Eduardo Pereira:
“The Spiritist
message is a
like a guiding
light in our
journey”
The current
president of the
Union of
Spiritist
Societiesm(USE)
in the Brazilian
city of Bauru
shares his
thoughts on
the Spiritist
Movement in the
area
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Eduardo Pereira
(photo),
a retired civil
servant in the
city of Bauru,
in Brazil’s São
Paulo state, is
the president of
the Spiritist
Group Paul of
Tarsus. He is
also the
president of the
Union of
Spiritist
Societies in the
city for the
2012/2015 term.
In this
interview he
talks about the
Spiritist
Movement in his
city:
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How many
municipalities
and
organisations
are under the
umbrella of the
Union of
Spiritist
Socities of
Bauru? |
We have 32
affiliated
Spiritist
Centres and
Groups in 12
municipalities.
And we are at
the moment
considering the
applications of
two other groups
who have
requested to
join us.
Tell us a bit
more about the
partnership you
set up with the
Cairbar Schutel
Institute.
We got together
to edit and
distribute the
newspaper,
Tribuna do
Espiritismo,
in Bauru and
neighbouring
cities,
enclosing a copy
of our
publication,
Olhar Espírita.
What are the
main benefits of
setting up a
partnership with
other Spiritist
organisations to
edit and
distribute
newspapers and
magazines?
Whenever we
consider setting
up partnerships
we bear in mind
that our main
aim is to help
disseminate the
Spiritist
Message, which
will become
stronger and
reach more
people in our
area, the state
of São Paulo.
Also, there is
another aspect,
which is to
encourage the
unification of
the Spiritist
Movement, with
everyone working
together for one
goal. And
finally, the
partnership
helps us get to
know each other
better and
establish new
links.
Your
publication,
Olha Espírita:
when did you
first publish
it? Was it
created by the
Union of
Spiritist
Socities and
later absorbed
by Tribuna do
Espiritismo?
For many years
the Union
published a
monthly
newsletter,
called Boletim
Informativo. In
2009 we
published
Olhar Espírita
for the first
time, with 2,500
copies.
What are the
main plans for
the Union in the
near future?
We are
celebrating now
the 150th
anniversary of
the publication
of Allan
Kardec’s The
Gospel According
to Spiritism
with a number of
talks and
lectures. On
November 8th
and 9th
we will be
hosting Feiramor,
an event
gathering all
the Groups
affiliated to
the Union. There
will be food
stalls, arts and
crafts fair and
many other
activities. And
we will have our
book fair in a
square of Bauru
in December.
Is there
anything else
you would like
to add?
I would like to
say that our
Spiritist Book
Fair, held in a
shopping centre
of Bauru this
year, had a huge
impact in the
region. We
handed out free
copies of The
Gospel According
to Spiritism
and organised a
truly remarkable
event, thanks to
the joint
efforts and good
planning of the
whole team.
Your final
thoughts,
please.
Throughout the
whole time we
are on this
planet as
incarnates, we
need to go back
constantly to
the Spirit World
to gather the
energy and
resources needed
to implement the
principles laid
out in the
Gospel of Jesus.
The Spiritist
message is like
a guiding light
in our journey.
It provides to
each one of us,
dedicated
workers, the
tools we need to
carry out the
mission we are
committed to.
Let us be aware
of the mission
we have
embraced. As we
visualise it,
shall it lay on
us its bright
light, reminding
us of the words
of the Divine
Rabbi, who said:
“By
this everyone
will know that
you are My
disciples, if
you have love
for one another”
(John, 13:35).
Let us get
together,
united, so that
we can carry on
working towards
our continuous,
endless
Spiritual
development.
