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2362691THE SPIRITS BOOKhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-spirits-book-1230003084236/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3598051/d8d2c509-eb42-4b98-8826-fea11c1b5617.jpg?v=6383856052681700007575MXNZREADSInStock/Ebooks/2298673THE SPIRITS BOOK7575https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-spirits-book-1230003084236/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3598051/d8d2c509-eb42-4b98-8826-fea11c1b5617.jpg?v=638385605268170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20191230003084236_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_<p>THE SPIRITS BOOK<br />By Allan Kardec</p><p>Synopsis<br />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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Overview<br />The basic concepts presented by the book are:</p><p>- Monotheism (i.e. there is only one Supreme Being, the source of all good and evil alike)<br />- Creationism (i.e. God created the principle of everything, not things as they are now)<br />- validity of Jesus ethics and moral teachings<br />- survival of the soul (spirit) after death (disincarnation)<br />- Reincarnation of the souls (plurality of existences)<br />- inherent morality of God and His creation<br />- existence of life all over the Universe (plurality of worlds)<br />- progression of the soul towards perfection by experience through several lives<br />- migration of spirits from one world to another (transmigration)<br />- possibility of manifestation of spirits in the living world by means of mediums<br />- karma (not actually termed such) as an explanation for apparent injustices<br />- Good works are important to spiritual realization, not necessarily faith</p><p>An excerpt from the preface fron the new edition<br />IN the first edition of this work, we announced our intention to publish a Supplement treating of points for which it had been impossible to find room in that edition, or which might be suggested by subsequent investigations ; but the new matter proved to be so closely connected with what had been previously published as to render its publication in a separate volume inexpedient. We therefore preferred to await the reprinting of the work, taking advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to fuse the whole of the materials together, to supress redundancies, and to make a more methodical arrangement of its contents. This new edition may consequently be considered as a new work, although the principles originally laid down have undergone no change, excepting in a very few instances which will be found to constitute complements and explanations rather than modifications.<br />This conformity of the teachings transmitted, notwithstanding the diversity of the sources from which they have emanated, is a fact of great importance in relation to the establishment of spiritist doctrine. Our correspondence shows us, moreover, that communications, identical (in substance, if not in form) with those embodied in the present work, have been obtained in various quarters, and even, in some instances, previously to the publication of THE SPIRITS BOOK, which has served to systematise and to confirm them. History, on the other hand, proves that most of the ideas herein set forth have been held by the most eminent thinkers of ancient and of modern times, and thus gives to them the additional sanction of its testimony</p><p>File size (Digital) (657KB)<br />Books (1)<br />Biography (Yes)<br />Page count (8.5x11) (450)<br />Word count (171,458)<br />Font size (12pt)</p>(*_*)1230003084236_<p>THE SPIRITS BOOK<br />By Allan Kardec</p><p>Synopsis<br />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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Overview<br />The basic concepts presented by the book are:</p><p>- Monotheism (i.e. there is only one Supreme Being, the source of all good and evil alike)<br />- Creationism (i.e. God created the principle of everything, not things as they are now)<br />- validity of Jesus ethics and moral teachings<br />- survival of the soul (spirit) after death (disincarnation)<br />- Reincarnation of the souls (plurality of existences)<br />- inherent morality of God and His creation<br />- existence of life all over the Universe (plurality of worlds)<br />- progression of the soul towards perfection by experience through several lives<br />- migration of spirits from one world to another (transmigration)<br />- possibility of manifestation of spirits in the living world by means of mediums<br />- karma (not actually termed such) as an explanation for apparent injustices<br />- Good works are important to spiritual realization, not necessarily faith</p><p>An excerpt from the preface fron the new edition<br />IN the first edition of this work, we announced our intention to publish a Supplement treating of points for which it had been impossible to find room in that edition, or which might be suggested by subsequent investigations ; but the new matter proved to be so closely connected with what had been previously published as to render its publication in a separate volume inexpedient. We therefore preferred to await the reprinting of the work, taking advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to fuse the whole of the materials together, to supress redundancies, and to make a more methodical arrangement of its contents. This new edition may consequently be considered as a new work, although the principles originally laid down have undergone no change, excepting in a very few instances which will be found to constitute complements and explanations rather than modifications.<br />This conformity of the teachings transmitted, notwithstanding the diversity of the sources from which they have emanated, is a fact of great importance in relation to the establishment of spiritist doctrine. Our correspondence shows us, moreover, that communications, identical (in substance, if not in form) with those embodied in the present work, have been obtained in various quarters, and even, in some instances, previously to the publication of THE SPIRITS BOOK, which has served to systematise and to confirm them. History, on the other hand, proves that most of the ideas herein set forth have been held by the most eminent thinkers of ancient and of modern times, and thus gives to them the additional sanction of its testimony</p><p>File size (Digital) (657KB)<br />Books (1)<br />Biography (Yes)<br />Page count (8.5x11) (450)<br />Word count (171,458)<br />Font size (12pt)</p>...1230003084236_ZREADSlibro_electonico_e52fd4f1-e2f5-389a-b090-15c2e45a90ea_1230003084236;1230003084236_1230003084236Matthew MysticInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/33eabc90-0ef8-4ec5-ba99-bdaacd6643a3-epub-9e81b72d-2325-43ac-8376-068d067c5700.epub2019-02-13T00:00:00+00:00ZREADS