Basic Manual For The Beginner Medium (Ricardo Garay)
Basic Manual For The Beginner Medium (Ricardo Garay)
Why be a medium
RICARDO GARAY
Manual 1
Second Version
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AUTHOR'S NOTES
This small manual addresses only the topics that directly affect the majority of
mediums, beginners or those who have not yet decided, which in summary are: how to deal with the
mediumship and the obsessors, as well as helping in the correct choice about the mission of
to be a medium.
The idea of creating this small manual came from my personal experience as a medium.
and the needs that it generated and generates. In fact, what I experienced at the beginning of
my spiritual journey made me realize that I needed to help others who, like me, had
and whether they have more questions than answers. But mainly it aims to help
to deal with doubts and fears about what they are experiencing.
Algo que espero, possa ajudar e tranquilizar os médiuns iniciantes ou relutantes.
Always remember:
Unwavering faith is only that which can face reason head-on, in all eras.
Humanity.
Phrase extracted from 'The Book of Spirits' by Allan Kardec
INDEX
CHAPTER 1 -Questions
CHAPTER 2 - Madness?
CHAPTER 3 - Mediumship
CHAPTER 4 - Obsessors
CHAPTER 5 - How to Drive
CHAPTER 6 - Prayers
THANKS
REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 1
QUESTIONS
If you are reading this small manual, it is because you have many questions. Probably
as many as I had. It does not mean that I still don't have unanswered questions,
but with the guidance of mediums, advice from advisors, and reading,
mainly from the Gospel according to Spiritism, and the Book of Spirits volume
decreased a lot. But the real and most important effect was the understanding of my
condition as a medium. This means that everything becomes easier when one understands what one
you must choose, believe.
At the beginning, you experience almost irrational fears based on what you "hear" or
"sees", but mainly in what it thinks it is thinking. It doesn't mean that I don't "hear"
but now what I 'hear' is no longer important or concerns me, like something
My. Obviously, now I can separate what I hear that is a guidance for
myself or about others that I need to convey, from what is simple disturbance.
Believe me, the main thing is to understand that what is happening to you is not clinical at all.
doctor in the sense of illness. His fears are all much more an escape than
properly fears. I explain: what are you afraid of? Of losing control? Of what you will see
Will you hear it as if you could no longer avoid or control it?
I am here, trying to help answer questions that I myself asked. The answer to everything.
This is perhaps to other fears, it is one, take control. You can ask, but
How can I take control? By studying and receiving guidance at a center.
spirit. Only through the guidance of other experienced mediums and study
through a course you will be able to gain complete control. You can start to
to guide from the book The Gospel According to Spiritism, or The Book of Spirits
they have most of the answers to your questions, but it's just not enough. Look for
guidance and soon there will be resources to take control and finally your fears will be
dissipate. This state of affairs that troubles you can only be resolved from your
attitude, from your determination to want to take control, to finally live fully.
But at this moment when you are away from a spirit center and do not have the
books that I mentioned on how you can act on your fears? Let's go through a few
answers.
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First, the sensations and thoughts you are experiencing are not yours. No
it's you. Accept this, because, besides being the truth, it is the essence of this manual.
To summarize: you are not going crazy, nor will you go crazy. According to you, it is just
a medium.
Medium means way, that is, you are a means of communication between the spiritual world.
and the real world. Nothing more than this, at the same time, that you now know that it is not
a crazy person, knows that he is just a medium, I emphasize the "just" because despite being
a valuable mission for you, for the disembodied and the embodied to whom you will go
help from now on is nothing special, fabulous, magical, or comes from power
extraordinary in any way. It's just a mission, for which you received a gift,
the gift of communication (communication between spirituality and/or incarnated beings in which
you are the intermediary channel), to help, just this. Something you should practice without
to show money, fame, or any personal gain aside from helping oneself and helping others.
I hesitated to accept such a mission for more than twenty years. The losses were more mine than...
than any other. But there were those who were harmed by my stubbornness in
to recognize that I should develop as a medium, indirectly my family,
directly the spirits that help, guide, and protect me or to simplify my 'angel'
"of guard" and of course those disembodied brothers whom I harmed in another
incarnation. Here it is necessary to provide a fundamental explanation, if you are a medium it is because you made a
agreement before reincarnating to help others in repayment for having harmed others
in past incarnations.
In summary: every medium today was someone who made mistakes against their peers.
in other incarnations. Therefore, every medium was a transgressor in a past life.
There is no exception.
It is important to emphasize that blame is not solitary, that is, if you did something to someone, this
someone somehow did this to you. That is, the blame is shared. In this new
reincarnation you must keep in mind that as you do not know what you did in a past life,
you should not feel guilty, responsible yes, guilty never. You can ask, but
Is there a difference between responsible and guilty? In this case, there is. Blame doesn't resolve anything.
and you need to solve it. You need to make the rescues along with your disembodied siblings. There
it comes to being responsible, you need to take on the responsibility of rescuing
your debts and of course help your brothers with their own rescues. I will give two examples
about different situations, but that have the same root, the rescue.
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Example 1: In a disobsession session, one of the brothers I had harmed,
gave a communication, which in summary said that he thanked for having understood the
things, thanked and said goodbye. That Thursday night I rescued a brother and a debt;
Example 2: One night while reading the Gospel according to Spiritism, I read about forgiveness and
that I should also forgive (yes, I thought that only I should be forgiven), so to me
I decided to sincerely forgive the brothers, many never sought me out again, they were only
next to me disturbing, but hoping that I would forgive them. I rescued a few more
brothers on that and in the following nights and various debts they owe to me.
So, when I explain with these real examples that things can be and have different
approaches, I am saying, not everything is as it seems. In other words, having knowledge the
will help you deal with the different situations that involve your mediumship and how it
needs to be worked on.
You may still wonder, but can I handle this? The answer is yes, believe it.
you can. This feeling you may be experiencing of powerlessness was
generated by the ignorance of what was happening to you. That in fact
it is not the result of you, but only and solely of the obsessors for you. Doubts are
natural ones and I had many that came back as if I hadn't learned anything and believe me,
they try to make you forget what you already know. Generating plausible doubt is what
they try harder as soon as you start to understand what your real role is in all of this.
It seems that what has passed seems to come back. But it only comes back because there was the
momentary forgetfulness. Always remember: what they try to put in your mind,
it is not yours and it does not belong to you. Just ask yourself: did I think these
Things before? Or, did I have some previous behavior that justifies all this?
You can still ask, but what if it is mine? It's not, believe me. In fact, I never had it.
doubt about this. The obsessors will try in every way to convince you of falsehoods
truths and false thoughts, they in their ignorance and resentment want only
they harm him and do not realize that in the process they are actually harming themselves.
There are some attitudes you should take when you feel disturbed, which I highlight.
to follow.
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Correct approaches:
They want me to do something, but this is not my desire or intention. I will not do it because
I don't want to, because it would harm me, because it would harm others, and because it would harm the ...
Never forget to reaffirm positions contrary to what 'they' propose. Yes, because
"they" will always try in different ways and insistently move you to do something in
your loss.
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CHAPTER 2
MADNESS?
For a long time, it was believed that many mediums were mentally ill. Even today,
many are misdiagnosed with some type of psychopathy. This does not mean
that someone with real mental issues is a medium. It only means that they never
one must generalize or accept such generalizations.
It is evident that in most cases, just an assessment of the person's history is enough.
to understand where the "problem" is. Many mediumistic manifestations may seem
outbreaks, but they are not, they are just communications.
You may think you're going insane because of what you're going through, but believe me, this is
part of a process for your evolution.
Communications can be good or bad. The good ones help you help yourself and
Help others. Bad communications are just to disturb you.
Believe me, when the good spirits come close to you, they do not make noise to call.
Your attention, they are there to help you. As for those who want to disturb, they need to call your attention.
attention. Deep down, they feel abandoned, as explained in the Gospel according to the
Spiritism. They want attention, like children, and like children, they try to provoke you.
The communications you are receiving are mostly bad; right? Okay. This
it means that obsessive spirits are trying to disturb you. When I say disturb you,
it means they are proposing ridiculous, aggressive things, or both, for you to do to yourself or
to others, in an attempt to destabilize him.
Many mediums have committed suicide, (in my case 'they' suggested this a lot) for not
to know what was happening to them, they thought they were going crazy, but in the
They were indeed being obsessed. If the mediums had received help.
Adequate information would have primarily prevented their deaths.
I know a case where they suggested to the medium to kill people, because they took advantage of the fact
stop working with security and carry a weapon. As he himself told me if he had
If I had followed those so-called 'advice', I would have killed dozens of people.
When one lacks knowledge, there is a feeling that these "thoughts" are
ours, but they are not. They are never ours, they are 'theirs'. There is a purpose behind this,
querem que você sofra como eles sofreram ou estão sofrendo.
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But believe me, when they try something, they suffer much more than we do.
On one hand, free will prevents you from doing something wrong and them from succeeding.
other they choose to suffer and try to make others suffer.
Know how to separate what has always been your way of thinking from what is being forced upon you.
think now. For many mediums it is possible to hear noises caused by obsessors
if you are one of these, note that when you have bad thoughts some noise (in objects)
it will happen, either before or after the 'thoughts'. It clearly means they are not yours.
Push away what does not belong to you. Keep only your good thoughts.
always.
When my medium friends said that I should understand that I was not
Going crazy, I ended up receiving a link for an online lecture from one of the mediums.
Dr. Sergio Felipe clinical neurologist, neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and researcher of
pineal gland. It was enlightening because it explains how mediumistic phenomena are.
explained in the light of science and that, therefore, you are not going crazy, you are just a
medium, by the way, don't forget this.
And mainly these accesses from suffering spirits over you will end or in
minimum will decrease a lot and in this case you will coexist better with this new order of
things.
Your mind is yours, your free will is yours, you belong to yourself. No one and nothing can
to force him to do what is not part of his nature or character.
The link to the online lecture is in the references at the end of this manual.
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CHAPTER 3
MEDIUMSHIP
to manifest at any age and in different ways (psychography and psychophony) and the
phenomena can be defined as:
Intuition - a modality of telepathy, when the transmission of thought occurs from
Spirit that manifests and transmits it. In this situation, the medium is aware of
who speaks or writes, although not expressing their own thought.
Clairvoyance - allows a person to perceive images of spiritual life and even of life
corporeal, regardless of time and distance.
Clairaudience – the ability that allows a person to hear the sounds of the spiritual world.
Unfolding - State in which the Spirit of the periphere moves and goes to others.
places, distant or not, outside the dimension of time/space and describes what it sees and what
does.
Psychometry - a faculty that allows establishing contact with all psychic life of
someone, thing or environment, able to scrutinize the past, the present and the future,
it is enough to contact with the name or a related object.
Psychography - it is writing under the influence of Spirits.
Psychophony - a modality that allows a Spirit to speak through the medium. In its
In cases like this, as in any other, learning, information, and proper guidance are needed.
Therefore, it is essential that you seek a spiritist center.
I attended some spiritist centers and at the penultimate one, it reached a point where they
they recommended that I should go to a bigger one that taught the course for mediums. A
five-year course (in some centers the course is three years).
Mediumship is explained and defined as an option, you can choose to be or not.
a medium. I debated this with other mediums and believe me, there is no choice. You can
to ask, but is there no free will? Yes, of course you can choose not to want, but
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will be greatly harmed by this choice. So that it does not suffer, nor
prejudice others, there is only one correct option: to be a medium. Therefore, there is no choice,
After all, no one in their right mind wants to harm themselves, much less harm others.
I know cases beyond my own that prove the point. In some cases, the issue or the
the problem is financial and/or professional; in some cases it is the health of the medium that is
always disadvantaged; in a case that was reported to me, it was the medium's wife who lived with
the weakened health, without the exams and doctors being able to attribute a cause, until
that he finally accepted to be a medium and her health was permanently restored.
In summary: against facts, there are no arguments, do not ignore your mediumship, accept that it is.
medium and ready. Don't waste time, because it won't just be him that you will go to.
waste.
And remember, by embracing your mediumship you will start to help yourself and help others,
incarnated and disincarnated. In other words, a choice that will benefit many, including
you. But it is essential to understand that you should not communicate with spirits outside
of a spirit center that is the correct and appropriate place, where there is mediumistic support
adequate.
When I started to perform passes, I felt wonderfully well, realizing even
how much good spirituality has done through me, the people who received the
passes. The same happened when I received messages from spirituality that I should
to transmit to other people.
It is essential to emphasize 'never try to gain anything from your mediumship.'
Why? Because it was granted to you as part of your mission on Earth so that
through her, by donation, you can and should help others.
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CHAPTER 4
OBSESSORS
The obsessors are suffering spirits that follow you from other incarnations due to debts.
of all kinds. You have no memory of what you did in other lives, because when you incarnate
forget everything you lived in other incarnations, but the obsessors do not
Those who have reincarnated have memories of many things; in fact, they seem to nurture memories.
specific ones, that is, those that were disastrous or bad experienced by them, where you had
some paper.
As I said before, the blame is shared in those incarnations, that is,
In them you were to blame, but they were also for action or omission. In this incarnation.
you are not to blame for the actions in the past, but you have responsibilities
for the obsessors and for yourself, about what you did. This means that you do not
It's because you are not to blame that you will not suffer reprisals. It means that having done
"agreement" before reincarnating to carry out rescues and to have a dignified and solicitous behavior.
bad feelings (they can't even see the deceased relatives or friends that
they are close to them trying to help them), they just feel that they need to make sure that
you pay. Even if you don't know why and they don't know "yet" that you don't
is that guilty. Obviously, there are cases where obsessors due to omission
they are guilty and those they pursue bear a lot or almost all of the total blame,
case of rapists and murderers. And even in these cases, there is the possibility of being
just unconscious revenge, for what they suffered in previous lives with those whom
now they attack.
But generally speaking, the aim of revenge is much more of a misunderstanding than
it really happened and, therefore in these cases, as soon as the obsessors have contact with the
truth of facts, seeks help and in due time distances itself from the obsessed.
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You have in prayer a powerful tool that will help you deal with the obsessors.
But it's not enough to pray; it is essential to understand how things are in order to establish
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CHAPTER 5
HOW TO DRIVE
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Understand that they can do nothing against you and you cannot, on the other hand, have
bad or negative feelings towards them (even though it seems like a natural reaction
repay evil with good (you may have heard or read this before).
They will keep trying to convince you to do things you don't have.
any bond or desire. They will try to deceive you, in short, they will use all kinds of tricks to
that you do what they want with the sole purpose: that you suffer, thus sharing
with them a dose of suffering. In some cases, if they managed to achieve some intent
It would be a form of revenge. Succumbing is agreeing that you are or can do what they do.
they wish. Believe me, they do not know who you are, today, in this incarnation. They judge
that you are still what they knew in another incarnation.
What they cannot see is that if they are suffering, it is because they insisted on evil and
You reincarnated precisely because you aimed to be better. An opportunity was given.
to you by God to prove that you have evolved a little bit. You prove (must prove) every
day for the things he does and for his character that is worthy of the trust placed by God
in you. When they notice this, they will move away, but believe me, it won't be quick or easy.
Never be afraid, much less guilty, especially because none of this makes sense.
in this life, where you are not aware of what you did in past incarnations.
Understand that being a medium puts you in a better condition than the discarnate.
sufferers, that is, you are in a position to help them.
Use your mediumship to evolve and help.
Something important for you is having protection and strength; you obtain protection and strength through
from your positive attitude towards disturbances, from prayers, from the study of the gospel, of the
1- Set aside a bottle of mineral water, leave it completely transparent (remove the label);
2- Place it in front of you during your prayers;
3- When starting your prayers, ask the good spirits to fluidify the water;
How to ask:
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Good spirits that are here, please fluidify this water, so that it may be the
balsam is the remedy;
Please purify this water so that it meets all my needs;
Please, liquefy this water, so that it may strengthen, protect, and heal me from all
"evils that I might have".
Take some sips from a transparent or white glass, at night and in the morning.
TIPS
Seek guidance at a spiritual center;
Take the course for mediums;
Read the Gospel according to Spiritism;
Reread this manual when you have doubts;
Pray with sincerity;
Through a prayer ask for the fluidification of the water (glass or bottle), increase its
protection
Always reject negative ideas;
Make a brief prayer at night to bring only good impressions from sleep;
Every 2 to 3 hours, stop what you are doing and look out the window, at the sky first and
after the people;
Allow yourself to be immensely happy;
Always help whenever possible or when requested by the spirits of light.
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CHAPTER 6
PRAYERS
Prayers are powerful weapons to deal with the obsessors. In fact, prayers are
powerful for everything. Prayers are requests, which are made to spirits, to Jesus
even to God, they must be sincere, I mean by this that they should not be
machines, decorated. Prayers can be started or finished with a Father.
Wow, but this must be done with feeling, even though it is a memorized prayer,
because she is very powerful. Next, you will see specific prayers to deal with
obsessors, which are in the Gospel according to Spiritism and seven others that I created.
one that I adapted for my use and that I recommend. Obviously, you can adapt them to
your way. You don't have to pray all the time, just the ones you deem necessary and always
depending on each moment.
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Benevolent spirits protect me, diverting me from this bad thought and give me
courage to resist the suggestions of evil.
If I succumb, I know I will deserve to atone for my fault in this life or the next, for
I have free will to discern and act.
OBSESSED HAIRS
Almighty God! Grant us, Lord, the power to free (Name) from the spirit.
that obsesses you. If in your designs lies the end of this test, allow that,
by the faith taught by your divine Messiah, may I speak with authority to that spirit. And
you, good Spirits, assist us and inspire us so that, with your support and help,
he may be freed from the impure fluid in which he is involved.
In the name of Almighty God, we conjure the malevolent spirit that torments (name)
to withdraw.
caused, it is fair that I suffer the consequences of this lack. Give me the necessary
resignation and may my remorse deserve your forgiveness and freedom. However,
Whatever the reason, I implore you, Lord, for your divine mercy for this.
spirit. Please, my God, make it easier for him on the path of progress, which will lead him away from the
thought of evil and may I know how to repay you with good, the evil you have caused me,
to help and lead to better feelings.
Senhor! Eu sei que são as minhas imperfeições que me tornam acessível às influências
of imperfect spirits; therefore, I implore you for the necessary light to recognize them and
to fight. What should not be my imperfection to be dominated by a spirit
malevolent!
Allow, Lord, that this blow struck at my vanity and my pride may serve
give me lesson and instill in me humility, strengthening me in the resolution I take to
promote my improvement through the practice of good and charity, and thus oppose a
barrier to bad influences.
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Lord! Grant me the strength to endure this trial with patience and the light will assist me.
advancement, in order not to lose, with my impatience and lamentations, the fruit that,
I believe they will come to me.
BY HARDENED SPIRITS
Lord God! Please cast a look of mercy and kindness upon the spirits
imperfects who are still in the darkness of ignorance and do not know you -
especially...
Good Spirits, help us make them understand the wrong path they are following,
inducing men to evil, obsessing them and tormenting them, for thus they bring about
about themselves, great sufferings.
Make the example of the happiness you enjoy serve as an encouragement for them to escape from
bad and seek the good. Spirits that feel pleasure, with the sorrow and suffering of
you brothers, you have just heard the prayer we made for you, He who is for all of us
created and loves everyone. May she prove to you that we wish you well, since
You only delight in evil, which distances you from happiness.
See the good Spirits that surround you. How happy they are! Now, would it not be more
pleasant to share the same happiness? You may say that this is impossible or that it is not
You may deserve the delay in which you find yourselves; but nothing is impossible for those who want it.
for God has granted everyone equally the freedom of choice between good and evil, that is,
between conquering happiness or preparing for disaster, and no one can ever be
condemned to do exclusively evil. If you feel pleasure in doing it, it is because you do not
exercise your will in the practice of good and ignore the consolations and the
benefits that this practice provides you.
Humble yourselves before God; turn your eyes to Him; raise them for just a moment by
thought and, by His mercy, a ray of divine light will come to enlighten you. Speak with us
These simple words: - My God! I regret it. Forgive me, Lord! Seek
repent and dedicate yourselves to the practice of good, and you will see how kindness and mercy
from our heavenly Father will come down upon you and an unknown well-being will come to replace
your anguish. Take the first step on the right path and hope will inspire you, faith
it will strengthen, making the journey easy for you.
Then you will understand how much you have lost and a radiant future will open up for you.
eyes, making you understand the past full of disturbances and moral tortures that
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it would be a hell for you if they lasted forever. Strive to promote the
your progress, for the longer you remain in your current state, the harder it will be
you will, in the future, achieve happiness. Do not think that you will be able to remain
always in the state you find yourselves. This is impossible, as you only have two
paths - the one of evil, which will bring you suffering - and the one of good, which will provide you with
guide and lead through the coming decades of this life. So be it, thanks to God.
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PRAYER TO THE LORD FOR THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
Lord, I ask that through spirituality you send your light to my angel of
guard. May your light, when enveloping him, strengthen him, protect him, and may he receive a bit of your
wisdom through the light that I pray to you. So be it, thanks be to God.
Whenever you have good thoughts or you are praying or even when you are
working and even resting attracts good spirits or friendly spirits. They
They can be relatives or friends from other incarnations who want to help if possible.
So praying for them is also very good, after all they also help you with
guidance, protection or even treatments that you may not even know you might have
needing.
caminhada convença-os a pedir ajuda e retirar o véu que cobre seus olhos não deixando
may they see the truth and friendly spirits that wish to help them. So be it, thanks to
God.
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PRAYER OF REQUEST FOR HELP TO DEAL WITH OBSESSORS
Lord send spirits of light to help me, may they take the brothers at your command.
sufferers who are close to me to a place where they can be helped. That
light spirits of the spirit center (name the center) may come here and take
suffering spirits who are trying to disturb me. So be it, thank God.
PRAYER OF PROTECTION
Light spirits who help me, guide and protect, at this moment I ask for your protection,
for me (mention the type of protection you need). That I may never be abandoned,
that may it always have your support in difficult times. Therefore, I ask for your protection, in this
momento difícil. Espíritos de luz que me ajudam guiam e protegem, neste momento rogo
for your protection. So be it, thanks be to God.
MY VERSION OF A PRAYER
God, our Father, WALK through my house and take away all my
concerns, diseases and suffering spirits PLEASE, watch over and cure me
family in the name of Jesus... AMEN.
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THANKS
A special thank you to the spiritual centers that welcomed me: Spiritual Center
João de Camargo at the Spiritist Center October 3
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REFERENCES
Mediums' advice.
Concepts - Gospel according to Spiritism
Terminologies of chapter 3 - Spiritist Federation of the State of Ceará
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Online lecture Dr. Sergio Felipe
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