The Basic
Spiritist Works
The Spiritist Codification
The set of five basic works of the
Spiritist Codification were the result of the life work of Allan
Kardec,
the pen-name of Prof. Hyppolyte
Léon Denizard Rivail, who organized them under the inspiration
and coordination of a group Superior Spirits under the leadership of
Lord Jesus. If our reader wishes to know better the life and works of
Allan Kardec please read his
biography by Anne Blackwell.
The content of each work can be resumed as below:
The Spirits'
Book covers the fundamentals of the
Spiritst Doctrine concerning the nature of Spirits, their
manifestations and how they relate to men; moral laws, present and
future life and the destiny of humankind. It's both an introduction to
the other works and a summary of them, which, on their turn, can each
be seen as an unfolding of one of the issues it covers;
The Mediums' Book covers the teachings of
the Spirits on the various kinds of manifestations, the means of
communication with the invisible world, the development of mediumship,
the difficulties and embarrassments that one can face during Spiritst
practice;
The Gospel According to Spiritism explains the moral teachings of Lord Jesus, showing
how they
are in accordance to Spiritism and how they can be applied to the many
aspects
of life;
Heaven and Hell examines and compares how doctrines explain the
passage from
the physical to the spiritual life, future penalty or reward, angels
and
devils, eternal condemnation, etc.... Many examples are given of the
real
situation of the soul before and after physical death;
Genesis: examines theories about Earth's
emergence and evolution and scriptural texts on the matter.
You'll
be able to read or download from this page pdf versions of the basic
works of the Spiritist Codification. In order to read one of the works
just left-click your mouse on its cover. If you'd rather download it,
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Note: These pdf versions have been
downloaded to our site from the site of the Spiritst Group of New York.
They are mirrored here for the sole convenience of our readers. Please
visit their site and you'll have accesss to many excellent Spitritist
works.
As
our visitor can see above the works were published along 11 years. The
first time one reads them, therefore, one
should read them in publishing sequence, since each of them is
necessary for
the correct understanding of the following one. After being acquainted
to
the complete Codification one no longer needs keeping such caution. On
the
contrary, the full set of works turns itself into a complete research
source
to be studied whenever the experienced Spiritist feels a doubt of any
nature
about the universe, life and their purpose.
