Pub In The Park

One of the first things that New York City makes apparent is that there are many different points of view and perspectives in the world. It also proves that it’s possible for such a world to hold these points of view simultaneously, or else sixth avenue would be complete chaos. Of course, there are some who say that it already is chaos, and that’s what makes the city so great, but that’s another matter altogether.

For visitors to the city who are curious about how so many different cultures and subcultures are able to maintain their lifestyles, a little bit of investigating can yield some interesting questions. There are always more questions than answers, and that’s one of the things that also makes it such a great city. From NY hotels to the waterfronts, there are ideas about how reality actually is.

No one can know everything with certainty, although there are many who claim it, but looking at the spiritual traditions of the people in the city reveals as much about culture as anything. It might make one start to wonder why there are so many places that have Allan Kardec mentioned. It might be an unfamiliar name, but once one starts looking, it does tend to come up most anywhere.

He’s the founder of a branch of philosophy called “spiritism,” whose central ideas stem around the notion that the living can communicate with the dead. The French psychologist, not one to merely stay in the realm of theory, developed some very complex, and often amusing, methods, for getting in touch with the “Other Side.”

He was enormously influential on a number of students, and the ideas spread around the world. In Brazil, it had particular appeal, merging with the spiritual ideas that came to the country via the slave trade from West Africa. In the city, then, there are spiritist centers that bear his name, or the name of one of his students, Chico Xavier , who developed his ideas with a focus on the local traditions. If there had been an idea that the seance of the late 19th century was a historical relic, there is plenty in this city to prove that talking with the dead is still very much alive.

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