Greetings and Opening Prayer
First: ask how children imagine the Spirit World. Let them talk, giving direction to the conversation and correcting with love any misunderstandings that may arise.
Second: ask how do we know that the spirits’ world is like it is? Let the children respond. Then explain that the spirits have reported to mediums who then psychographed books relating their experience. Some mediums went, in dreams, to the Spirit World to see how it was and then shared what they learned with others. Some mediums who can draw often draw what they saw in these dreams, so that others can discover the world of spirits.
Third: remind them that the place we will go after our disincarnation depends on our attitudes and thoughts during our earthly existence: we can go to a hospital, a place of suffering, a spiritual colony. Tell them the Spirit World is similar to our physical world. It has hospitals, homes, schools, ministries. There are also places of suffering, which are transient; kind of a limbo called "Umbral".
Fourth: show the following drawings made by Cristina Chaves; she is responsible for the site http://www.freewebs.com/sementinhasdocaminho.
Figura 1 - A Spirit in lower spheres; kind of a limbo called "Umbral" (place of suffering, but transitory). Remember that the spirits who disincarnated connect to places of suffering, loneliness and darkness by tuning their thoughts and attitudes (attitudes of selfishness, malice, gossip, vanity, materialism, laziness…). Emphasize that we can pray for people who already disincarnated, as they will benefit from the good vibes we send through prayers.
Figura 2 - Overview of ‘Nosso Lar’. Explain it is a spiritual colony which has homes, schools, hospitals, plants, trees, animals, lakes and Ministries (places that organize activities in the Colony and prepares the reincarnation of the spirits that return to Earth).
Figura 3 - House. The houses in the Spiritual Colonies are similar to our homes; with beds, sofas, tables, chairs. The places are simple, without luxury but with much warmth; these are nice places to live.
Figura 4 - Square. Part of a Spiritual Colony; it is a place with flowers, trees, sitting benches and birds to brighten the environment. It is also a place where spirits meet to chat.
Figura 5 - People sat around the table for a meal. Food in the Spirit World is lighter, based on fruits, juices, soups and water. The more evolved the Spirit, the less food it needs.
Figura 6 - The water park. A beautiful place, which is part of the Spiritual Colony called ‘Nosso Lar’. It has a lake, many trees and flowers; it is a place of rest and self-reflection.
Figura 7 - In this figure there is a person who is connected by the silver cord to the Earthly World. Explain this is someone is incarnated, visiting in dream a son who passed away and is in the Spirit World.
Figura 8 - Aerobus. Means of transport used in the Spiritual World, with capacity for large numbers of passengers. It is suspended from the soil to a height of more or less five meters. It seems attached to invisible wires, with large numbers of antennas in blurs. It achieves high speed.
Fifth - activity: each child must draw the place they want to find in the Spirit World when they disincarnate. The spiritist teacher can take colourful glitter for the children to embellish their work; then they may be placed on a clothesline to decorate the room.
Closing Prayer
Suggested Class suitable for: 2nd (9 to 10 years old) and 3rd cycles (11 to 12 years old).
Translation: Carolina von Scharten, London, Sir William Crookes Spiritist Society linked to BUSS - The British Union of Spiritist Societies.
