Acknowledgments
The desire to have this classic of Brazilian Spiritist literature available in an English edition was first manifested in the early 60`s.
Ever since that time, several dedicated friends, moved by a sense of duty to translate such an important story, had progressively submitted their manuscript for evaluation.
Having used parts of their work, we feel, therefore, indebted to all of them, among whom is Evelyn Morales, Guiomar Saraiva, Hermínio Miranda, Ely Donato and others who kindly offered us their assistance. We are especially indebted to Laura Speeth Luczynski who worked on the final editing of the text. Mrs. Luczynski succeeded in reducing flowery Portuguese into current English yet without altering the original thought.
This being a book of universal importance and altogether the result of voluntary work, we cannot but praise God for the interest that it has found in the hearts of all those whose efforts have contributed to make it available.
Lastly,
we wish to thank the Federação Espírita Brasileira
for the permission granted us to publish this English edition of “The Astral
City”.