I Believe in Everything: Religion, Mysticism, God, the Devil, and a White Mare

Abstract

In Mazzaropi’s 1956 O gato de madame, there is a scene in which the main character witnesses a group of criminals performing a religious ceremony. In this ceremony, people are gathered around a table, evoking spirits. In Brazil, such a ceremony is called a “white table,” and the partici-pants are the people who want to contact departed friends and relatives, and the “medium” through whom they can do so.

People may differ on religious beliefs, but the rational grounds for those beliefs are available to all and open to rational discussion.

—Phil Enns, “Habermas, Democracy and Religious Reasons”