The Spirits' Book, Modern English Edition by Allan Kardec

The Spirits' Book, Modern English Edition by Allan Kardec

The Spirits' Book (Le Livre des Esprits in original French) is part of the Spiritist Codification, and is regarded as one of the five fundamental works of Spiritism. It was published by the French educator Allan Kardec on April 18, 1857. It was the first and remains the most important spiritist book, because it addresses in first hand all questions developed subsequently by Allan Kardec. The book is structured as a collection of questions regarding the origin of the spirits, the purpose of the life, the order of the universe, evil and good and the afterlife. Its answers, according to Kardec, were given to him by a group of spirits who identified themselves as The Spirit of Truth, with whom he communicated in several Spiritist sessions during the 1850s. Kardec, who considered himself an organizer rather than an author, grouped the questions and their answers by theme, occasionally including lengthier digressions the spirits had dictated to him on specific subjects, some signed by philosophers such as Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas and writers including Voltaire. Allan Kardec is the pen name of the French teacher and educator Hippolyte L on Denizard Rivail. He was born in Lyon in 1804. He was raised as a Catholic. He was a disciple and collaborator of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, and a teacher of mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, physiology, comparative anatomy and French in Paris. For one of his research papers, he was inducted in 1831 into the Royal Academy of Arras.

Allan Kardec (n.d.) is a fictional character created by Allan Kardec Lyon, October 3rd, 1804 - m. Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail (Paris, 31 March 1869) is el pseudonimo del francés Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, el sistematizador del espiritismo. Rivail began attempting to communicate with the spirits of the dead in 1854, a popular pastime in the mid-nineteenth century. He became convinced that there was a spiritual realm inhabited by the spirits of the dead, and that it was possible to communicate with them.

His familiar spirit informed him that he had previously lived in the Galia during the time of the druidas and was known as Allan Kardec. Furthermore, the spirits informed him through various mediums that the appointed times for a universal manifestation had arrived, and that they, as Dios' ministers and agents of his will, had the responsibility of instructing and illuminating men, ushering in a new period for the regeneration of humanity. Rivail was so taken aback by everything that he began to compile a massive collection of psychiatric writings that his friends had given him. He started going to psychic sessions on a regular basis, always prepared with a list of questions that were answered by the medium in a precise, deep, and logical manner.

Rivail made it clear from the start that the Espritus, as mere human beings, had no supreme knowledge or wisdom; that their intelligence is dependent on their progress, and that their opinion is nothing more than a personal opinion.

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ISBN 13	9780964990708
ISBN 10	0964990709
Title	The Spirits' Book, Modern English Edition
Author	Allan Kardec
Series	Classics Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Allan Kardec Educational Society
Year published	2003-01-01
Number of pages	422
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