Suicide under the Spiritist perspective  

Intellectual and moral progress do not always go together. The title of the Editorial this week explains why high technological achievements, recorded over the last few years across the globe, have not been accompanied by a similar speed of moral development.   

Among the highlights of this Edition, we call the reader's attention to the interview conducted by our volunteer, Orson Peter Carrara, with fellow writer Ironildo Boselli, who is the author of the book “Obsession, realities and challenges”. He is also the current chairman of the Curator Council, which is part of the Spiritist Américo Bairral Foundation, that sponsors Bairral Institute of Psychiatry. In the interview, our colleague from Sao Paulo talks about this outstanding institution and its work.     

Another highlight is the Special by Gebaldo José de Sousa on the topic of suicide. In his article, in addition to analyzing the theme in the light of the spiritist teachings, the author says that Mary of Nazareth is one of the spirits, dedicated to the noble task of helping the suffering beings that departed from the physical world, caused due to a suicide act.                       

Paul Salerno describes, in a special article, how the event “Catarinense Mediumship Symposium”, held on 8th December in the city of Itajaí, was a big success. Among the speakers were Divaldo Franco, Raul Teixeira and many others.  

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Yesterday – 15 January – was another celebration of the launching of the “The Mediums’ Book”, by Allan Kardec, first published in 1861. This book is the second of five major fundamental works written by the founder of Spiritism.