Category: Interview

Can children be bad?

In the following interview, child and adolescent psychiatrist Marcus Ribeiro (photo) analyzes child aggression from a scientific and Spiritist perspective. Folha Espírita - Can children be bad or just immature? Dr. Marcus Ribeiro - In most situations, what we observe is not malice per se, but emotional and moral immaturity. Children's brains, especially [...]

Between talking and talking: why seeing your children changes everything

CLÁUDIA SANTOS ♦ In a time marked by information overload, omnipresent screens and increasingly noisy relationships, a simple - and deeply disconcerting - question crosses parents, educators and health professionals' minds: when we talk to our children, do we really see them? It is from this provocation that psychoanalyst and spiritualist author Adeilson [...]

When love crosses the veil of death

They left a few hours apart, after 74 years of a marriage lived side by side, with simplicity and complicity. The story of Odileta and Paschoal de Haro, from Votuporanga/SP, echoes beyond mourning: it raises questions about the invisible bonds that sustain some souls over many lifetimes. Could they be soul mates? Mature love [...]

Dignity in death: reflections on assisted suicide and human suffering

“Dear friends. I am in Switzerland, about to commit euthanasia. My life has become unbearable. I'm suffering from Alzheimer's. [...] I hope to have lived with dignity and I hope to die with dignity.” This is a short excerpt from the letter written by poet and immortal of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL) Antonio Cicero, 79 [...]

Mediumistic practices in pregnancy. What to do?

Many female mediums are faced with the dilemma of whether or not to continue their mediumship practice when they discover they are pregnant. This commonplace subject is avoided by many and is even taboo. Some Spiritist leaders recommend that pregnant women stop participating in these activities during pregnancy, while others advise the exact opposite. As a medium [...]

What does science say about the “many dwellings in my father's house”?

Discoveries on Mars, the origin of the Universe and how science can influence our spiritual understanding were some of the topics we discussed in a conversation with Alex Cavaliéri Carciofi (pictured below), a professor of astrophysics at the University of São Paulo (USP). He specializes in physical-mathematical models of circumstellar disks and has written more than 70 articles [...]

AME-Brazil holds the 1st National Meeting on Spirituality Research to discuss and encourage scientific production

Spirituality and religiosity related to physical and mental health, spiritual complementary health practices and phenomena of consciousness/survival after death were the themes of the panels at the 1st National Meeting of Research into Spirituality of the Medical-Spiritist Association of Brazil (AME-Brasil), which took place on July 6 in São Paulo. The event, promoted by AME-SP and [...]

Is euthanasia a solution to shorten suffering?

Last month, former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife, Eugenie, opted to die together by double euthanasia in the Netherlands. Dries and Eugenia van Agt had been married for 70 years. They were both 93 years old and died assisted by doctors on February 5 in a hospital in the city of Nijmegen, in the east of [...]

How to take care of the centers of force to harmonize body, mind and Spirit

Homeopath and family and community doctor Domingos José Vaz do Carmo addressed the topic of “Centers of forces and energy therapy” in his lecture at the most recent edition of Mednesp, promoted last June by the Medical-Spiritist Association of Brazil (AME-Brasil). On that occasion, he also spoke to Folha Espírita about the relationship between energy, [...]

War: a time for prayer and trust in Jesus

Severino Celestino da Silva (photo) is a scholar of ancient languages and an in-depth analyst of the book most read by humanity: the Bible. Graduated in Dentistry, he is a full professor of the Dentistry course at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and also of the post-graduate course in the Science of Religions in the Sociology course at UFPB.

Thinking collectively, the way to fight poverty and advance our moral achievements

Currently, more than 8.4% of the global population, around 670 million people, live in extreme poverty, according to the United Nations (UN). At this time of planetary transition, in which we are increasingly being pushed towards a change from the point of view of our moral achievements, we need to roll up our sleeves and seek [...]

Fullness, a long-term project that requires several experiences

Psychologist, lecturer and writer Rossandro Klinjey (photo), who was at the last edition of Mednesp, the Medicine and Spirituality congress that took place in June in Vitória/ES, is a profound connoisseur of the Gospel, a specialist in education and human development and has become increasingly well-known through his presentations, videos and podcasts on [...]

Why it's so important to look at the “flow” and make decisions about drug addicts

A mass of people addicted to crack and other drugs circulate daily between one street and another in the center of São Paulo. The “flow”, as it is known, has become a problem for residents and businesses in the area, who suffer from the alienation of people and customers, who avoid passing through, as the [...]

Mediumistic medicine, our future

Paulo César Fructuoso (photo), an oncology surgeon and member of the Carioca Spiritist-Medical Association, is the author of several books, most of them on the so-called phenomena of ectoplasm, which are based on an energy that exists in every living being and which our science has not yet reached. According to him, this is precisely why it is still far from being analyzed in [...]

Spiritual possession - a medical-spiritist view

At the beginning of April, the movie The Pope's Exorcist hit theaters, based on the accounts of Father Gabriele Amorth, who was the Vatican's chief exorcist and is said to have performed more than 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime, writing articles and books about his experiences. The film shows the struggle of the priest, who died [...]

“Social environment that encourages violence reflects attacks on schools”

Educator Telma Vinha spoke to Folha Espírita about a recent study on attacks of extreme violence in schools in Brazil.

Juiz de Fora to hold Conupes, with humanities also on the agenda

Conupes - the 4th International Congress on Health and Spirituality - takes place in Juiz de Fora. The event is led by psychiatrist Alexander Moreira-Almeida. On the agenda is the ethical and evidence-based integration of spirituality into clinical practice.

Past, present and future in the vision of leadership

Our special interviewee for this edition is Walther Graciano Jr., 62, president of the Cairbar Schutel Spiritist Group (GECS). FE - How did your history with the Cairbar Schutel Spiritist Group begin? Until 1978, I attended a spiritist group in Campinas (SP), where I had spent part of my childhood and youth with the [...]

No abortion!

Defending life from conception makes us move forward as a society In the last month, the issue of abortion has been back on the agenda after President Lula withdrew Brazil from the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Women's Health and Empowerment, signed by his predecessor and which stipulated in its text that “no [...]

Reconnecting with friends and family. Will intolerance allow it?

An interview with psychologist Rossandro Klinjey on the uncertainty of reconnecting with friends and family in times of intolerance.

“Spiritists can't be divisive, they need to add”

Interview with biblical scholar Severino Celestino da Silva: “Spiritists can't be divisive, they have to add up”

Living is always the best choice

Suicide is a sad reality that affects the whole world. According to the latest survey carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2019 more than 700,000 suicides were recorded worldwide, not counting underreported episodes - more than one million cases are estimated.

How do you decide when to let someone go? How long is it right to prolong life artificially?

When is it right to prolong life artificially? Euthanasia and dysthanasia from a Spiritist perspective. Interview with Dr. José Roberto Pereira Santos...

Spiritist message: education and light on our paths

Born in the Minas Gerais town of Carmo do Paranaíba, Victor Hugo, 22, who likes to be called Menino, has made it his daily goal in 2018 to do 7 minutes with Christ, today Minutes with Jesus, a gospel based on reading and reflecting on the comments of Emmanuel, mentor of Francisco Cândido [...]

We tune in and are impacted like a radio

What does it mean for thought to be mental matter? Does what we think or watch influence our behavior? Psychiatrist Alejandro Veras, president of the Osasco Spiritist-Medical Association and coordinator of Mental Health for the Spiritist-Medical Association of Brazil, and doctor Marcus Ribeiro, resident in Psychiatry and vice-president of the Spiritist-Medical Association of São Paulo, spoke to us about [...]

Seminar takes a new, spiritual look at mental health

Article on AME_Brazil's mental health week

Pandemic strains our relationship with our pets. Have we crossed the line?

What should our relationship with pets be? Irvênia L. S. Prada (photo), a veterinary surgeon from the University of São Paulo, warns us about the wrong attitudes we can have towards them, especially today, when, due to social isolation, we have a more intense relationship with them. Full professor and researcher in Neuroanatomy, former president of the [...]

10 changes expected for 2021, according to The Economist and Spiritist Doctrine

In its December 2020 issue, the British magazine The Economist published a cover story summarizing 20 points from an analysis carried out with 50 experts on what lies ahead for 2021. We chose the top 10 and invited educator Walther Graciano Jr., president of the Cairbar Schutel Spiritist Group in the capital [...]

Nicette Bruno reveals her history with Spiritism in 1974

In December 1974, in issue number 9 of Folha Espírita, Marlene Rossi Severino Nobre, one of the newspaper's founders, interviewed Nicette Bruno and Paulo Goulart. It was they who, on that occasion, chose the Christmas message dedicated to the readers. https://potenzmittelapotheke24at.com/rezeptfrei-bestellen-cialis-generika/ The issue with the couple of spiritist actors highlighted key themes dealt with in the interview: [...]

The beacon of our lives, a study of the Gospel, by Marlene Nobre

FE Editora is launching O farol de nossas vidas this month, Marlene Nobre's commentary on The Gospel According to Spiritism. Conrado Santos, the publisher's marketing manager, talks about the book, organized by him and Eleni Gritzapis. The book is based on lectures given by the medium, who passed away on January 5, 2015, [...]