Episode 135: The Spiritist Pt. 1
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4.8 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Cecilia was a young girl when her and her mother decide to migrate from Cuba to Chile, her late father's homeland. It was here when years later, Cecilia's cousin suffered a life-threatening accident that brought to the forefront her family's rich history with Spiritism in Cuba.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Otherworld. I'm your host, Jack Wagner. This episode kicks off a two-part story that we have for you, coming from a woman named Cecilia. I'm very excited about this series. We've been working on it for quite some time. |
| 0:22.9 | Cecilia has an incredible family story, which she will share herself, but a major part of that |
| 0:29.5 | story involves her family's strong connection to spiritism, Cuban spiritism to be more specific. |
| 0:41.4 | Spiritism is a spiritual practice founded by Alan Cardek in France in the 1850s. This is not to be confused with spiritualism, which is |
| 0:48.9 | American, although there are many similarities between the two. Spiritism is a bit more codified with a clear set of philosophy and beliefs, whereas spiritualism is more of a practice. |
| 1:02.6 | Spiritism involves the belief in the immortality of the soul and the possibility of communication with spirits through mediums. |
| 1:12.3 | It's sort of meant to supplement other religious beliefs, not replace them. |
| 1:17.9 | When spiritism arrived in Cuba from France in the 19th century, it really took off and |
| 1:25.0 | it also took on a life of its own, |
| 1:28.2 | basically combining with existing cultural practices and traditions that existed in Cuba at the time. |
| 1:35.7 | Back in the day, Cecilia's great-grandmother, along with her great-grandmother's 18 siblings, |
| 1:42.5 | were all very involved in spiritism. |
| 1:45.8 | Cecilia's grandmother grew up around this and definitely attended some seances, |
| 1:51.8 | but never really practiced it herself as an adult. |
| 1:55.5 | And then Cecilia's mother ended up leaving the country when she was 26 and Cecilia was just four. |
| 2:02.8 | They moved to Chile, where her mom became an engineer. |
| 2:06.9 | For that reason, these beliefs were really not a big part of Cecilia's life when she was growing up. |
| 2:12.8 | However, that all changed when Cecilia was an adult. |
| 2:17.4 | And that's really what the story is all about. I'm going to let |
| 2:20.6 | her explain all of that herself. This episode is called The Spiritist Part 1, and you're listening |
| 2:28.0 | to Otherworld. |
| 2:39.0 | Hello? Is this Bobby? Yes, it is. At its core, the science, you can't argue with. I'm worried about all the science. |
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