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TITLE :
PSI-PAINTING
NAME :
DUBUGRAS, ELSIE
Researcher, Write
Lecturer
INSTITUTION:
"PLANETA",
Editora Tres L
São Paulo, Brax,
fally quiet. His arms had become paralyzed and he was only
to move then freely after the meeting was over. Later he
to feel pains down his arms and complained to his mother
thez. Zibia Gasparetto immediately spoke to a friend who
well known medium and this friend suggested that the boy be
at along to one of the meetings she held at her Spiritist
e; this would allow her to observe him more closely under the
conditions. Zibia agreed as she thought her boy might really
incipient automatic writer (as she was). If Luiz Antonio was
dus, the development of this faculty would help him and those
Toen they arrived at the meeting, Luiz Antonio was placed at
fable where all the mediums sat (x) and in front of him he
a stack of papers and a few pencils. If he became entranced,
fting materials were there! But when the meeting started,
ad of writing the youngster drew pictures only ceasing when
This paper deals with "PSI-PAINTING" (psychic painting)
by a young Brazilian psychologist who is also a Spiritist medse steets were covered with drawings. Then he got up and gave
LUIZ ANTONIO GASPARETTO.
(ng to some of the sick who were there for that purpose, speak-
in a tongue which was recognized by one of the people present
Luiz Antonio was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August lochinese dialect.
1949. He is the second son of Aldo and Zibia Gasparetto, at
cal middle class couple. The husband was an accountant by Pharre- the meeting was over, the person who had invited Zibia
fession and had a hard struggle to bring up his family of fow
jer son suggested that, in spite of his tender age, he showed
I careful manner. Luiz Antonio should come to her Centre for
As he had felt so well there,
Luiz Antonio, like all mediums, was an uncommonly sensinpurpose three times a week.
child living in a state of emotional upheaval which he neitheirconis made no bones about coming and turned up regularly at
stood for was able to control. Because of this acute sensitiv
extre three times a week.
he had considerable difficulty in his relationship with other
children and even with the members of his family.
and other problems which plagued him, his parents, thinking tr
companhionship with strange children of his age would help him
placed him in school at the age of five. But in school thing
no better and his teachers faced still another problem - that
In view ofif"tie by little he developed his mediumship, became calmer and
ter, and the drawings also improved although at that time no one,
lally the youngster - dreamed that a group of famous discarnate
rs, zostiy of the Impressionest school, were preparing him for
erk he was going to do. It was only years later, when his
les took him to see the famous Brazilian medium - Francisco Can-
trying to keep the restless child quiet. At last one teacher javier - dic the first painter sign his name. But after that
noticed that the youngster seemed strangely attracted to shapeofresle by little, the masters made themselves known to
and colours so she gave him coloured chalks and the task of d'asporto. And now, sixteen years later, these painters have pro-
ing on the blackboard the maps and assignments the children wel close to five thousand works of art through their young medium.
doing at the time. This fortunately worked out and while he w
doing this work, Luiz Antonio kept quist. However, this obseover the years the styles have become more pronounced as the
teacher also noticed that although he enjoyed doing the work, ters have learned to manipulate his arms - and legs ... But it
handicapped in the execution of the drawings as he seemed to ind be stressed that Luiz Antonio himself has little knowledge
little innate knowledge of art. So she suggested that his paft and the styles, colours and other details favoured by each
enroll him in an art school suitable for his age. This was iner. Luiz Antonio also had to learn to adapt himself to the
ately done but the choice was unfortunate as it was only a fre to become utterly passive when the painters wish to do their
course and the teaching was inadequate for the boy's needs. M but the close proximity to these discarnate Masters has
eigth months Luiz Antonio gave up this art course having learnt mic quite a lot.
little during that time.
It should be observed that it is not the usual procedure for
When Luiz Antonio was thirteen years old, a new phase of ftists to take their children to sessions such as the one Luiz
life started and this happened during one of the weekly meetinto went to. Spiritist youngsters participate of study groups
Gasparettos held to study Spiritism. Like most Spiritist famiir homes and also in youth groups of which each Centre has
friends and members of the family gathered together for this for more, divided according to the children's ages.
and Luiz Antonio and his brothers were expected to participate
though Luiz Antonio was a trial to the rest of the group becau
his restlessness. However, at this particular meeting, he wasl
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cause after Pedro and Luiz Antonio, two other children were beracestmary mediumistic potentiality and should develop it in
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How the psi-paintings are produced.
1.
The medium only paints when entranced.
2.
The pictures are produced in the dark with only a faint redin a variety of styles which has to be seen to be appreciated.
bulb to light the place.
The paints on the palms of the medium's hands do not mix. Al-
though the palm might be covered with black, if a white is
placed on it, it remains white. Yet, on the paper, the colours
4.
The work is done at extremely high speeds. A simple pictur
in one colour might take a couple of seconds while more en Up to now about thirty have signed their names to paintings.
ones take from 10 to 20 minuts.
5. The artists use either crayons or paints in tubes.
They are simply placed in a heap.
7.
They are executed with either hand, although the medium is #
ambidextrous.
8.
They are also done with both hands working simultaneously .. ebers who specialize in such work and observed by many all over
this case the medium can either draw two heads or have botmoris, too numerous to name individually.
hands working on different parts of the same picture. He o
also start with one hand the later change to the other, on the most important of the researchers who tested him was dr.
hand helping the other.
9. Where two heads are done simultaneously, one portrait might. Playfair, a member of the Society of Psychical Research and
drawn upside down.
10. In such pictures, each hand signs the picture done by the adadmardes Andrade is of São Paulo, Brazil and Playfair is from
responsible for the work. Then the signature on the upsidos, Englani.
down picture is signed upside down and back to front.
The
done by the other hand is signed in the normal manner.
11. Paintings are also produced with the feet and in such casesi
are often painted upside down and although one foot servesi Uner asked what he feels when trance painting is going on,
the palette, it sometimes aids in the final painting.
12. Paintings have been done with feet and one hand working sim ung wonderful is about the happen. Then he feels his arms
taneously, while the medium addressed a person nearby.
however, does not happen very often.
13. Total absence of models, yet figures and faces are anatomice each painters and can describe what they are wearing at the
perfect and the solutions are those of a genius.
14. Portraits of people both alive and dead, famous or not, knowoften said that this is a personal experience, impossible to
or unknown to him. Some of the discarnates have been recorlate into words which will convince those who cannot or will
by friends or relations.
15. The paintings are done in a variety of styles, each correspon
to the artist signing the work.
16. The discarnate artist often talks to the person helping to he
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the paper down while the painting is being executed.
When using paint, this is smeared on to the fingers and palms
of the medium's hand and then patted or rubbed on to the paper
3.
Music is played during the entire session, sometimes very
loudly. The explanation is that the vibrations of the
music help harmonize the surroundings and the thoughts and mix to form the shades required.
feelings of those present.
Who are the discarnate artists?
be close to five thousand works of art produced, the following
irs have participated: Delacroix, Franz Hals, Reynolds, Seurat,
৳, Manet, Matisse, Cezanne, Sisley, Goya, Diego Rivera, Dumont,
Ipari, Anita Malfatti, Lasar Segall, Picasso, Modigliani,
6.
The colours are not laid out in an orderly manner, per coldpuse Lautrec, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Degas, Tissou, Da Vinci,
belli, Debret, Raphael, Rembrandt, Tarcila do Amaral.
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Conclusion
Laiz Antonio Gasparetto has been tested several times by re-
act Guimarães Andrade, President of the Institute Brasileiro
esquisas Psicobiofisicas, who had aided in his work by Guy
r of several books on the paranormal. In his book "The In-
tite Boundary" Playfair mentions one of these tests in detail.
During the tests, a team of experts and laymen took folms,
es, photos, timed and observed the medium carefully.
Antonio said that at the start he feels a change in his
alar tone. This is followed by a sense of excitement as if
mhired by a layer of energy. After this he senses the approach
be discarnate painters who make themselves known, speaking to
telepathically. Although he is not clairvoyant, the medium
He also feels changes in mood and in his body, according
be painter approaching to start working. But Luis Antonio
try to understand! Mediumship, however, has long been studied
explained by many eminent scholars and people of science. So
no longer a mystery. If it is applied to explain how these
y paintings are produced by a young Brazilian psychologist
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who has no background in art, everything will become clear and
further explanations are required.
Luiz Antonio's mediumship has aroused extraordinary inter
all over the world and he has received invitations from societ
scientific and otherwise, magazines, and television stations t
demonstrate his ability to do psi-painting, The British Bro
ing corporation did a 30-minute videotape on his work and this
broadcast at peak hour on their "Nationwide" programme in Marc
August 1978. In the States, the National Broadcasting Corpora
also showed Luiz Antonio with other mediums, also on a nation
programme. Television stations in other countries have done
same, and he has been invited to participate in congresses, bo
national and international.
So much for the medium. And his
ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO QUE SUGERE A POSSIBILIDADE DE TRA
TAMENTO DE DISTURBIOS DO SONO POR MEIO DE TRANSFEREN-
CIA DE ENERGIA.
ANDRADE, Maria Regina R.de; Mestre em Psicologia do
Escolar
Psicóloga Clínica
Universidade de São Paulo/Soc.de Pesq.Psicobiofisicas
de São Paulo - São Paulo, S.P., Brasil
CRUZ, Jacira L.R. da; Bel. e Lic. em Psicologia
Sociedade de Pesq.Psicobiofisicas de São Paulo
São Paulo, S.P., Brasil
Many of the 5,000 paintings have been acquired by people
interested in psi-painting or just because they enjoy having 1
pictures in their homes, but it should be stressed that Luiz M
has never kept any of the proceeds for himself. The pictures
RY :- This is an exploratory research where transfer of energy is recommend-
an aid in the treatment of children with sleeping disturbances. The authors
devoted people run, and the proceeds help feed the thousands ofed the files of a Spiritist institution, in the city of Sao Paulo, that pro
donated to the Spiritist Centre which he, his family and a grou,
utterly destitute and illiterate people who life in shacks in
free of charge help to children, by means of standardized procedures
outskirts of this immense city.
The Centre itself attends toly transfer (Pasteur 4 passes), under the orientation of supposed spiritual
hundreds of people of all classes suffering from spiritual, mens ("mentores espirituais"). 684 cases of recovery analysed in a previous re
and physical disturbances of many kinds.
ich also presented at this Conference are commented. 90 cases of chidren with
bing disturbances, who had total remission of their symptoms without tradi-
As a last word, it is important to know that the objectivo medical help, provide further empirical evidence. The authors emphasize
of the psi-paintings is not to give the world more works of amweed of further research related to this subject.
It is to show mankind that there is no death as such because If
continues in a different dimension in the spiritual world. Mapouco: As perturbações do sono são capitulo ainda controvertidos na Psico-
does not lose his personality or identity when he loses his phe Medicina atuais, tanto quanto a sua origem, como a abordagem terapeutica
body through death. He continues working, learning, improvingh modo, as explicações para sua ocorrência tem sido em geral dadas pela Psi-
evolving. It also shows that the discarnate entities can makedise, abordagem esta que nao tem a aceitação plena de toda a Ciencia atual.
selves known to us, can communicate with the world given the routro lado, nao ha acordo tambem quanto a forma de tratamento desses distur-
conditions and the right channels - the mediums.
i, dividindo-se os profissionais entre aqueles que utilizam uma abordagem far
Nógica, os que realizam um encaminhamento psicoterapeutico (da criança, dã
Dia ou de ambas ) e os que se/servem de ambos os recursos.
medida em que a etiologia das perturbações do sono não esta bem determinada,
toluções são, todas elas, discutiveis, pois embora contenham pontos
positi-
¿ os negativos sempre estão presentes. A Psicoterapia, por exemplo, atua com
isso em grande numero de/casos; por outro lado, sua duração e custo elevados
cam-na fora do alcance da maioria da população. Do mesmo modo, os agentes
ficos são bastante eficientes; no entanto, a ingestao continuada de psicotro-
is por crianças pode levar a ocorrência de disturbios psicomotores, os quais
extremamente prejudiciais ao desenvolvimento social e emocional da criança e
ju tambem tratamento especializado.
termos práticos, porem, é desejável e necessario o tratamento das
crianças
jos apresentam, ja que pesadelos, insonia, terrores noturnos e sonambulismo
jesentam experiências de agudo sofrimento para a criança e para sua familia.
Jecedoras deste quadro, chamou-nos a atenção o fato de que um elevado numero
crianças tivesse total remissão de seus sintomas de perturbação de sono apos
breve atendimento/de tipo não convencional, centrado na hipotese de transfe-
Cia de energia através da imposição de mãos. Este tratamento é feito no servi
e assistência espiritual à criança, da Federação Espirita do Estado de São
Jo (FEESP), entidade esta considerada de Utilidade Publica Municipal, Esta-
e Federal, e que esta em atividade na Cidade de São Paulo ha 43 anos.
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