The Revue
Spirite of
1862
Part 13
We continue in this issue the study of the Revue Spirite
corresponding to the year of 1862. The condensed
text of the mentioned volume will hereby be presented in
sixteen parts, based on the translation of Julio Abreu
Filho and published by EDICEL.
Issues for discussion
A. What did Galileo's Spirit say about God?
B. How did St. Augustine see study and its importance?
C. Who was Apollonius of Tiana?
Text for reading
135. Invited to visit the Lyon and Bordeaux groups,
Kardec says he would gladly accept the invitation.
(Pages 273 to 275)
136. To the Spiritists of Bordeaux, Kardec asks that
there be no banquet, since he will go there in a
pastoral character and his preference is that he be
given a simpler reception, according to his habits and
his principles. (Pages 275 and 276)
137. "Pilgrimages of the Soul" and "The Guardian Angel"
are the titles of the poems presented by B. Joly and
Dulcis, the latter during a session of the African
Spiritist Society. (Pages 277 to 279)
138. Galileo, using Mr. Camille Flammarion as a medium,
transmitted three communications attached under the
general heading of "Uranographic Studies". Kardec
informs that the three were the initiation of a young
medium. (Editor’s Note: These communications would later
form Chapter VI of "The Genesis", the last work written
by Kardec). (Pages 280 to 283)
139. Here is a brief summary of Galileo's information: I
- The first principle, the first cause is God: before
this venerated name everything bows down and the
ethereal harp of the Heavens vibrates its strings of
gold. II - Says the modern naturalist: "Nature is the
external throne of divine power." To such a definition I
shall add this: "Nature is the effective power of the
Creator." III - Space is infinite and so I say because
it is impossible to oppose it any limit.
(Pages 280 to 382)
140. Saint Augustine says - regarding the vacation
period of the Spiritist Society of Paris - that for the
diligent Spiritist there is no established hours to
study, because all his life is not more than one hour,
and it is still too short for the work to which he is
dedicated: the intellectual development of human
creatures.
(Page 283)
141. In a communication to the Spiritist centers that he
was going to visit, Kardec asks that the questions be
elaborated in advance, since during the meetings many do
not know what to ask or are silent because they are shy
or have difficulty in formulating their thoughts. (P.
285)
142. Kardec writes about Apollonius, of Tiana, a Greek
city of Cappadocia, Asia Minor, where he would have been
born two or three years before Jesus and died at the age
of 96. Son of one of the richest citizens of Tiana,
Apollonius followed the precepts taught by Pythagoras
and it is attributed to him, among other things, the
gift of healing, foreknowledge, vision at a distance,
the power to read the thought, to cast out demons and to
move suddenly from one place to another. (Pages 287 to
298)
143. After recalling the phrases spoken by Apollonius of
Tiana and some facts of his life, Kardec concludes the
article by stating that the great philosopher served as
a union between paganism and Christianity and perhaps
this was his mission in our world.
(P. 298)
144. The Revue transcribes a report published in
"Abeille Agenaise", dated May 25, 1862, referring to an
article entitled Spiritist Conversations, in
which Mr. Cazenove de Pradine presents a summary of
Spiritism and classifies it as an evil doctrine. Mr.
Dombre de Marmande wrote to the aforementioned
newspaper, contesting the criticism, but his letter was
not published, on the grounds that the newspaper could
not propagate these ideas, which it considered to be
essentially dangerous (Pages 298 to 301)
145. The Spiritist Society of Paris conferred the title
of honorary member to Mr. Dombre, of Marmande, and to
other confreres who had been providing effective and
distinguished services to the cause of Spiritism. Dombre,
grateful, accepted, the title that was granted to him
and Kardec, following, paid a tribute to him in a
well-deserved homage. (Pages 301 to 304)
(Continues on next issue.)
Answers to the issues
A. What did Galileo's Spirit say about God?
Making use of Mr. Camille Flammarion as a medium,
Galileo said that the first principle, the first cause
is God and that before this revered name everything bows
down and the ethereal harp of the Heavens vibrates its
golden strings. (Revue Spirite of 1862, pages 280
to 283)
B. How did St. Augustine see study and its importance?
St. Augustine observed that for the diligent Spiritist
there are no designated hours to study, for his whole
life is but an hour, and still very short for the work
he is engaged in: the intellectual development of human
creatures. (Ibid, page 283).
C. Who was Apollonius of Tiana?
Apollonius, from Tiana, a Greek city of Cappadocia in
Asia Minor, was said to have been born, according to
Kardec, two or three years before Jesus and died at the
age of 96. Son of one of the richest citizens of Tiana,
Apollonius followed the precepts taught by Pythagoras
and is attributed to him, among other things, the gift
of healing, foreknowledge, vision at a distance, the
power to read the thought, to cast out demons and to
move suddenly from one place to another.
(Ibid, pages 287-298).
Translation:
Eleni Frangatos - eleni.moreira@uol.com.br
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