Spiritual and Moral Laws Introduction
This section attempts to explain the science
regarding the Spiritual Forces in the Cosmos (although we do not
pretend it is complete). Forces that traditional religions and
conventional science has yet to accept, has either misconstrued,
and/or not completely understood. Traditional religions consider
many of these phenomena as supernatural or miracles, and,
conventional science (since it finds it difficult to study spirits
who have freewill who will cooperate or not) holds the general
opinion they do not exist and consider them either a figment of our
imaginations or are hallucinations due to chemical reactions in our
brain. But, Spiritists know they are factual by way of our reason,
through diligent study, and over 120 years of practical experience
regarding these phenomena. Many people in the world who don’t know
about “Spiritism” have an inner intuition about these moral and
spiritual laws because they are universal in nature and their own
spirit is aware and has knowledge of them.
This section discusses the effects of: 1) the Creator (the Supreme
Intelligence and First Cause of all things in the Cosmos, without
which nothing would exist or occur); 2) spirits and some of their
qualities; 3) the spirit world; and, 4) the interaction of these
upon us in the material world. New words are used to explain some of
these ideas and phenomena, they are introduced to you, and
Spiritists continue to use these terminologies. Kardec stated, “the
fundamental principle of Spiritism is the relation of the material
world with spirits.” There is no other science that currently exists
for this specific purpose. This science has religious and
philosophical implications as well. What currently comprises the
Spiritist Doctrine for Spiritists is only a base from which to
continue further studies in this field and that is what Spiritist
organizations all over the world continue to do.
This section also presents explanations regarding Moral Laws that
provide an explanation for what appears to be the inequities of
material life, but nevertheless have logical and just causes.
Used in this section are excerpts from Anna Blackwell’s English
translation of the books of Allan Kardec from the French. They are:
The Spirits Book and Heaven and Hell – The Divine Justice vindicated
in the Plurality of Existences (chapter VII). Also used is
information from the Kardec book The Gospel According to Spiritism
translated from the Spanish by Yvonne Limoges.
Persons wishing to seek a more comprehensive explanation should read
these books in full.
The Spiritist Society of Florida
March 2004 |