Contribuições para o paradigma do espírito - na fronteira entre ciências: um estudo no contexto das experiências das culturas juvenis espíritas

Abstract

This research aimed to understand the experiential field of youth cultures in Spiritist centers in the states of Bahia and Ceará, contributing to the construction of the Spirit Paradigm within the context of transmodernity. The study engaged in dialogue with the frontiers between different sciences, exploring the lived experiences of Spiritist youth within their cultural contexts. It was based on the understanding that spiritual experiences, as named by the subjects themselves, generate reflections and dialogues that nurture the emerging Spirit Paradigm, grounded in the existence of the spiritual being and in dialogue with knowledge situated at scientific frontiers. Adopting a qualitative approach, the research employed the (auto)biographical method, listening to ten young participants from Spiritist youth cultures and their experiential repertoires within Spiritist educational practices. Contributions from the Spiritist perspective were identified that dialogue with emerging references in the sciences, thereby supporting the relevance of the Spirit Paradigm. Methodological procedures included (auto)biographical interviews, participant observation, and field diary records. The structuring categories of the study were: Youth Cultures, Experiential Learning, Spirit Paradigm, and Spiritism. From the production of knowledge and its intersection with the theoretical foundations of Spiritism, it was possible to propose paradigmatic elements that contribute to reflections on the construction of the Spirit Paradigm. It was recognized that there are significant contributions in the reflective production of Spiritist youth, capable of consolidating this paradigm. It is concluded that Spiritist knowledge operates within youth experiences, shaping a transdisciplinary educational formation that incorporates new epistemologies and sensibilities. The Spirit Paradigm, drawing on elements of the Spiritist perspective, fosters the construction of a cosmic and co-evolutionary ethics, recognizing the interdependence among beings and planes of existence, and articulating material and spiritual principles in affirming the presence of God in the creation and governance of the universe. It is affirmed that elements of the Spirit Paradigm are also woven within concrete and popular social contexts, constituting key elements in intergenerational and epistemological dialogue between the sciences, and enabling transformations in ways of knowing, existing, and relating to oneself, to the Other, and to the cosmos.