Letter to the reader

Year 17 - 827 - June 11, 2023

The mission of the reformers is full of pitfalls and dangers


The above sentence is part of the codifications that Spirit of Truth, coordinator of the work of codification of Spiritism, made on June 12, 1856 – exactly 167 years ago – to Professor Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, who would later be known by the pseudonym of Allan Kardec. The dialogue between the professor and the spiritual mentor was about the encoder's mission. It is worth remembering what was then announced and what actually happened.


Maria Valéria Santos Terra, from Rio de Janeiro who lives in the city of Porto Velho (Rondônia), is our interviewee today. Spiritist since childhood, she is part of the team of workers and is the current president of Casa de Peixotinho, a spiritist institution with a social focus that is very active in the city, born under the inspiration and influence of the Spirit of Peixotinho, who became famous in our country for his work as a medium of physical effects.


“The second death: initial considerations” is the title of the Special published in this issue, by Paulo Hayashi Jr. In the article, after his doctrinal considerations on the subject, the writer reminds us that the so-called second death – or loss of the perispirit – can represent both a blessing and a certain misfortune for the being, and transcribes in the sequence what the spiritual instructor Gúbio reported on the matter.
 

  Astolfo O. de Oliveira Filho
Director of Writing
 

 
José Carlos Munhoz Pinto
Administrative Director

 

Translation:
Francine Prado
francine.cassia@hotmail.com

 

 
 

     
     

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