Ramatis

Ramatis (also called Ramatís, Rama-tys and Swami Sri Rama-tys) is the name attributed by the Brazilian spiritist writer and medium Hercílio Maes to a spirit that is said to have guided the writing of his books. This spirit appeared for the first time in 1955 in the book A Vida no Planeta Marte e os Discos Voadores, which says that the planet Mars is inhabited by beings more spiritually and technologically evolved than those on Earth and that Jesus Christ had contact with beings from other worlds and that his mission would have cosmic connections. Other authors also attribute the inspiration for their books to Ramatis, such as América Paoliello Marques, Maria Margarida Liguori, Norberto Peixoto, Wagner Borges and Márcio Godinho. Belief in Ramatis' teachings is referred to as "Ramatisism", a spiritual doctrine that synthesizes elements from Western and Eastern esotericism, Gnosticism, Hinduism, Umbanda, and Kardecist spiritism, as well as incorporating concepts from conscientiology and ufology. However, Ramatisism is not officially recognized by orthodox Kardecist spiritists and is particularly rejected by the Brazilian Spiritist Federation (FEB), which considers it divergent from Allan Kardec's codification.