SPIRITUALIST PHILOSOPHY

THE SPIRITS' BOOK

CONTAINING

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SPIRITIST DOCTRINE

ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, THE NATURE OF SPIRITS AND THEIR RELATIONS

WITH MEN; MORAL LAWS, THE PRESENT LIFE, THE FUTURE LIFE,

AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY

According to the teaching given by superior Spirits

with the help of various mediumsIndividuals believed to have the ability to communicate with the souls of the deceased.

COLLECTED AND SET IN ORDER,

BY ALLAN KARDEC

Rivail, Hippolyte Léon Denizard The author’s birth name, added here by a librarian or researcher; "Allan Kardec" was a pseudonym he chose specifically for his Spiritist works.
3187 Likely a library acquisition or catalog number.

SECOND EDITION

Entirely recast and considerably enlarged.

This 1860 edition is significant as it expanded the original 1857 work from 501 to 1,019 questions and answers, becoming the foundational text for Spiritism.

Oval ink stamp from the "ASTOR LIBRARY NEW-YORK." The Astor Library was one of the founding collections of the New York Public Library.

Le Livre des Esprits

SPIRITUALIST PHILOSOPHY

THE SPIRITS' BOOK

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SPIRITIST DOCTRINE

BY ALLAN KARDEC

PARIS

DIDIER AND CO., BOOKSELLERS - PUBLISHERS

LEDOYEN, Bookseller, Orléans Gallery, 31

1860