Articles

Sexual Abuse: Childhood and Adolescence

Published by Carlos Bitencourt Almeida
30 de January de 2012

There is a kind of violence which children and adolescents can be victims of and that, in a certain way, is worse than the explicit violence of battery or rape.…

I – Quotes by Socrates

Published by Editor
26 de January de 2012

Known as the founding father of Greek Philosophy, Socrates (Athens, 469 b.C. – † 399 b.C.) influenced all western way of thinking. He did not leave behind any written works,…

Flying to the Infinite

Published by Editor
25 de January de 2012

This is the last of the sorcerers’ artifices. Let’s just say that what I am about to reveal to you is the last piece of the sorcerers’ explanations. To make…

III – Andrequicé: Culture and Faith, Pilgrimage and Celebration

Published by Padre Joao Delco Mesquita Penna
19 de January de 2012

From the series Religious Pilgrimages in the Great Backlands Every year in the first half of August, pilgrims drawn by their faith come in from various different regions of the…

Our Magical Heritage

Published by Editor
18 de January de 2012

The following sorcerers’ explanation deals with yet another one of their artifices. You will eventually see this on your own, but let’s go on. Sorcerers say that we are inside…

II – Santa da Pedra, Pilgrimage and Popular Devotion

Published by Padre Joao Delco Mesquita Penna
12 de January de 2012

From the series Religious Pilgrimages in the Great Backlands The tiny district of Santa da Pedra, in the county of São João do Pacuí, Northern Minas Gerais state, each year…