IBGE calls us kardecists

Allan Kardec once said that we can say: Plato's philosophy, the doctrine of Descartes, Leibnitz's philosophy, but you will never say: the doctrine of Allan Kardec, which makes the word Kardecism inappropriate as well as inadequate the expression Kardecist doctrine. However the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) has ignored this information when creating the rules for the census 2010, as shown in this week’s editorial entitled Kardecism or Spiritism, which one is correct? 

Among the highlights of this edition, we would like to call attention to the interview conceded by Fábio Klester Rodrigues Oliveira, from Alagoinhas (BA), to our colleague Orson Peter Carrara. Fábio coordinates, together with his wife Cacilda, the “Núcleo Espírita Ponto de Luz” (Point of Light Spiritist Centre), and he speaks about an interesting experience in disseminating the Spiritist Doctrine which has been done at Shopping Center of his hometown. 

Another highlight is the special entitled "Metaneurologia - A Spiritual Vision of the Brain," written by our confrere Nubor Facure Orlando, from Campinas (SP). The study was divided into two partes, the conclusion will be published next week. 

It was founded in England, on the 23rd of  February 1983,  the Allan Kardec Study Group - AKSG, the first spiritist institution created on this country, within the ones which remain active. This and other interesting information about the Spiritist movement in England are part of a special report, which is part of this edition and one of its highlights. 

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On the August 8th, 1946 – the ladies Maria Augusta and Nair Ambra Puhlmann Ferreira have founded in Sao Paulo (SP) the Charity “Our Home”.

The original intention was to create a home for orphans and abandoned babies, but an experience that occurred in 1967 has changed the course of the institution, and since then, the IBNL has decided to assist needy children living with Brain Injury and Down Syndrome, in which it has became an international reference. To learn more about the institution just click on the link http://www.ibnossolar.org.br/pag_institucional.php?id=3