We are the
ones in the shade; she
isn't, she's at dawn
The above sentence composes
the speech that the notable
poet and novelist Victor
Hugo, father of the modern
French novel, made in the
burial of the body of young
Emily de Putron; the phrase
refers to the deceased.
Allan Kardec transcribed it
in the Spiritist Magazine of
February 1865. Emily's death
occurred suddenly amid the
joys of the family, whose
sister had married days
before. She was a happy
young woman, to whom one of
the sons of the great poet,
Mr. François Hugo, had
dedicated the fourteenth
volume of his Shakespeare
translation. But she died on
the eve of the launch. The
article is one of the
highlights of this edition.
Another highlight is the
interview that educator and
psychopedagogue Ilza
Castilho Esteves Godinho,
from Florianópolis (SC),
granted to Orson Peter
Carrara, of the editorial
team of this magazine. Born
into a spiritist family, she
participates in the
activities of the Spiritist
Center Luz e Caridade, in
her city, in which, in
addition to acting as a
speaker, she helps in the
coordination of study
groups, in the group of
pregnant women, in
mediumistic sessions and in
obsession treatment.
Is the funeral for who stays
or who left? This
is the title and also the
theme of the Special written
by our collaborator Lillian
Rosendo, from this
magazine's team of writers.
As she says, this is yet
another article on
disincarnation, an
uncomfortable and fatal
experience that awaits us,
which may occur on a very
distant day, but which may
also be very close. The
article is one of the
highlights of this issue.