Obsession and
its different types and
characters
Author of the book Obsession
in 100 Answers, recently
released by Casa Editora O
Clarim, Rogério Miguez, from
São José dos Campos (SP),
examines obsession and its
characters in the special
“The spiritual obsession”,
one of the highlights of
this edition. In his
article, in addition to
highlighting the various
spiritist concepts related
to obsession, he reminds us
that obsessive action can
affect anyone, whether
spiritist or not.
Our interviewee today is our
confrere Manoel Sampaio
Junior, who works as a
speaker at Grupo Espírita
Allan Kardec, from Guarapari
(ES), the city where he is a
member of the Guarapariense
Academy of Letters and Arts.
He was born in Cachoeiro de
Itapemirim, currently living
in Vitória, both in the
state of Espírito Santo, he
tells us in the interview
about the examples of
dedication and firmness in
the spiritist experience
received from his father.
12 and a half years ago –
April 2010 – the magazine Superinteressante surprised
all of us and, in
particular, its readers with
an article that Richard
Simonetti, in a letter sent
to the magazine’s directors,
classified as an
“unfortunate report on
Francisco Cândido Xavier,
pretentious and
tendentious”, with the clear
target of “denigrating and
devaluing the work of the
great medium”. The episode
is remembered in a special
article in this issue.