It is
necessary to cultivate
personal disinterest in
dealing with Spiritism
The above sentence is
authored by our interviewee,
doctor Ricardo Baesso de
Oliveira, columnist and
member of the Editorial
Board of this magazine. Born
in the small town of Astolfo
Dutra (MG), he has lived in
Juiz de Fora (PR) for over
50 years, where he
participates in the
activities of the Spiritist
Diffusion Institute, of
which he is one of the
founders. In the interview,
he tells us how he sees the
Brazilian spiritist movement
and what he has been lacking
to better achieve its goals.
“Is it forgiveness still
possible?” This is the title
of the Special written by
our collaborator Maria de
Lurdes Duarte, from
Alvarenga, Arouca, Portugal.
In developing the article,
she emphasizes the
importance of forgiveness
and defines it with meridian
clarity by reminding us that
forgiveness is not just the
absence of rancor and
revenge, but an active fight
for harmony and for our own
liberation.
Tomorrow, August 22, marks
the 65th anniversary of the
disincarnation of Leopoldo
Machado, professor, writer,
poet, journalist, composer,
speaker and great supporter
of spiritist youth and the
movement for the unification
of Spiritism in Brazil, in
which he played decisive
role in the 1940s, as Ana
Moraes shows us in a special
article.
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From this edition on, our
colleague Marcel Bataglia
Gonçalves, current editor of
the newspaper “O Imortal”,
joins the editorial team of
this magazine as editor of
the Brazilian Spiritist
Movement section, replacing
Mariângela Cazetta, who
edited it from 9th March
2008 to August 14th of
this year and she is only
leaving the role for health
reasons. To her, who was
present in 740 issues of
this magazine, our immense
gratitude and our sincere
hope that she will be able
to fully overcome the
difficulties of the moment.
