Who Is Afraid of Death?

53 Pages·1999·0.44 MB·English

by  Richard Simonetti

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Richard Simonetti

WHO IS AFRAID OF DEATH ?

Translated by
Marilda Cortez Cesar Caselato

Electronic edition by Spiritist Alliance for Books

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to the people who made
possible the English Edition
of this book.

In Brazil
Ângela Maria Ferreira de Freitas
Marcelo and Cláudia Palhares
Maria Aparecida Tuon

In the USA
Daniel Benjamin
George and Akemi Adams
Jussara Korngold

Special Thanks
to Sidney Francez Fernandes
for the general coordination
of this project.
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ISBN 85-86359-16-5

Cover Designer: José Policena de Campos Neto
Illustrations: Celso da Silva

Original Brazilian title: “Quem Tem Medo da Morte?”

First edition in English – March 1999

Copyright 1999 by
Centro Espírita Amor e Caridade
Bauru São Paulo Brazil

Edition and Distribution

Rua Sete de Setembro, 8-56
CEP 17015-031
Bauru São Paulo Brazil
Tel/fax [phone]
www.ceac.org.br
[email protected]

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CATALOGED IN THE RECORDS

OF

THE NATIONAL BOOK DEPARTMENT

S598w

Simonetti, Richard, 1935-
Who is afraid of death? /Richard
Simonetti. 1.ed. - Bauru, SP : CEAC
Ed, 1999.
144p. : il. ; cm.

ISBN 85-86359-16-5

Tradução de: Quem tem medo da morte ?

1. Espiritismo. 2. Medo da Morte. I.
Título.

CDD-133.9

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“Let us look at the dead ones as if they were just absent. By thus thinking, we will
not be mistaken.”
(Seneca)

“Death is nothing more than the return to the real life.”
(Scipio)

“Nothing vanishes and nothing dies, except the coating, the shape, the carnal
envelope, in which the confined Spirit struggles, fights, suffers, improves. The
shape dies - the carcass - but the soul shines again - the gnome of light; and what
is this existence of the body - a single blow - in face of the existence of the soul -
the eternity? We are the dead ones; dead in life, in order to live again in death.”
(Alberto Veiga)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE.................................................................................................................................................11
BEAM OF LIGHT...................................................................................................................................13
THE SPIRITUAL BODY........................................................................................................................14
SPIRITUAL HELP..................................................................................................................................16
DISCONNECTION.................................................................................................................................17
BALANCE................................................................................................................................................18
DIFFICULTIES IN THE RETURN JOURNEY.................................................................................19
THE RALLY FROM DEATH...............................................................................................................20
UNFAILING RESOURCE.....................................................................................................................21
DELAYS IN THE DISCONNECTING PROCESS.............................................................................22
TRAGEDY................................................................................................................................................23
COMPROMISING ESCAPE.................................................................................................................24
DEATH OF CHILDREN........................................................................................................................25
WHY DO FLOWERS DIE?...................................................................................................................26
ABORTION..............................................................................................................................................27
AWARENESS OF WRONGDOING.....................................................................................................29
A DISGUSTING SOLUTION................................................................................................................30
OLD TRAUMA........................................................................................................................................32
IS IT TIME?.............................................................................................................................................33
DANGEROUS GAME.............................................................................................................................34
FUNERALS..............................................................................................................................................35
IDEAL FUNERAL...................................................................................................................................36
FOR HIS SAKE.......................................................................................................................................37
THE GARMENT IN THE CLOSET.....................................................................................................38
WARNINGS FROM BEYOND..............................................................................................................39
STRANGE CULT....................................................................................................................................41
FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD................................................................................................................42
CREMATION..........................................................................................................................................43
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TRANSPLANTS......................................................................................................................................44
BLESSED CHARITY..............................................................................................................................45
CURIOUS OBSESSION.........................................................................................................................46
THE MOST IMPORTANT....................................................................................................................47
ROOTS OF STABILITY........................................................................................................................48
RETURNED JEWELS............................................................................................................................49
PASSPORT...............................................................................................................................................51

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