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INDICE -.:: Biblioteca Virtual Espírita INDICE A CIÊNCIA DO FUTURO......................................................................................................................................... 4 A CIÊNCIA E O ESPIRITISMO................................................................................................................................ 5 A PALAVRA DOS CIENTISTAS ..................................................................................................................... 6 UMA NOVA CIÊNCIA...................................................................................................................................... 7 O ESPIRITISMO ............................................................................................................................................. 8 O ESPIRITISMO E A METAPSÍQUICA........................................................................................................... 8 O ESPIRITISMO E PARAPSICOLOGIA ......................................................................................................... 9 A CIÊNCIA E O ESPÍRITO .................................................................................................................................... 10 A CIÊNCIA ESPÍRITA OU DO ESPÍRITO ............................................................................................................. 13 1. ALLAN KARDEC E A DEFINIÇÃO DO ESPIRITISMO, SOB O ASPECTO CIENTÍFICO......................... 14 2. A CIÊNCIA E SEUS MÉTODOS. .............................................................................................................. 15 3. CRÍTICA AOS ESPÍRITAS........................................................................................................................ 19 4. A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DE RICHET. .............................................................................................................. 22 5. CONCLUSÕES ......................................................................................................................................... 27 A CLONAGEM HUMANA ...................................................................................................................................... 28 A EXPANSÃO DO UNIVERSO.............................................................................................................................. 30 A PARAPSICOLOGIA E SUAS CORRENTES ...................................................................................................... 31 A PROPÓSITO DA MATÉRIA PSI......................................................................................................................... 32 1. Introdução ................................................................................................................................................. 32 2. Embasamento experimental...................................................................................................................... 33 3. Hipóteses básicas formuladas por Hernani............................................................................................... 34 4. O psi-átomo de Hernani ............................................................................................................................ 35 5. O campo biomagnético (cbm) ................................................................................................................... 37 6. Densidade da matéria psi.......................................................................................................................... 37 7. Formação dos seres.................................................................................................................................. 38 8. Na direção de uma teoria.......................................................................................................................... 41 9. Na direção de uma fenomenologia ........................................................................................................... 42 10. Comentários Finais ................................................................................................................................. 43 11. Notas, comentários do autor e citações bibliográficas. ........................................................................... 44 12. COMENTÁRIOS DE SORAYA MATTAR ................................................................................................ 46 13. NOTA DE Dr. ANDRÉ LUIZ MALVEZZI.................................................................................................. 48 Agradecimentos ............................................................................................................................................ 49 Sobre o autor ................................................................................................................................................ 50 AFINAL, DE ONDE NOS VÊM AS IDÉIAS? .......................................................................................................... 50 MAS, AFINAL, DE ONDE NOS VÊM AS IDÉIAS?........................................................................................ 55 Notas:............................................................................................................................................................ 56 CIÊNCIA E ESPIRITUALIDADE ............................................................................................................................ 56 CIENTISTAS ENCONTRAM A ALMA.................................................................................................................... 59 Bibliografia de pesquisas científicas de fenômenos espíritas ................................................................................ 61 Introdução ..................................................................................................................................................... 63 Objetivo......................................................................................................................................................... 63 2 Escopo .......................................................................................................................................................... 64 O que é ciência? ........................................................................................................................................... 64 Revisão histórica........................................................................................................................................... 65 Do magnetismo animal ao hipnotismo .......................................................................................................... 66 Do magnetismo animal ao espiritismo .......................................................................................................... 67 Swedenborg.................................................................................................................................................. 67 Os “shakers”.................................................................................................................................................. 68 ANDREW JACKSON DAVIS......................................................................................................................... 68 O período espirítico....................................................................................................................................... 68 O episódio de hydesville ............................................................................................................................... 68 As mesas girantes......................................................................................................................................... 69 As mesas girantes nos Estados Unidos........................................................................................................ 70 As mesas girantes na Inglaterra.................................................................................................................... 71 As mesas girantes na Alemanha................................................................................................................... 71 As mesas girantes na França........................................................................................................................ 71 Surgimento do Espiritismo ............................................................................................................................ 72 O início do período científico......................................................................................................................... 73 A psychical research ..................................................................................................................................... 73 AS INVESTIGAÇÕES DE SIR WILLIAM CROOKES.................................................................................... 75 AS INVESTIGAÇÕES DO Dr. ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE....................................................................... 75 AS INVESTIGAÇÕES DO PROFESSOR WILLIAM BARRETT .................................................................... 75 AS INVESTIGAÇÕES DE LORD RAYLEIGH E DO PROFESSOR DE MORGAN ....................................... 75 Fotografias Espíritas ..................................................................................................................................... 75 Pesquisas sobre telepatia e sugestão..........................................................................................................
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