PSI PAINTING

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NAME: DUBUGRAS, ELSIE
Researcher, Write
Lecturer
INSTITUTION: "PLANETA",~
Editora Tres L
Sao Paulo, Bra
i 'ly quiet. His arms had become paralyzed and he was only
a _;,?;e them freely after the meeting was over. Later he
g,..-, feel pains down his arms and complained to his mother
then. Zibia Gasparetto immediately spoke to a friend who
veil known medium and this friend suggested that the boy be
t along to one of the meetings she held at her Spiritist
this would allow her to observe him more closely under the
a stack of papers and a few pencils. If he became entranced,
hen t e;; arrived at the meeting, Luiz Antonio was placed at
This paper deals with "PSI-PAINTING" (psychic painting)
by a young Brazilian psychologist who is also a Spiritist me
LUIZ ANTONIO GASPARETTO.
Luiz Antonio was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 16{'? a which was recognized by one of the people present
1949. He is the second son of Aldo and Zibia Gasparetto, a t ""ea ``a.ect.
cal middle class couple. The husband was an accountant by pl-,inter t'' meeting was over, the person who had invited Zibia
fession and has a hard struggle to bring up his family of fo e
cause after Pedro and Luiz Antonio, two other children were ,hte' s-n s-,;vested that, in spite of his tender age, he showed
Irineu and Silvana. `tra.:rdi:.ary cediumistic potentiality and should develop it in
tj care .a manner. Luiz Antonio should tonne to her Centre for
Luiz Antonio, like all mediums, was an uncommonly sensit3'";' ''"se nee tires a week. As he. had felt so well there,
bones about coming and turned up regularly at
child living in a state of emotional upheaval which he neith;n" " :e
times a week.
stood m r was able to control. Because of this acute sensitiv?4"`r-e
he had considerable difficulty in his relationship with ether`_,...._ r tie ^e developed his mediumship, became calmer and
children and even with the members of his family. In view of@`'. -~?,~ ^-.,,,_c o,cn ,m?-J althn,usn at that time no one,
companhionship with strange children of his age would helphi
trying to keep the restless child quiet. At last one teacher
and colours so she gave him coloured chalks and the task of d,.
doing this work, Luiz Antonio kept quilt. However, this -obse.
little innate knowledge of art. So she suggested- that his pa
eigth months Luiz Antonio gave up this art course, having-leas
littl
d
e
uring that time.
When Luiz Antonio was thirteen years old, a new phase of
Gasparettos held to study Spiritism . Like most Spiritist fam
rk ".e was going to do. It was mnly years -later, -when . his
Iavier - air- t._,. first painter sign his name. But after that
close to, five thousand works of art through their young me=m.
Over the years the styles have become more pronounced as the
be stressed that Luiz Antonio himself has little knowledge
an:'_ the styles. colours and other details favoured by each
to become utterly passive when the painters wish to do their
but the close proximity to these discarnate Masters has
t hi quite a lot.
It should be observed that it is not the usual procedure for
his restlessness. However, at this e aav, era
, particular meeting, he was
and Luiz Antonio and his brothers were expected to participate
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How the psi-paintings are produced.
The medium only paints when entranced.
The pictures are produced in the dark with only a faint
bulb to light the place.
the Paper down while the painting is being executed.
*Mn using paint, this is smeared on to the fingers and palms
0'of the medium's hand and then patted or rubbed on to the paper
I1n a variety of styles which has to be seen to be appreciated.
The paints on the palms of the medium's hands do not mix. Al-
tbough the palm might be covered with black, if a white is
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 a-njjju to form the shades required.
f
li
ee
ngs of those present.
I
p Qp `o now about thirty have signed their names to paintings.
in one colour might take a cou le of seconds whilevmoree4
ones take from 10 to 20 minute. e close to five thousand works of art produced, the following
The artists use either crayons or paints
STS have participated: Delacroix, Franz Hals, Reynolds, Seurat,
Manet, Matisse, Cezanne, Sisley, Goya, Diego Rivera, Dumont,
.
Irari, Anita Malfatti, Lasar Segall, Picasso, Modigliani,
The colours are not laid out in an orderly manner, per cold: se Lautrec, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Degas, Tissou, Da Vinci,
They are simply placed in a heap. Belli, Debret, Raphael,Rembrandt, Tarcila do Amaral.
They are executed with either hand, although the
ambidextrous.
medium isiP
I
They are also done with both hands working simultaneously..s=+e=s wo specialize in such work and observed by many all over
thi t
c
s
a
e e medium can either draw two heads or have bot Or=?=, .03 numerous to name individually.
hands working on different parts of the same picture. He:"
also start with one hand the later change to the other, or.:=.e =os' important of the researchers who tested him was dr.
hand helping the other. %,,; Andrade, President of the Institute Brasileiro
Where two heads are done simultaneously, "~isasPsicobiofisicas, who i?ad aided in his work by Guy
-, a member of the Society of Psychical Research and
y, one portrait might,'- -
Or c.' several books on the paranormal. In his book The In-
O e B:-nary" Playfair mentions one of these tests in detail.
10. In such pictures, each hand signs
the picture done by the a uirar=e` A~drade is of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Playfair is from
responsible for the work. Then the signature on the upside', Rn;Lan .
down picture is signed upside down and back to front. The
done by the other hand is signed in the normal manner. IDaring the tests, a team of experts and laymen took films,
11. Paintings also as, timed and observed the medium carefully.
are produced with the feet and in such cases
are often painted upside down and although one foot serves Wnen asked what he feels when trance painting is going on,
the palette, it sometimes aids in the final painting. A--tc1=o said that at the start he feels a change in his
Paintings have been done with feet and one hand working
pla- one. This is followed by a sense of excitement as if
si.tt ii & wonderful is about the happen. Then he feels his arms
Y+e' by a layer of energy. After this he senses the approach
scarnate painters who make themselves known, speaking to
13. Total absence of models, lepathically. Although he is not clairvoyant, the medium
yet figures and faces are anatomi each painters and can describe what they are wearing at the
perfect and the solutions are those of a genius. He also feels changes in mood and in his body, according
Portraits of people both alive and dead, famous or not, kno
or unknown to him. Some of the discarnates have been reco
by friends or relations.
The paintings are done in a variety of styles, each corresp
to the artist signing the work.
16. The discarnate artist often talks to the person helping to
painter approaching to start working. But Lu Antonio
ften said that this is a personal experience, im 'ssible to
late into words which will convince those who cannot or will
ry to understand! Mediumship, however, has long been studied
no longer a mystery. If it is applied to explain how these
paintings are produced by a young Brazilian psychologist
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Luiz Antonio's mediumship has aroused extraordinary inte
all over the world and hh
e as received invitations from socie
scientific and otherwise, magazines, and television stations
demonstrate his ability to do psi-painting, The British Br
ing corporation did a
0
3
-minute videotape on his work and thi
broadcast at peak hour on their "N
"
ationwide
Programme in Marc
August 1978. In the States, the-,Na_tional Broadcasting Corpora
also showed Luiz Antonio with
th
e
o
er m
diums;-also on a nation
programme. Television stations in other-countries have done
same, and he has been invited td participate in congresses, bo
national and international S
o much for the medium. And his
Many of the 5,000 paintings have been acquired by people
interested in Dsi-painting or
e i
us
but it s
hould be stressed that Luiz
has never kept any of the
donated to the Spiritist Centreewhi
hoh
l
e
c
u
c
e, his
family
and
a
grow
devoted people run, and the proceeds help feed the thousands o
utterly destitute and illit
erate people who life in shacks in
outskirts of this immense city. The Centre itself attends to
hundreds of people of all
l
c
asses suffering from spiritual, me
and physical disturbances of many kinds.
ESTUDO EXPLORATORIO QUE SUGERE A POSSIBILIDADE DE TRA
TAMENTO DE DISTORBIOS DO SONO POR MEIO DE TRANSFEREN-
CIA DE ENERGIA.
ANDRADE, Maria Regina R.de; Mestre em Psicologia do
Z, Jacira L.R. da; Bkl. e Lic. em Psicologia
an aid in the treatment of chil ren
d the files of a Spiritist insti ut
free of charge help to children, y
trasafer (Pasteur 4 passes), and r
("aentores espirituais"). 684 cas
also presented at this Conference
kdog l asedicalrheellces, who had total r
As a last word, it is important to know that the ob ectivlt
of the Psi-paintings is not to give the world more works of ar,'~e~ed of further research related t thi
It is to show mankind that there is no death as such because it continues in a different dimension in the spiritual world. AS perturba.6e5 do Sono s
cap
does not lose his personality or identity when he loses his p e icina atuais, tanto quant a body through death. He continues wo
sua
ki
r
ng, learning improving
evolving. It also shows that the discarnate entities can make
selves known to us, can communicate with the world given the,
conditions and the ri
ht
h
g
c
annels - the mediums.
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lu4oes sac, todas elas, d
i~ dividindo-se os profissiona
na fora do alcance
cos sao bastante efic
assistencia a iritual a crianga, da Federagao Esprrita do Estado de Sao
(FEESP), enti ade esta considerada de Utilidade Publica Municipal, Esta-
a de energia at/ravis da imposigao de maos. Este tratamento a feito no servi
ancas tivesse total remissio de seus sintomas de perturbag'o~de sono apos
ray dente qudro, chamou-nos a atencao o fato de qua uC eievado numero
continuada de psicotro-
psicomotores, os quais
Eeraws praticos, porn, a desejavel e_necessario o tratanto das criangas
he orientation of supposed spiritual
of recovery analysed in a previous re
ion of, their symptoms without tradi-
i to ainda controvertidos na Psico-
or?gem, como a abordagem terapeutica.
a de tratamento desses distur-
que utilizam uma abordagem far
Escolar
Psicologa Clinica
oc.de Pesq.PsicobiofTsicas
.P., Brasil
terapeutico (da crianga, da
recursos.
no est"a bem determinada,
contenham pontos positi-
ia, por exemplo, atua com
a duragao e custo elevados
'scutivei s , poi s embor
extrenassente prejudic'ais ao desenvolvimento social
in tanbia tratamento pecializado.
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