Strange phenomenon scares the city of Itatira, Ceará

In early June, dozens of youths felt sick in a school of Itatira, countryside of Ceará, after a supposed vision of the spirit of a dead colleague. They went into a trance and many had to be taken to hospital. This is the theme of this week’s editorial entitled The phenomenon of Itatira and the prophecy of Joel. 

Among the highlights of this edition, we would like to call attention to the interview conceded by Nelli Bocca Lorenzo Machado, from Bauru (SP) to our colleague Wellington Balbo. Nelli coordinates the Spiritist youth group and she is very participative and active in the Spiritist movement in the region of Bauru, Nelli speaks in interview about her work and some relevant topics about the spiritist youth. 

Another highlight of the week is conclusion of the special from Washington Luiz N. Fernandes, from Sao Paulo (SP), about the psychographic work of Divaldo Franco. 

The confrere Adjair Fernandes de Faria, from Uberlândia (MG), has visited Londrina (Parana state) with his bus-bookstore, which displays the name of Chico Xavier. One of the locations visited was the nearby city of Cambé, which has been receptive to the work  of our colleague, as  he describes in a report which is also one of the highlights of the week. 

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It was in July 1869, which appeared in the Journal Echo beyond the grave, a periodical edited in Salvador, the first publication in Portuguese of the spiritist doctrine in Brazil, since, until then, all available literature was in French. His publisher, editor and distributor was Luis Olimpio Teles de Menezes.