Religious Roles & Titles

Passista (Passe-Giver)

Spiritism Roles

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Divinity Atlas. "Passista (Passe-Giver)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/religious-roles-titles/passista-passe-giver.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Passista (Passe-Giver). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/religious-roles-titles/passista-passe-giver

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@misc{divinityatlas-passista-passe-giver,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Passista (Passe-Giver)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/religious-roles-titles/passista-passe-giver},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A passista is a Kardecist Spiritism practitioner trained to administer the passe, a laying on of hands understood to transmit healing vital fluid from benevolent spirits to the recipient, a role distinct from the medium proper (who channels spirit communication) and institutionalised as a standard volunteer function at Spiritist centres, particularly prominent in Brazilian Spiritism.

Facts

Attributions

Tradition

Kardecist Spiritism (Brazilian Spiritism) 1

Status

Status Today

Living tradition, practised today 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Spiritism

Source The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914Janet Oppenheim

Related To

Medium

Sources

1. The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914

Janet Oppenheim, Cambridge University Press, 1985on Spiritist healing practice and the passeView the Source

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