THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SPIRITISM - ALLAN KARDEC
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SPIRITISM - ALLAN KARDEC



I HAVE NOT COME TO DESTROY THE LAW



&nbsp;INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE SPIRITS.



&nbsp;THE NEW ERA



&nbsp;9. God is unique, and Moses was a Spirit whom He sent on a mission to make known His
presence, not only to the Hebrews but to all the pagan world. The Hebrew peoples were God's
instrument to enable Him to manifest through Moses and the prophets. The vicissitudes suffered by
these peoples were meant to attract their attention and so help disclose the existence of the Divinity.
God's commandments as revealed through Moses contain the essence of the most
comprehensive Christian morality. However, the biblical commentaries and annotations restrict
their meaning, because if they had been put into action in all their pureness they would not have
been understood. Nevertheless, these ten commandments have become a brilliant frontispiece and a
beacon destined to light up the pathway which humanity must follow.
The morality taught by Moses was appropriate to the stale of advancement of the people he
proposed to regenerate. These people, who were semi-barbaric with respect to the perfecting of the
soul, would not have understood that God could be worshipped by other means than holocaust, nor
that it is necessary to forgive one's enemies. From the materialistic, scientific and artistic points of
view their intelligence was remarkable. But they were morally backward and would never have
been converted by a wholly spiritual religion. Therefore it was necessary that they be offered a
semi-materialistic form of religion, as is represented in the Hebrew faith. The holocausts spoke to
their senses at the same time that the idea of God touched their Spirits.
Christ was the initiator of the most pure and sublime morality. That is to say, the morality of
the evangelical Christian, which will renew the entire world by bringing together all mankind and
turning them into brothers and sisters. It will cause charity to blossom forth in all hearts as well as
love for one's neighbour, so establishing a common solidarity between all peoples. Finally, from
this morality, which will transform the whole Earth, the planet will become the home of far
superior Spirits than inhabit it till now. This is the law of progress which will be accomplished and
to which nature is submitted. Spiritism is the lever which God is using to enable humanity to
advance.
The time has come in which moral ideas must be developed to bring about the progress
determined by God. They will follow the same route as that taken by the ideas of liberty, us
predecessor. Do not think however, that these developments will be effected without a fight. No, in
order to reach maturity these ideas will need discussion and conflicts so that they may attract the
attention of the masses. Once this has been achieved, the beauty and sanctity of this morality will
touch all Spirits, who will in turn embrace a science which will give them the key to a future life
and open the doors to eternal happiness.
Moses showed humanity the way; Jesus continued this work; Spiritism will finish it. - AN
ISRAELITE SPIRIT (Mulhouse, 1861).

1O. Once, in His undying charity, God permitted Man to see the truth pierce the darkness.
That day was the advent of Christ. After that living Light was gone the darkness returned; having
been given the alternatives of truth or obscurity the world once again lost itself. Then, similar to the
prophets of the Old Testament, the Spirits began speak and finally gave warning that the world is
trembling on its very foundations and thunder will resound. Remain steady!
Spiritism is of a divine order because it is based upon the actual laws of Nature, and you
may be certain that everything of a divine nature has a great and useful objective. Your world was
losing itself yet again because science, developed at the cast of all that is moral, was only inducing
you to material well being, resulting in benefit for the Spirit of darkness. Ah! Eighteen centuries of
blood and martyrs, and still Christ's reign has not yet come! Christians! Return to the Teacher who
wishes save you! It is easy for those who believe and who love. Love fills one with indescribable
happiness. Yes, my children, the world is slaking as the good Spirits have repeatedly warned. Bend
with the wind that announces the storm, so that you are not thrown down. That is to say, prepare
yourselves so as not to be like the foolish virgins who were taken by surprise at the arrival of their
husbands!
This revolution which prepares itself is more moral than material. The great Spirits, who are
divine messengers, instill faith amongst you so that all who are enlightened and zealous workers
may make their humble voices heard, seeing that all humanity are like grains of sand, without
which there would be no mountains. Thus the wards: 'We are small' lack significance. To each his
mission, to each his work. Does not the ant build his republic, and other imperceptible animals raise
continents? The new crusade has begun. Apostles, not of war, but of universal peace, modern Saint
Bernards, look ahead and march forward. The law of the worlds is a law of progress. - FENELON
(Poitiers, 1861).

11. Saint Augustin is one of the greatest popularizers of Spiritism. He bas manifested
himself in almost every part. The reason for this is to be found in the life story of this great
Christian philosopher. He belongs to a vigorous phalanx known as Fathers of the church, to whom
Christianity awes its mast solid bases. Like many others he was uprooted from Paganism, or rather
from the most profound godlessness, by the splendour of truth. When suddenly, in the middle of his
dissipations, he felt a strange vibration in his soul which called him to himself and made him
understand that happiness was not to be found in debilitating and escapist pleasures. Finally he too
had a similar experience to Paul, who heard saintly voices calling to him an the road to Damascus
saying: 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?' When Saint Augustin heard his voices he
exclaimed: 'My God! My God! Forgive me! I believe; I am a Christian!' From this moment an he
became one of the greatest supporters of the Gospel. You may read the notable confessions left by this eminent Spirit, the
characteristic and prophetic words he uttered after the death of Saint Monica, 'I am convinced that
my mother will visit me and give me advice, revealing to me what awaits us in the future life.' What
great leaching in these words! What resounding foresight of the doctrine that was to come! This is
the reason why today, seeing that the time has come to spread the truth as he predicted, he has
become its ardent disseminator and as it were, multiplied himself in order to be able to reply to all
who call him. - ERASTUS, disciple of Saint Paul (Paris 1863).

NOTE: Would it be possible for Saint Augustin to demolish what he himself had built?
Certainly not. But just as many others before him, he now sees with the eye of Spirit what he could
not see while he was a man. In freedom his soul sees new brightness and understands what
previously had been impossible to understand. New ideas have revealed to him the true meaning of
certain words. On Earth he judged things according to the knowledge he possessed at that time. But
ever since he saw the new light he can appreciate those words more judiciously. Thus he had to
revise his beliefs regarding incubus and sucubus spirits, as well as the condemnation which he had
launched against the theory of the antipodes. Now that he can see Christianity in us true light and in
all us pureness, it is acceptable that on some points he thinks differently from when he was alive,
which in no way prohibits him from continuing to be a Christian apostle. He may even establish
himself as a disseminator of Spiritism without renouncing his faith, because he has seen that which
was forecast come to pass. Therefore, by proclaiming this doctrine today, he only leads us towards
a more correct and logical interpretation of the texts. The same also occurs with other Spirits who
find themselves in a similar position.