May 1st 1864 will be marked in the archives of Spiritism like the October 9th 1862. It will remember the decision of the Sacred Congregation of the Index with respect to our books about Spiritism. If something surprised the Spiritists is that such a decision was not taken earlier on. As a matter of fact there is only one opinion about the effects that it may produce already confirmed by the information that come to us from everywhere. Given the news, all bookstores promptly give evidence to all those books. Some more timid booksellers that believe in a prohibition of their sale take them out of the shelves but continue to sell them behind the curtains. They were appeased when learned that the organic law says that “No bull, mandate, decree, provision, signature serving as provision or any other expedient from the Court of Rome, even when only concerning individuals, may be received, published, printed or in executed in any other way without authorization of the government.”
As for ourselves, that act is one that we awaited and is an indication that will serve us and that will guide us in future works.
