The rescue of one of the classics of Spiritism

There is in the middle of Spiritism who ignores the importance of studying the so-called classics of Spiritism - Léon Denis, Gabriel Delanne, Ernesto Bozzano, Amalia Domingo Soler, William Crookes, Oliver Lodge and many others - whose writings were, for some people, overcome.

It is, as we know, from writers who emerged after Allan Kardec and nobody in their right mind will say that the text of Kardec are overcome, despite the breathtaking advance that occurred in the sciences since, 155 years ago, was published the first work signed by the encoder of Spiritism.

Yvonne A. Pereira, a Brazilian writer and nostalgic medium, did not think like these people, because - as she made a point to recommend - to study the classics of spirit literature is as essential to the intellectual who really want to know Spiritism.

Here, then, why this magazine, since it’s appeared, dedicated to the study of the classics of Spiritism a specific section, even though we recognize that in certain respects, this or that work can present itself lagged with respect to current scientific knowledge.

It happens that our purpose is to learn Spiritism, not science, whose specific study escapes, of course, the goals of our journal.

We refer to this subject motivated by the news that the fellow Francisco Coelho de Oliveira, of Matão-SP, recently awarded to our colleague Peter Orson Carrara.

Major highlight of this edition, the cited interview shows us the great attention it has gotten the job that the respondent has been performing with the release of a popular classic of Spiritism, the book Memories of Father Herman (Memórias do Padre Germando), originally published in Spain by Amalia Domingo Soler.

As it is said in the interview that we refer to the experience carried out by Francisco Coelho de Oliveira is a kind of redemption of a pearl authentic literary spirit, a work that no scholar of Spiritism should ignore, although it is little known among younger Spiritists.

The redemption mentioned in the interview should be extended to all the classic works of Spiritism, also ignored by neophytes and which importance, whatever the argument goes, could not be overlooked by anyone, especially those who are active in the task of spreading the doctrine we embrace.