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Besides the touching exhortations of our deceased relatives, we should also acknowledge the powerful
outpouring of the genius from the Spirit World. Pages upon pages were written feverishly, under semidarkness
by mediums of our acquaintance, who were incapable of comprehending its value and beauty. These
pages showed style of such a splendor whose beauty was only comparable to the wisdom of their ideas. In
addition, remarkable speeches as we have many times heard in our study groups, were given through the
organs of a medium of modest knowledge and character. Through such speeches superior Spirits have
reasoned, speaking to us about the eternal enigma of the world and about the laws that govern the spiritual life.
Those who had the honor of participating in these meetings knew of the penetrating influence they
exerted on all of us. Despite the skeptic tendencies and the mocking spirit of the men of our generation, they
could not resist the bouts of eloquence that marked these communications, as they were characterized by
accents and even peculiar forms of language. The most cautious men would be forced to recognize in them the
characteristic of, and the incontestable sign of a greater moral superiority - the mark of the truth. In the
presence of these Spirits, who for a short time descended upon our obscure and undeveloped world to brighten
it with a sparkle of their wisdom, the most acute criticism grows dimmer, hesitates and becomes silent.
During eight years we received in the city of Tours these types of communications. They addressed all
the great problems, all major moral and philosophical issues. These communications formed a manuscript of
many volumes; the synopsis of that work, much too extensive and copious to be published in its integral form,
I wanted to present herein. Jeronimo of Praga, my friend, my guide of the present and the past, the
magnanimous Spirit who directed the first flights of my infantile intelligence in remote ages, is its author.
How many other eminent Spirits working in similar fashion and in the intimacy of some groups have
spread their teachings throughout the world! Almost always anonymously, they reveal themselves only
through the excellence of their concepts.
It was given to me the opportunity of lifting some of the veils that covered his true personality. I
should however keep it a secret, as the finest of the spirits are distinguished precisely by their peculiarities of
hiding behind borrowed names, desirous of remaining unidentified. The illustrious names that subscribe
certain empty and shallow communications are no more than a hoax, in the majority of the cases.
With the above details I wanted to demonstrate that this work is not exclusively mine. Instead, it is a
reflex of a more elevated thought that I seek to interpret. It is in agreement, in all its essential points, with the
views expressed by Allan Kardec’s instructors; points that they left obscure, however, begin to be discussed. I
also considered the movement of thought and the human science - its discoveries - which I took care to
indicate in this work. In certain cases, I added my personal impressions and comments, because in Spiritism,
we can never say it enough times, there are no dogmas and each of its principles can, and should be discussed,
judged, and submitted to the test of reason.
I considered it a duty to make these teachings available so that my brothers and sisters of Earth could
benefit from them. A work is worth its substance. Whatever they may think or say of the Spirits’ Revelation, I
cannot admit that while the Universities teach metaphysical systems engineered by human thought, we allow
ourselves to disregard and even reject the principles disclosed by the noble Intelligences of the space.
Having appreciation for the human masters-of-reason, and wisdom does not excuse our neglecting to
bestow upon the above-human masters-of-reason, the representatives of a higher and more critical wisdom, our
due appreciation. The human spirit compressed by the flesh, deprived of the plenitude of its resources and
perceptions cannot by itself reach the knowledge of the invisible Universe and its laws. The circle in which our
lives and thoughts transpire is limited, in the same way that our viewpoint is restricted. The insufficiency of
information renders impossible all our generalization.
In order to penetrate the unknown and infinite dominium of the laws we need guides. It is with the
collaboration of eminent thinkers of both worlds, of both humanities that we will reach the greatest truths - or
at the least catch a glimpse of them. Then the noblest principles will be established. The masters of space,
more efficiently than the masters of earth know best how to safely enlighten us concerning the problems of life
and the mysteries of the soul, and to help us to acquire consciousness of our greatness and of our future.
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Often when we are asked a question, a new objection is raised. Because of the infinite variety of
communications and the freedom that each of us have to appreciate and verify them at will, many people ask
what should be of the unity of the doctrine - that powerful unity that has been the strength, the greatness, and
that has secured the duration of the sacerdotal religions.
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