Statement attributed to
Zibia Gasparetto stirs
controversy
“Zibia in IstoÉ: an
unfortunate statement”
is the title of the
editorial in this issue that
focuses on the controversy
that came up with the
statement attributed to the
medium Zibia Gasparetto by
IstoÉ, in its issue no.
2272. According to the text
published in the magazine,
Chico Xavier would have
regretted having assigned
the rights to the books by
him psychographed.
One of the highlights of
this edition is the
interview with our
collaborator Guaraci Lima
Silveira by composer and
singer Antonio Emanuel
Camelo Figueiredo (Totonho)
Caruaru-PE. In the
interview, Totonho, as our
confrere is best known,
talks about the importance
of music in spiritist
activities.
Another highlight
is
the
special
entitled "Paul and
James: The
Ethics of
Otherness",
authored
by
our collaborator
Antonio
Augusto
do
Nascimento,
Sant'Angelo-RS.
In the
article,
Antonio
examines
the
deployment
of the
first
crisis
that
befell on
the
early days
of the
Christian
movement,
about the
circumcision
issue.
Important
seminar on
"Psychic
Responsibility"
was
held last
month
by the
Union of
Spiritist
Societies
of the
State of
Sao
Paulo
-
District
Vila
Maria,
as reports on this
particular
matter,
our
collaborator
Martha
Rios
Guimaraes.
The report
is
also one
of the
highlights
of this edition.
*
This week we begin the
sequential and
methodical
study
of another
work of
Andre
Luiz,
psychograped
by
the medium
Francisco
Candido
Xavier.
Entitled
"And
life goes
on
...",
the work
was
originally published
in 1968.