Nosso Lar - An Account of Life in a Spirit Colony in the World of Spiritis [Paperback]

Francisco Cândido Xavier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2006

"Nosso Lar (Portuguese for “Our Home”) is the name of the spirit colony that Andre Luiz describes in this first book of his collection. In this vibrant narrative, the author offers us his observations and discoveries regarding life in the spirit world, acting as a sort of reporter who records his own experiences. It reveals a pulsating world full of life and activity organized in exemplary fashion, and where discarnate spirits go through steps of recovery and spiritual education supervised by high order spirits. Nosso Lar enables us to see beforehand the spirit world that awaits us when we abandon the corporeal body through physical death."

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Conselho Espirita Internacional; First edition (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8598161217
• ISBN-13: 978-8598161211
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What happens when we die?, November 4, 2008

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Barbara Stone (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nosso Lar - An Account of Life in a Spirit Colony in the World of Spiritis (Paperback)

I couldn't put this book down. Written by a physician AFTER his death, then channeled through Brazil's famous medium Francisco (Chico) Xavier, Nosso Lar shows how much our decisions in this life affect the future of our spirit, which never dies, but continues life in another realm. Physician Andre Luis (he changed his name to protect his family) abused his physical body with substance abuse, which led to an early death from cancer. After death he went to the "umbral," the shadowland between this world and the next, and was tormented for eight years by voices which accused him of suicide. Gradually, he realized that his actions had contributed to his own death, and he repented and asked for help. Then Dr. Luis was taken to a hospital in the spirit world to recover. In spite of many hurtful choices he made, Dr. Luis also treated some poor patients for free, and their prayers for him helped his spirit. Anyone who is curious about the nature of the afterlife will be fascinated by this first-hand account from someone in the next world, reaching out to those of us still in this dimension to realize how much impact our actions have on our soul and what we can do to be better prepared for the time when we move on!

Barbara Stone, PhD, author of
Invisible Roots: How Healing Past Life Trauma Can Liberate Your Present, awarded the Best Book of the Year in 2008 by Book News USA in the category of Health: General

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read !!!, December 15, 2009

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This review is from: Nosso Lar - An Account of Life in a Spirit Colony in the World of Spiritis (Paperback)

The very best book I have found on the afterlife - this is how it is. I have given copies of this book to countless people and will continue to do so. For years my favourite Book was Seven Steps to Eternity by Stehen Turoff - Nosso Lar is better but both are worth reading.
Review by Jeanette Wilson TV Medium on the Dare to Believe series shown on SKY REAL LIVES (UK) and TV3 in New Zealand

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A milestone in spiritist/spiritualist literature, June 5, 2010

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Rodrigo Moritz (Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nosso Lar - An Account of Life in a Spirit Colony in the World of Spiritis (Paperback)

When Allan Kardec published The Spirit's book, The Medium's book, and other works, in 19th century France, he provided meticulous and accurate detail about several aspects of life, both in the physical and the spirit worlds. But he never got into much detail about what life would actually be like after "death", apart from explaining that spirits have very close relationships with us, both for good or ill. Nosso Lar was the first book to provide detail about the everyday life in the spirit world, with amazing clarity, and a moving story of recovery and redemption. After several decades, it is still one of the most important works in spiritist literature. A must read for anyone interested in discovering what the afterlife reserves for us, without the childish threats of an "eternal hell" or "eternal (and excrutiatingly uneventful) heaven".