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Interview Portuguese Spanish    
Year 10 - N° 499 - January 15, 2017
ORSON PETER CARRARA
orsonpeter92@gmail.com
Matão, SP (Brasil)
 
Translation
Leonardo Rocha - l.rocha1989@gmail.com

 
Paulo Sérgio dos Reis: 

“The aim of Spiritism is the moral development of humankind” 

The well-known Spiritist speaker shares his experience in the dissemination of the Teachings through musical talks and lectures

Paulo Sérgio dos Reis (photo) lives in the city of São José dos Campos, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, where he Works as a volunteer at the Amor e Caridade (Love and Charity) Spiritist Centre. A Spiritist since 1970, he is married to Leya Reis. As he explains in this interview, she is also his partner in the musical talks and lectures that made them a

 household name in the local Spiritist movement.


How did you become a Spiritist? 

I became a Spiritist in 1970, when my sister moved to the city of São Paulo and invited me to attend a mediumship meeting at the Casa do Caminho Spiritist Centre. I was very scared on the Friday I went there and during the meeting a Spirit asked for many prayers because the biggest plane crash in history was due to happen. When the meeting ended, I told my sister that I would study Spiritism if the accident did take place. On Saturday morning two Boeing aircrafts crashed at the French airport, Charles de Gaulle. More than 250 passed away in the deadliest plane crash until then. I began straightaway to study Spiritism and joined a youth group in the Airport neighbourhood of São Paulo. 

And how did you begin to give talks and lectures? 

When I was 20 years old, in 1975, at my mother’s house I received a message from a friendly Spirit, who identified himself as Dr Maurício. He said that the great Spiritual Benefactor, Dr Bezerra de Menezes, said that 12 people gathered there had the task of founding a Spiritist Centre. In the following month of January we founded the Dr Bezerra de Menezes Spiritist Group in the city of Guarulhos, next to São Paulo. I began in the same year to give talks and lectures. The Group has now more than 300 pupils enrolled in various courses on Spiritism. 

What are the musical lectures? 

I was a member of a music group in Guarulhos, which played in events and weddings. I used to enjoy it a lot, but one day the group disbanded and only Leya and I remained. We were already married. In 1974, when we were working as volunteers at the Casa do Chico Spiritist Group in São José dos Campos a Spirit told us to use our musical talent for the dissemination of Spiritism. The following week, we received a phone call with an invitation for a talk at the Dr Bezerra de Menezes Spiritist Group in Guarulhos. We agreed, provided that we sang the lecture, not talked. And we would only use Spiritist songs. 

And what is the public’s reaction? 

It is very clear. People become very emotional and many shed tears when they listen to the melody. They connect with the Spirit World with more ease, thanks to their emotions, and for that reason they are able to keep what they learn for a lot longer. 

Is there anything from your experience in Spiritism that you would like to share with us? 

We have had a warm welcome in every Spiritist Centre we have been to. But I was particularly moved by something that took place at the Allan Kardec Spiritist Centre in the city of Jacareí, in the state of São Paulo. After one of our musical talks a young girl came to us and said that she had learned much more about Spiritism that night than in a year attending the regular meetings. 

What aspect of Spiritism strikes you the most? 

What strikes me the most in Spiritism is on The Mediums’ Book, chapter XXVII, item 303, which says that the aim of Spiritism is the moral development of humankind. 


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