CRITICS

   The public criticism, on the Spiritualist Movement, that are made to the mediums is, most of the time, as we say in Brazil: “A shot on the foot”. People part from de principle that they are committing “doctrinal errors”. Not that people shall covenant with untruths that, in a subtle way, can bring damage to the comprehension of Spiritism, not only contributing to maintain people in the ignorance, as well as taking it to discredit. We must question: who detains the truth or the absolute knowledge of thing and the operation of the Universe? Nobody can, exclusively in the name of Spiritism whose evolution comes by the forces of things and by the natural development of human knowledge. Therefore it’s not a finished wisdom. Even that people affirm barbarities or exercise malpractice, nothing can hinder progress; that said, Spiritism will follow firm and each time, more robust. It’s necessary for us to analyze the haste to denigrate people, without presenting solid arguments and profound studies due to this or that theme, considered “anti-doctrinal”. The danger of all this is the crystallization of ideas, what would mean the creation of dogmas. Many times, who oppose to the ideas of others have no consistency of their own. The debate should be broad, but without previous condemnation. The spiritist’s ideas and principles must be known and absorbed, although, always interpreted in contextualized form.

Translation and picture choice by Flau Fontenelle.