Espiritismo

This article is about the Latin-American syncretic religion. For the doctrine codified by Allan Kardec, see Kardecist spiritism.
Curandero promoting himself at the entrance to a cemetery in La Paz, Bolivia: "Health, business, work and love are attended, also calls of encouragement, heals with sahumerio and speaks Aymara, Spanish and Quechua."
An espiritista ritual in Brazil

Espiritismo (Portuguese and Spanish for "Spiritism") is a term used in Latin America and the Caribbean to refer to the popular belief that evolved and less evolved spirits can affect health, luck and other aspects of human life.[1]

  1. ^ Helping Elderly Hispanics Manage Health Problems Archived 2007-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita.