What is Spiritism?
What is Spiritism?

Author: Allan Kardec

Publisher: EDICEI of America

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 8579451396

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"A work that is still up-to-date, What is Spiritism? is useful for adherents of the Spiritist Doctrine as well as for those who want to understand the nature of Spiritism and its fundamental points. Kardec's logic and common sense are obvious in this book as he confounds Spiritism's detractors while answering the questions of those who believe in and aspire to a superior life. The book is divided into three chapters. The first is composed of dialogues between Kardec and a critic, a skeptic and a priest, providing answers to those who do not understand the basic principles of Spiritism. It also presents appropriate refutations to its opponents. The second chapter presents practical and experimental aspects of the science and is a kind of summary of The Mediums' Book. The third chapter is a short synthesis of The Spirits' Book, with solutions to psychological, moral and philosophical problems according to the Spiritist Doctrine. In addition, the book is prefaced with an abridged version of Henri Sausse's biography of Allan Kardec."--

The Spirits' Book
The Spirits' Book

Author: Jussara Korngold

Publisher:

Published: 2016-08-31

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780985279356

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THE PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITISMABOUT THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, THE NATURE OF SPIRITS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH HUMANKIND, MORAL LAW, PRESENT LIFE, FUTURE LIFE AND THE FATE OF HUMANITY

Spiritism in its simplest expression
Spiritism in its simplest expression

Author: Allan Kardec

Publisher: FEB Editora/CEI

Published: 2021-11-17

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 6555703393

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Wanting to popularize Spiritism and make spreading it easier and quicker, but without prejudicing the basic works of the Spiritist Doctrine, Allan Kardec wrote a number of booklets and distributed them throughout France at prices that were affordable for anyone who might be interested. Some of them had several printings and were highly successful. They continued to be republished even after the Codifier’s discarnation. This is one of those booklets. It is hoped that Spiritist readers will find that this unpretentious work enriches their knowledge of the Spiritist Doctrine.

Spiritism
Spiritism

Author: Eduard von Hartmann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-08-02

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1108052711

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Published in 1885, this was one of the first works to attempt a complete psychological explanation of all occult phenomena.

The spirits’ book
The spirits’ book

Author: Allan Kardec

Publisher: FEB Editora/CEI

Published: 2021-11-11

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 6555703024

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After you have read The Spirits’ Book, you will no longer have any reason to fear death. The Spirits’ Book will provide you with the answers to nearly all the questions you may have with regards to the origin, nature and destiny of each and every soul on earth – and those of other worlds as well. It also addresses the issues of God, creation, moral laws and the nature of spirits and their relationships with humans. The book contains answers that were dictated to mediums by highly evolved spirits who love God. The Spirits’ Book is the initial landmark publication of a Doctrine that has made a profound impact on the thought and view of life of a considerable portion of humankind since the first French edition was published in 1857.

The gospel according to spiritism
The gospel according to spiritism

Author: Allan Kardec

Publisher: FEB Editora/CEI

Published: 2022-02-17

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 6555703032

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The Gospel according to Spiritism is one of the five books that make up the Spiritist Codification, a set of teachings transmitted by high order spirits, and organized and commented upon by Allan Kardec. This work contains the essence of the moral teaching of Jesus, and therefore is a refuge where the followers of all religions – and even those who have no religion – may join hands, because it offers a sure itinerary for our inner reform, the objective indicated by Christ as indispensable for achieving our future happiness and inner peace: that achievement which only the full observance of the divine laws can provide to the spirit on its gradual evolutionary path toward God.

Spiritism and Mental Health
Spiritism and Mental Health

Author: Emma Bragdon

Publisher: Singing Dragon

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0857010395

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Practiced in community centers and psychiatric hospitals throughout Brazil, Spiritist therapies are gaining increasing recognition internationally for their ability to complement conventional medicine. This pioneering text is the first comprehensive account of the philosophy, theory, practical applications and wider relevance of Spiritist therapies to be published in the English language. Leading practitioners and researchers in the field describe the history, principles and diagnostic processes of the Spiritist approach to mental health, and provide an extensive summary of the various methodologies used, including spiritual mediumship, energy work, prayer, homeopathy, past life regression and the practice of integrating spirituality into counselling and psychotherapy. Considering the ways in which Spiritism aligns with contemporary science, they show that the Spiritist model has the potential to bring about a positive transformation in the ways in which mental health care is conceptualized and delivered around the globe. The final part of the book explores how Spiritist centers and psychiatric hospitals are established and financed, with specific examples from Brazil and the USA. Providing important new insights into the rich tradition of Brazilian Spiritism, this authoritative text will be of interest to mental health professionals, counselors, therapists and alternative and complementary health practitioners.

Kardec's Spiritism
Kardec's Spiritism

Author: E. Bragdon

Publisher:

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780962096051

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"This book is an extraordinary introduction to the wellness tradition of Brazilian Spiritists. Dr. Bragdon captured the essence of this grassroots model that will one day transform our medical care environment."--John Zerio, Ph.D., president of the Allan Dardec Educational Society.

Spirits and Scientists
Spirits and Scientists

Author: David J. Hess

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0271040807

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Brazilian Spiritism (espiritismo, kardecismo) is an important middle-class religious movement whose followers believe in communication with the dead via spirit mediums and in healing illnesses by means of spiritual therapies. Unlike Anglo-Saxon Spiritualists, Brazilian Spiritists count among their number a well-developed and institutionalized intellectual elite that has reinterpreted northern hemisphere parapsychology and developed its own alternative medicine and sociology of religion. As a result, the mediation between popular religion (especially Afro-Brazilian religious practices) and the orthodoxies of the universities, the state, and the medical profession. Situating Spiritist intellectual thought in what he calls a broader ideological arena, Hess examines Spiritism in the context of religion, science, political ideology, medicine, and even the social sciences. Hess challenges the legacy of French sociologist Roger Bastide, who saw in Spiritism an elitist, middle-class ideology. In the process, Spirits and Scientists provides a new approach to middle-class religious movements in Latin America.

The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America
The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America

Author: Virginia Garrard-Burnett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-11

Total Pages: 995

ISBN-13: 1316495280

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The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America covers religious history in Latin America from pre-Conquest times until the present. This publication is important; first, because of the historical and contemporary centrality of religion in the life of Latin America; second, for the rapid process of religious change which the region is undergoing; and third, for the region's religious distinctiveness in global comparative terms, which contributes to its importance for debates over religion, globalization, and modernity. Reflecting recent currents of scholarship, this volume addresses the breadth of Latin American religion, including religions of the African diaspora, indigenous spiritual expressions, non-Christian traditions, new religious movements, alternative spiritualities, and secularizing tendencies.