Case file · High strangeness
Divaldo Franco and the Mansão do Caminho
On 15 August 1952 the medium Divaldo Franco (1927–2025) and Nilson de Souza Pereira founded the Mansão do Caminho, a charity in Salvador's Pau da Lima district. Franco said he wrote more than 250 books dictated by spirits, chiefly his guide 'Joanna de Ângelis'.
1952 CE · -12.94, -38.43 · status: claim
The account
His first book, 'Messe de Amor', appeared in 1964. He lectured on Spiritism in dozens of countries and died at the Mansão on 13 May 2025, aged 98.
The sceptical view
As with other psychographed books, there is no way to test the claimed spirit authorship; critics note the style is consistent with the medium's own.