comments:
1 - By the time the young people will talk about their objects and how they relate to the theme to the large group, it’s up to the spiritist teacher to maintain the order of the clues for a better understanding and unity of the themes: the existence and survival of the spirit and the existence of God and His attributes.
2 - If the team is mistaken in the relationship they built between the object/s and the clues, it’s up to the spiritist teacher to re-direct the dialogue.
3 - The spiritist teacher should bear in mind the time available for class once hiding the object/s and clues.
Second:
conclude what was discussed and understood about the theme.
Bibliography:
* The existence and survival of the spirit: Questions 23 to 25 and 76 to 83 from The Spirits’ Book, ’The Genesis According to Spiritism’, Chapter X, items 26 to 30 and Chapter XI, The Mediums' Book, Chapter I;
* Existence of God: The Spirits’ Book, issues 1-9; ’The Genesis According to Spiritism’, Chapter II, items 1 to 7;
* Attributes of God: The Spirits’ Book, questions 10 to 13; ’The Genesis According to Spiritism’, Chapter II, items 08 to 19.
Spiritist Teachers: Ricardo and Maria Cláudia.
Translation: Carolina von Scharten, London, linked to BUSS - The British Union of Spiritist Societies.
