laws.A Human Being is a Spirit incarnated in a material body. The perispirit is the semi-material body which unites the Spirit to the physical body.Spirits are the intelligent beings of creation. They constitute the world of the Spirits, which pre-exists and outlives everything.Spirits are created simple and ignorant. They evolve intellectually and morally, passing from a lower order to a higher one, until they attain perfection, where they will enjoy unalterable bliss.Spirits preserve their individuality before, during, and after each incarnation.Spirits reincarnate as many times as is necessary for their spiritual advancement.Spirits are always progressing. In their multiple physical existences, they may sometimes become stationary but they never regress. The speed of their intellectual and moral progress depends on the efforts they make to attain perfection.Spirits belong to different orders according to the degree of perfection they have attained: Pure Spirits, who have attained maximum perfection; Good Spirits, whose predominant desire is towards goodness; and Imperfect Spirits, characterized by their ignorance, their tendency towards evil, and by their inferior passions.The Spirits relations with Human Beings are constant and have always existed. The Good Spirits attract us towards goodness, sustain us in lifes trials, and help us bear them with courage and resignation. The Imperfect Spirits induce us towards error.Jesus is the Guide and Model for all Humankind. The Doctrine He taught and exemplified is the purest expression of Gods Law.The morality of Christ, as contained in the Gospels, is the guidence for the secure progress of all Human Beings. Its practice is the solution for all human problems and the objective to be attained by Humankind.Human Beings are given free-will to act, but they must answer for the consequences of their actions.Future life reserves for Human Beings penalties and pleasures according to the respect they do or do not show for Gods laws.Prayer is an act of adoration for God. It is found in the natural law and is the result of an innate sentiment in every Human Being, just as the idea of the existence of the Creator is innate.Prayer makes Human Beings better. Whoever prays with fervour and confidence grows stronger against evil temptations, and God sends the Good Spirits to assist them. This assistance will never be denied when requested with sincerity. o SPIRITIST PRACTICEAll Spiritist practice is gratuitous, following the orientation of the moral principle found in the Gospel: Give for free what you receive for free.Spiritism is practiced with simplicity, without any external forms of worship, within the Christian principle that God should be worshipped in spirit and in truth.Spiritism has no clergy, nor does it adopt or use at any of its meetings or during its practices the following: altars, images, candles, processions, sacraments, concession of indulgences, religious vestiments, alcoholic or hallucinogenic beverages, incense, tobacco, talismans, amulets, horoscopes, cartomancy, pyramids, crystals, or any other objects, rituals or external forms of worship.Spiritism does not impose its principles. It invites those interested in knowing it to submit its teachings to the test of reason before accepting them.Mediumship, which allows the Spirits to communicate with Human Beings, is a