WHAT IT IS  “Spiritism is a science which deals with the nature, origin and destiny of Spirits, as well as their relationship with the corporeal world.”   It is the set of  principles, as revealed by the Superior Spirits, contained in  Allan Kardec’s works, which constitute the Spiritist Fundamentals: The Spirits’ Book, The Mediums’ Book, The Gospel  Explained […]

To believe in: One God who is all powerful, sovereignly just and good; The soul and its immortality; The pre-existence of the soul as the only justification for conditions of the present; The plurality of existences as a means of expiation, of reparation, and of moral and intellectual advancement; The perfectibility of even the most […]

All 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 principle that God should be worshipped in spirit and in truth. Spiritism has no clergy, nor does it […]

The Codifier of Spiritism HIPPOLYTE LÉON DENIZARD RIVAIL was born in Lyon, France, on October 3, 1804, in a traditional family, greatly distinguished in the legal profession and court system. He did not pursue those careers. From his youth, he was inclined toward the studies of science and philosophy. Educated in the renowned School of […]