The special
issue of this
edition deals
with, as the
title says,
The Spirits’
Book, slavery
and the rights
between man and
woman. Let's
look at about
the woman. We
deal first with
the quotations
from The
Spirits’ Book,
also present in
Altamirando's
article:
- Are men and
women equal
before God and
have the same
rights?
"Did not God
give both the
knowledge of
good and evil
and the faculty
of progress?" (The
Spirits’ Book,
question 817)
- Are the
functions to
which the woman
is destined by
nature as
important as
those given to
man?
"Yes, and even
bigger. It is
she who gives
the first
notions of
life." (The
Spirits’ Book,
question 821)
- Therefore,
legislation, to
be perfectly
fair, should
enshrine the
equal rights of
men and women?
"Of rights, yes;
of functions,
no. (...)" (The
Spirits’ Book,
question 822-a)
André Luiz's
book entitled
Spirit Conduct,
so
little-compelled,
deserves to be
read and reread
from time to
time due to the
wealth of
content that
cannot be
obtained in a
single reading.
This conceptual
richness, in its
simple language,
but of a
remarkable depth
and a surprising
concision, it
deserves to be
meditated as the
whole novel
series of this
author. We
highlight the
following
quotations
addressed to
women:
[The woman
needs] "To
become aware of
the guardian
apostolate of
the institute of
the family and
her high task in
the conduct of
the souls
brought to the
physical
renaissance." (Spirit
Conduct,
chapter 1)
The mother has
an apostolate.
As an apostle,
she is sent with
a mission: to be
the guardian of
the family;
Guard, protect
the domestic
nucleus,
ensuring the
offspring a
healthy
development. She
must lead, take
the children
together to
follow in her
footsteps,
transmitting,
with her
example, the
first notions of
life. Mother's
love is
unconditional
love.
[Women need] "To
be attuned to
the Christian
teachings that
it takes place
the soul in the
services of
motherhood and
education, in
the duties of
care and in the
blessings of
sanctifying
mediumship." (Spirit
Conduct,
Chapter 1)
We are talking
about women
professing
Christianity,
hence the
imperative to
walk in tune
with the
Christian
teachings, to be
in tune with
them. Motherhood
is a corollary
of woman, a
natural and
evident
consequence of
her wife nature.
But domestic
chores, even for
those who work
outside, cannot
be an impediment
to service and
mediumship.
Indeed, it is
more than
evident that
domestic
services today
must be shared
with the
husband, even if
there are
servants in the
household.
[Woman needs]
"Oppose any
artificialism
that seeks to
transform
marriage into a
simple sexual
connection,
without the
beauties of
motherhood." (Spirit
Conduct,
Chapter 1)
André Luiz
considers
motherhood a
barn of
blessings, a
source of
beauty. Sticking
to motherhood,
or avoiding it
indefinitely, is
a transgression
of the Law of
Life, which it
calls for
commitment to
reincarnational
programming,
with the spirits
destined to
incarnate in the
family. The cult
of sensuality is
the cult of
selfishness and
materialism. In
this unfortunate
practice, we are
joined to the
lower planes of
spirituality,
building a
prison of
difficult
transposition.
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