Racism and injustice, like
all forms of discrimination,
are unacceptable
As soon as the death of
George Floyd - a black
American citizen who was
asphyxiated to death by a
police officer - was
reported on May 25 in
Minneapolis, protests and
demonstrations of
repudiation of racism and
police violence took to the
streets of major cities in
the United States and Europe.
With the support of the vast
majority of the American
people, the demonstrations,
which are still going on,
call for one thing: justice!
And that all people are
treated equally, regardless
of their social or economic
status, their ethnicity or
the color of their skin.
As Spiritists that we are,
there is no way not to
support such aspirations,
since racism, injustice and
all forms of discrimination
are unacceptable, especially
when the people who close
their eyes claim to be
followers of Christianity.
“Gravitating towards divine
unity, this is the final
objective of Humanity” -
this is the teaching
contained in question 1.009
of The Book of Spirits,
which adds: “To achieve it,
three things are
necessary: Justice, Love
and Science, and three
things are opposite and
contrary: ignorance, hatred
and injustice”.
To the family of George
Floyd and to all who have
been victims of acts of
violence and racism, our
solidarity and the support
of all of us on the O
Consolador team, with
the hope that the May 25th
episode will be the
beginning of a new time when
we can all understand that
we are brothers and sons of
the same Father.
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Since the beginning of 2015
at the head of the Brazilian
Medical Spirit Association -
AME Brazil, the doctor
Gilson Luis Roberto tells us
about the origin of the
institution and the work it
has done, the results of
which are well known to all
who follow the Brazilian
spirit movement. In an
interview with our
collaborator and journalist
Giovana Campos, he also
talks about the reality and
the future of Medicine and
its openness to the
spiritualist vision, in
favour of a more humanized
service. The article is one
of the highlights of this
edition.
Another highlight is the
interview given to us by
Sayuri Sandra Takigahira,
who is a volunteer on the
team of workers at the
Spirit Centre O Clarim, in
the city of Matão (SP).
There, she coordinates the
team of mediators for visits
to the Cairbar Schutel
Memorial, a service
maintained by the
aforementioned institution
that highlights the work
done by Cairbar as a
citizen, as a pharmacist and
as a spirit.
Spirit scholar Paulo Neto
concludes his article “Chico
Xavier would have been the
medium Ms. Japhet?”, whose
first part was published in
the last edition, in which
the writer at the outset
clarified that his intention
in writing the article is
not exactly to prove that
Chico Xavier was the medium
Ruth Celine Japhet, but only
to discuss the subject. The
article is one of the
highlights of this issue.