Table of Contents
Cover
Front Page
Index
Publisher's Foreword
Translator's Acknowledgements
Translator's Preface
Preface
Introduction
The Objective of this Work
The Authority Behind the Spiritist Doctrine
The Universal Control of the Spirit Teachings
Historic Facts
Socrates and Plato, the Forerunners of the Christian Idea and Spiritism
Chapter 1 - I have not come to destroy the law
Moses
The Christ
Spiritism
The alliance between science and religion
Instructions from the spirits
The new era
Chapter 2 - My kingdom is not of this world
The future life
The regality of Jesus
A point of view
Instrunctions from the spirits
An earthly regality
Chapter 3 - In my father's house are many mansions
The different states of the soul in its spiritual wanderings
The different categories of inhabited worlds
Earth's destiny. The cause of human misery
Instructions from the spirits
Superior and inferior worlds
Worlds of tests and atonement
Regenerating worlds
The progression of the worlds
Chapter 4 - Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God
Resurrection and reincarnation
Reincarnation strengthens family ties, whereas a single life would destr
oy them
Instructions from the spirits
Limits of incarnations
The need for incarnation
Chapter 5 - Blessed are the afflicted
The justice of afflictions
Causes of present-day afflictions
Past causes of afflictions
Forgetfulness of the past
Motives for resignation
Suicide and madness
Instructions from the spirits
To suffer well or badly
Evil and its remedy
Happiness is not of this world
Losing loved ones. Premature deaths
Should we end our neighbour's probation?
If he had been a good man he woul have died
Voluntary torments
True misfortune
Melancholy
Voluntary trials. The true hair shirt
Chapter 6 - Christ the consoler
The gentle yoke
The promised consoler
Instructions from the spirits
The advent of the Spirit of Truth
Chapter 7 - Blessed are the poor in spirit
What should be understood by the words 'poor inspirit'
He who exalts himself shall be debased
Mysteries that are hidden from the learned and prudent
Instructions from the spirits
Pride & humility
Mission of the intelligent person on Earth
Chapter 8 - Blessed are the pure in heart
Simplicity and pureness of heart
Sinning by means of thought. Adultery
True pureness. Unwashed hands
Offences. If your hand be the cause of an offence, cut it off
Instructions from the spirits
Let little children come unto me
Blessed are those whose eyes are closed
Chapter 9 - Blessed are the meek and the peacemakers
Insults and violence
Instructions from the spirits
Affability and mildness
Patience
Obedience and resignation
Anger
Chapter 10 - Blessed are the merciful
Forgive others so that God may forgive you
Reconciliation with your adversaries
The sacrifice most agreeable to God
The mote and the beam in the eye
Do not judge others if you do not wish to be judged in return. He that i
s without sin, let him be the first to cast a stone
Instructions from the spirits
The pardoning of offences
Indulgence
Chapter 11 - Love your neighbour as yourself
The greatest commandment
Do unto others as we would have them do unto us
Instructions from the spirits
The law of love
Selfishness
Faith and charity
Charity towards criminals
Chapter 12 - Love your enemies
Return goodness for evil
Discarnate enemies
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other als
o
Instructions from the spirits
Vengeance
Hate
Duelling
Chapter 13 - Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doin
g
Do good without ostentation
Hidden misfortunes
The widow's mite
To invite the poor and the lame. To give without thought of recompense
Instructions from the spirits
Material charity and moral charity
Beneficence
Compassion
Orphans
Chapter 14 - Honour your father and your mother
Filial devotion
Who is my mother and who are my brothers?
Corporeal relationship and spiritual relationship
Instructions from the spirits
Children's ingratitude and family ties
Chapter 15 - Without charity there is no salvation
What the spirit needs in order to be saved. The parable of the good Sama
ritan
The greatest of the commandments
The need for charity, according to Saint Paul
Without the Church there is no salvation. Without truth there is no salv
ation
Instructions from the spirits
Without charity there is no salvation
Chapter 16 - It is not possible to serve both God and Mammon
The salvation of the rich
Preserve yourself from avarice
Jesus in the house of Zacchaéus
The parable of the had rich man
The parable of the talents
The providential utility of riches. Trials of riches and misery
The inequality of riches
Instructions from the spirits
True property
The application of riches
Detachment from earthly possessions
Chapter 17 - Be perfect
Characteristics of Perfection
The good person
The good Spiritist
The parable of the sower
Instructions from the spirits
Duty
Virtue
Those who are superior and those who are inferior
The worldly person
Look after both body and spirit
Chapter 18 - Many are called, bur few are chosen
The parable of the wedding feast
The narrow door
The narrow door - Not all those who say: Lord! Lord! will enter into the
Kingdom of Heaven.
Much will be asked of he who receive much
Instructions from the spirits
To those who have will he given more
A Christian is recognised by his works
Chapter 19 - Faith transports mountains
The power of faith
Religious faith. The state of unshakable faith
The parable of the dry fig-tree
Instructions from the spirits
Faith, the mother of hope and charity
Human and Divine faith
Chapter 20 - Workers of he last hour
Instructions from the spirits
The last shall be the first
The mission of the Spiritists
The workers of the Lord
Chapter 21 - There will be false christs and false prophets
A tree is known by its fruits
The mission of the prophets
The prodigies of the false prophets
Do not believe all the Spirits
Instructions from the spirits
The false prophets
The character of the true prophet
The false prophets of the spiritual world
Jeremiah and the false prophets
Chapter 22 - Whom God has joined together, let no man put apart
The indissolubility of marriage
Divorce
Chapter 23 - Strange moral
Hate the parents
Abandon father, mother and children
Leave to the dead the care of burying their dead
I have not come to bring peace, but dissension
Chapter 24 - Do not hide the light under a bushel
The light under a bushel. Why Jesus spoke in parables
Do not keep company with the Gentiles
The healthy do not need a doctor
The courage of faith
Carry your cross. He who will save his life, shall lose it
Chapter 25 - Seek and you will find
If you help yourself then Heaven will come to your aid
Behold the fowls of the air
Provide not gold in your purse
Chapter 26 - Give for free what has been received gratuitously
The gift of healing
Paid prayers
The moneychangers expelled from the Temple
Gratuitous mediumship
Chapter 27 - Ask and it shall be given
The quality of prayers
The act of prayer. Transmission of thought
Intelligible prayers
Prayer for suffering spirits and the dead
Instructions from the spirits
The way to pray
Prayer is a source of happiness
Chapter 28 - A collection od spiritist prayers
General prayers
Prayers for the one who prays
Prayers for others
Prayers for those no longer on earth
Prayers for the sick and obsessed
Biographical sketches of spirit communicators
