The idea that dead people can come back to life was part of the Jewish dogmas, under the name of resurrection. The Jews believed that a person could revive, without knowing precisely how the fact happens. They designated as resurrection what Spiritism denominates as reincarnation. But there is a fundamental difference between resurrection and reincarnation, as shown in this week’s editorial, entitled Reincarnation and its purpose. 

Donizete Aparecido Pinheiro da Silveira, from Marília (SP), editor of the newspaper Ação Espírita (Spiritist Action), Spiritist speaker and author of the books Respostas Espíritas (Spiritist Answers), Suave Inspiração (Soft Inspiration) and Terapia da Paz (Peace Therapy), talks about the Spiritist Movement in his city and the importance of the continuous divulgation of the Spiritist Doctrine. Conceded to the editor Orson Peter Carrara, the interview is one the headlines in this issue. 

Another headline in this number is the special report entitled Palestine at the epoch of Jesus, written by the confrere Leonardo Machado, from Recife (PE). Palestine, region where Jesus was born, used to be the name given by the Romans to the former region of Philistine, named by its own inhabitants and which the Hebrews used to call as Canaan. 

In Niterói (RJ), the first meeting of the AME Center – Medical Spiritist Association in Niterói - took place under a happy atmosphere, as shows the report by Paulo Sérgio M. Peixoto, which is also a headline in the present edition. 

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This week, precisely on Wednesday 19th, an important date has been celebrated in the Spiritist circle: the release, in 1936, of the first Spiritist radio show in Brazil, one more initiative of Cairbar Schutel. The fact took place in Araraquara (SP).

We have concluded this week the study of the classic work The Reason of Life by Léon Denis, which has been presented in 13 parts by this magazine, based on the 14^th edition published by the Spiritist Brazilian Federation.