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Word: spiritist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Victory for Yemanjá. Instead of merely condemning spiritism, Archbishop Câmara has launched a campaign to expose the charlatanism of the spiritist leaders and to draw their followers into church by holding Masses in honor of their most popular saints, notably St. George and St. Sebastian. After painstaking studies of prestidigitation and stage music, Rio's Marist Brothers put on a series of public shows during the past year to duplicate the tricks by which the spiritist babalaôs hoodwink the gullible. Such sound showmanship has had some success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Spirits in Brazil | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

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