The Spirits' Book
by Allan Kardec
'The Spirits' Book' Summary
The book is structured as a collection of questions regarding the origin of spirits, the purpose of life, the order of the universe, good and evil, 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, Thomas Aquinas and writers including Voltaire.
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1857Authors
Allan Kardec
France
Allan Kardec. He is the author of the five books known as the Spiritist Codification, and the founder of Spiritism. Rivail was born in Lyon in 1804 and raised as a Roman Catholic. He pursued interests...
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