Alleged psychography from Humberto de Campos is reportedly fake

Everybody is discussing so much about the phenomenon of fake news.

In Brazil, fake news are made for intentions to depreciate left-wing politicians and personalities, and to glorify fascist politicians, like extremely right-wing congressman Jair Bolsonaro.

But nobody or, at best, too few people admit to question the fake books, paintings and other works which bring some dead person's name.

One of the serious examples of fake working include de well-acclaimed Francisco Candido Xavier, aka Chico Xavier.

The alleged medium was not only a traitor of the Spiritism original lessons - whose Chico, a allegedly former Catholic Church devotee (in fact Chico was always cacholic until his death)  - , but he also was a pioneer of a production of fake literature.

His first hoax was the book called Parnaso de Além-Túmulo (or "Post-Grave Parnassus"), published in 1932.

The Maranhao-born writer and member of Brazilian Academy of Letters, Humberto de Campos, wrote a two-part article about this book, in july of 1932, published in Rio de Janeiro's Diario Carioca's newspaper.

Humberto was known by books as Carvalhos e Roseiras, O Brasil Anedótico and by satyrical nicknames like Conselheiro XX. Considered a neo-parnasian writer, Humberto was almost modernist in his writing language.

In his article, Humberto pretended to recognize similarities from the poetry published in Parnaso to original works left by their alleged spirit authors when they lived in Earth.

But Humberto had been so ironic and recommended to Chico Xavier to not publish these books anymore, avoiding the risk of unfair competition between new works of dead autors brought from the spiritual world and the works made by living people.

Chico Xavier hadn't like this article and Humberto's advices.

In 1934 Humberto passed away after long disease, being only 48 years-old, and Xavier waited the time to make his smart plan.

In 1935 Chico sended a letter do Brazilian Spiritist Federation (FEB) inventing a dream he had about Humberto.

In this alleged dream, Chico found a crowd walking in the street, and Humberto appeared suddenly to salute him.

"Are you a boy from Parnaso? Please to meet you, I'm Humberto de Campos", said the writer in this alleged dream.

A supposed partnership was started, and the first book, published in 1936 but written during the previous year, is called Cronicas de Além-Túmulo (Post-Grave Chronicles).

Several books were made by Chico Xavier and his stunt of manager, FEB's president Antonio Wantuil de Freitas, but credited, in its series, by Humberto de Campos' spirit.

It made too serious problems in literary circles, because so much writers and journalists were revolted for Chico Xavier's usurpation of Humberto de Campos legacy and reputation.

The question became too serious that Humberto's widow, Dona Catarina Vergolino de Campos, aka Dona Paquita, and her children, siblings Humberto de Campos Filho (laterly journalist and TV producer and director), Henrique and Maria de Lourdes, decided to suit Chico and the FEB.

They imposed two questions about the alleged psychography.

If the psychography is real, Humberto de Campos' heirs, widow and children, must have the right to receive their financial parts from the copyright.

If the psychography is fake, Chico and the FEB must to reimburse them for moral damages and inappropriate use of a name of a dead author.

The judgement happened in 1944 but the judges, apparently, didn't understand the petition and ended this affair with a juridic tie. Humberto's heirs were represented by lawyer Milton Barbosa.

However, if Chico and FEB, in one side, and Humberto's heirs, ended in a draw, it made so much advantage to the alleged medium, who saw the free way to use Humberto's name the way he want, with the condition to mask the author's name with a pseudonym Irmao X (Brother X).

The time is passed and we can read Humberto's original books and the alleged psychography to make a comparison.

The alleged psychography is reportedly fake, because the comparison shows that Humberto's original style is so different thant the supposed work of his spirit.

The Humberto's original style had fluent and correct writing, relaxed narrative and cult but accessible language. Several and laic themes were observed in his work.

The alleged Humberto's spirit style was other. Depressive narrative, heavy and tiring writing, were noted, as also the limited themes like Catholic facts or old-fashioned moralism lessons.

That's not so hard to know why Humberto's original books are not in the brazilian market, except in bookshelves or by downloads from specific pages from Internet.

It's made to avoid the comparison, which can easily invalidate the Chico Xavier books under "Humberto de Campos" and "Irmao X" names.

There's an absurd that remains in the strange country like Brazil.

A fake work being above the original work. A lie making power above the true. Chico Xavier's falsehood is worth more than any true effort do unmask him.

In the strange country like Brazil, religions were above the truth. Logic and reason must to be left behind, unfortunatedly.

Allan Kardec must to be rolling in his grave. Humberto de Campos, too.