The theme death and to die come to our minds at the moment we remember the tragedies that victimized so many people in the beginning of this year, especially the ones that fell out over Angra dos Reis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. However, before the pain of those loses, it’s important that we and the people involved remember that death doesn’t exist in the way we usually face it and that our beloved deads haven’t disappeared, as shows this week’s editorial, entitled “Where do we go after we die?” 

Among the highlights in this edition, we call the reader’s attention to the interview that our confrere André Ribeiro Ferreira, from Brasília (DF), conceded to the editor Orson Peter Carrara. André, Spiritist since his childhood, works as both editor in the newspaper Brasília Espírita and coordinator of the contest A Doutrina Explica (The Doctrine Explains), whose origin and purpose he explains in the interview. 

Another highlight in this issue is the special by Maria Eny Rossetini Paiva, from Lins (São Paulo state), in which she says with her usual clarity that the ecologic view is highly spiritualizing, as she shows that everything is integrated in systems and ecosystems. She recognizes, however, that translating such understanding to the “little ones” is still a challenge that we can’t postpone. 

Dermeval Carinhana Jr., from Campinas (São Paulo), shows in a special report how the I Spiritist Observatory Award Winners Nomination took place, an initiative of the Spiritist Radio Campinas, a station of the ADE (Association of Spiritism Advisers) of Campinas city. The report is also one of the highlights in this issue. 

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