Julio Ugarte y Ugarte was a Peru

Peru

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vian writer

Writer

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 and founder of the Society of Transcendental Philosophy in Brazil

Brazil

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Career

On 17 August 1937, Julio Ugarte y Ugarte established the Society of Transcendental Philosophy (School of Christian Initiation) in Brazil. This later became known (and is still known in modern times) as the Primitive Christian Church.

In 1939, he wrote The Two Great Spiritual Laws. He also organized the settling of the Guarita in the State of Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...

, Brazil. This event was widely covered in the periodical Correio do Povo.

External links

• Primitive Christian Church in Brazil, in Portuguese
• Biography of Julio Ugarte y Ugarte, in Portuguese
• The Two Great Spiritual Laws, in Portuguese