Emmanuel, written exactly as
is, with a double " m " is
the name of the spirit, in
the original French "L'Evangile
Selon le Spiritisme,” in a
message dated in Paris, in
1861 and inserted in the
chap. XI, item 11 of the
mentioned work, entitled "Selfishness."
The name became well-known,
among the Brazilian
spiritists, due to the
psychographed works of the
medium, Francisco Cândido
Xavier. According to him, it
was in the year 1931 that,
at a regular meeting at the
Spiritist Center that the
kind spirit Emmanuel, first
appeared to him.
Francisco Xavier, thus,
describes Emmanuel: "I saw
the countenance of an older
man and my soul was feeling
the gentleness of his
presence; however what
impressed me the most was
that the generous spirit
made himself visible to me
within the luminous
reflections in the form of a
cross."
We invited him to introduce
himself. He informed us of
some features of his
previous lives, describing
that he had been a Roman
senator, descendant of the
proud "Gens Cornelia” and,
as well as a priest, who had
lived in Brazil.
From October 24th, 1938 to
February 9th, 1939 ,
Emmanuel transmitted his
impressions to the medium
Francisco Cândido Xavier,
allowing us to know that he
had been Públio Lentulus
Sura and in the following
incarnation, the proud
Roman, Públio Lentulus
Cornelius, whose life
culminated in the
extraordinary novel: “Two
thousand years ago.”
Públio had been a proud man,
but also a nobleman. Rome
was his world and he fought
its’ battles. He doesn't
admit to being involved in
its corruption, thus
demonstrating since that
time his righteous
character. Being very
strict, he suffered for many
years, suspecting that he
had been betrayed by the
wife to whom he had
consecrated his love. For
her, in the years of his
youth, he composed the most
beautiful verses: “Twin soul
of my soul,” “Flower of
light of my life,” “Sublime
fallen star,” “From the
beauties of the
immensities...” and, later
on: “You are my infinite
treasure,” “I swear eternal
allegiance to you,” “Because
I am your hope” “As you are
all my love!”
He had the opportunity of
meeting Jesus personally,
but between the option of
being a servant of Jesus or
of being a servant of the
world, he chose the latter.
It is for no other reason
that he writes, at the
beginning of the mentioned
mediumistic work: "To me,
those memories have been
very tender, as well as very
bitter. Gentle, for the
friendly remembrances, but
deeply painful, considering
that my hardened heart, did
not know how to take
advantage of this radiant
moment that had rung in the
clock of my Spiritist life
Two thousand years ago ".
He disincarnated in Pompeii
, in the year of 79, victim
of the lava which flowed
from the Mount Vesuvius ’
volcano. At that time he had
becoming blind, but was
already devoted to the
principles of Jesus.
Fifty years later, in the
year of 131, he returns to
the stage of the world. This
time he was born in Ephesus
, of Jewish origin, he was
enslaved by an illustrious
Roman who drove him to the
old country of his
descendants. At 45 years of
age, presumably, Nestorio
displays the appearance of
an Israelite, with a silent
and unconformable pride.
Separated from his son, who
had also been enslaved; he
would again meet him during
a sermon as he, Nestorio,
preached in the catacombs. A
Christian since his
childhood, he was arrested
and jailed, and because of
his continued faith to
Jesus, he was condemned to
death.
Together with his son, Ciro,
and about 20 other
Christians, at the end of an
afternoon, he was driven to
the center of the arena of
the famous Roman circus,
located among the hills of
Celio and of Aventino, in
the capital of the Empire.
Tied to a post by thick
ropes attached to links of
brass, extremely thin, and
dressed with only a piece of
cloth that covered his waist
to the kidneys, his body was
pierced by poisoned arrows.
With the others, facing
martyrdom, he sings, raising
his eyes to the Sky and
subsequently in the
spiritual world, he is
received by his former love,
Livia.
Around the year 217, he once
again reincarnates on Earth.
As a young man, we can now
find him as Quinto Varro, a
passionate Roman dedicated
to the ideals of freedom.
Faithful to Jesus, he feels
his soul oppressed by the
ignorance and the poverty in
which the privileged classes
of Rome maintained the
crowds.
He feels that the thoughts
of the Christ hover over the
Earth, but the Roman
aristocracy attempts to
battle it. Quinto Varro
doesn't ignore that a new
world had been created in
the ruins of the old one.
Becoming a victim of a
conspiracy to kill him,
during a trip on the high
seas, he assumes the
identity of an old preacher
of Lyon , named Brother
Corvino, and start to work
as a gardener. After being
convicted to be beheaded,
his execution was suspended
after the third blow, and
instead was granted a slow
death, in jail.
Eleven years later, he
reincarnates as Quinto
Celso. From his childhood,
he was introduced to the art
of the reading, and revealed
having a prodigious memory
and great discernment.
As true Christian, he
suffered the martyrdom in
the circus, tied to a post.
He is anointed with a
resinous substance and is
set on fire. He was about 14
years-old.
His last reincarnation took
place on October 18th, 1517
in Sanfins, Entre-
Douro-e-Minho, in Portugal ,
under the name of Manoel de
Nóbrega, at the time of the
reign of D. Manoel I, The
Lucky One.
Possessing a privileged
intelligence, he entered the
University of Salamanca , in
Spain , at 17 years of age.
At 21, he was in College at
“Canones da Universidade”
where he attended the
classes of canonical right
and philosophy, and received
the Doctoral Laureate Degree
on June 14, 1541 .
While in Brazil , it was he
who studied and chose the
place for the foundation of
the city of São Paulo , on
January 25th, 1554 . The
chosen date, was due to the
day of the Conversion of the
Apostle Paulo, intent on
paying homage to Paul of
Tarsus.
The historian from São Paulo
, Tito Lívio Ferreira, ends
his work: "Nóbrega and
Anchieta in São Paulo of
Piratininga” describing:
"Priest Manoel de Nóbrega
had founded the School of
Rio de Janeiro . On October
16th, 1570 , he supervises
it with the same enthusiasm;
he then visits his friends
and local inhabitants and
bids goodbye to everyone, as
he had been informed he
would be returning to his
Homeland. His friends find
his attitude to be strange,
and so they ask him where he
is going, and he replies
pointing the Sky.
On the following day, he no
longer awakens. He receives
the Extreme Unction. On the
morning of October 18th,
1570 , the very day of his
birthday, when he had
concluded 53 years of age,
21 of which had been of
constant service to Brazil ,
whose foundations he had
built, the founder of the
city of São Paulo passed
away.
The last words of Manoel de
Nóbrega were: “I give you
thanks, my God, my Fortress,
my Refuge, who marked this
day for my death ahead of
time, and conceded me the
perseverance in my religion
until this last hour.”
He died without knowing that
because of his works the
city had been awarded, for
the second time, the title
of “The Provincial of Jesus'
Company in Brazil ”- the
earth of his life, his
passion and death."
As a curiosity, we found in
the registry that the deputy
Freitas Nobre, who has
already disincarnated,
declared, in a TV program (of
the TV Tupi of São Paulo),
on the night of the 27th to
July 28th, 1971, that when
he was writing a book about
Anchieta, he had the
opportunity of finding and
photographing a signature of
Manuel of Nóbrega, like E.
Manuel.
Thus, the initial “E” of
Francisco Cândido Xavier’s
mentor was derived from an
abbreviation of Ermano,
which, according to him,
would authorize his name to
be written Emanuel, one "m”
only, and pronounced with
the accent in the last
syllables.
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