Sebastien de la Croix (Brazil) is a medium of the Umbanda Christian Temple and a traditional Umbanda priest initiated by Father Ronaldo Linares. He was initiated in Raiz de Guine by Hanamatan Ramayane, and he is a representative of traditional lineages of initiatory societies of the French School of Western Esotericism. Diamantino Fernandez Trindade, PhD, (Brazil) is a priest of the Umbanda Christian Temple, an author, and a retired professor. He taught the postgraduate course in Afro-Brazilian culture at the Salesian University Center, and he taught a variety of courses at the Federal Institute of Technological Education of Sao Paulo. He was initiated in Traditional Umbanda by Pai Ronaldo Linares and initiated in the Kimbanda of the Soul (Tata EgungunInuAfefe) by Tata Kalunga.