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It is unlikely that the first men could have arrived, spontaneously, and by their own mental resource, at
the notion of laws and even to the first forms of civilization. Conscious or not, the communion between earth
and space has always existed.
For this reason, we would find in doctrines of the past the majority of the principles brought to light
again through the Spirits’ teachings.
Finally, as these principles were reserved for the privileged minority, they had not yet penetrated the
souls of the multitudes. In the past these revelations were produced, preferentially, in the form of isolated
communications, and through manifestations that presented a sporadic character, which were often considered
miraculous. However, after twenty or thirty centuries of lengthy work and silent progress have elapsed, the
spirit of critique evolved and reason was raised up to the concept of superior laws. These phenomena along
with their related teachings reappear, and once generalized they come to guide the hesitant societies through
the arduous pathways of progress.
It is often in the midst of History’s darkest hours that great synthetic conceptions are formed in the
bosom of Humanity. It is also when the decrypted religions - with their voices weakened by age, and the
philosophies with their abstract languages - are no longer sufficient to console the afflicted; to lift up the
gloomy spirits; to pull the souls up to higher summits. Nevertheless, there is still a great deal of dormant force
- containing glowing embers - that can be revived. Hence, we do not agree with the views of some theorists
who uphold its demolition, instead of its reconstruction; it would be a mistake. There are distinctions to be
made from the inheritance of the past.
Such distinctions can even be extracted from esoteric religions - created for infantile spirits but that
corresponds to the needs of certain categories of souls. Wisdom would consist of gathering the parcels of
eternal life, the elements of moral direction they contain, while eliminating any worthless appendages added
by the actions of time and passions.
Who could execute this work of discrimination, selection, and renewal? Man was poorly prepared for
that task. Despite the imperious warnings of the current hour, despite the moral decay of our times, neither the
sanctuaries nor the academic cathedras had promoted a voice authorized to say the strong and decisive words
the world awaited.
Such impulses could only have come from Above. And so it did! All those who have carefully studied
the past, know that there is a plan in the drama of the centuries. Divine thought manifests itself in different
ways, and the revelation is adjusted in a thousand different ways, as per the requirements of the societies. It
was for this reason that, having approached the time for a new concession, the Invisible World emerged from
its silence. Communications from the dead emerged throughout the Earth bringing forth the elements of a
doctrine that summarize and fuse together the philosophies and religions of both Humanities.
The purpose of Spiritism is not to destroy, but to unify and complete, thus renewing. It comes to
separate from within the dominium of beliefs, that which has life from that which is dead. It collects the
relative truths from the numerous systems that have until now encompassed the conscience of Humanity and
adds them to the truths of the general order it proclaims.
In summary, Spiritism connects the human soul – which is still uncertain and fragile - with the
powerful wings of infinite space, elevating it to heights wherefrom it can embrace the vast harmony of the
laws and of the worlds, thus enabling it to obtain a clear sight of its destiny.
Such a destiny finds itself incomparably superior to all secrets kept by the doctrines of the Middle Age
and the theories of other times. A future of immense evolution carried on from sphere to sphere and from
clarity to clarity is open to the soul; its objective is an ending increasingly more beautiful and more illuminated
by the rays of Justice and Love.
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