"Does this mean we
ignore the facts? Quite
the contrary, as all of
our science is based on facts. (ALLAN
KARDEC, RE 1859,
July).
The
facts,
this is the true
criterion of our
judgments, the argument
without reply. In the
absence of facts, doubt
is the opinion of the
reasonable man. (ALLAN
KARDEC, OLE,
Introduction)
It seems to us, in the
second paragraph of the
article Photography
of thought published
in Revista Espνrita
1868,
in the month of June,
Allan Kardec, when
referring to spiritual
fluids,
is, in fact, talking
about what we today
understand as ectoplasm,
the basis of all
manifestations of
physical effects.
In the fourth paragraph
of the aforementioned
article, he explains
that the Spirit presents
itself with the
perispirit having the
appearance it had when
alive, but can modify it
giving it the shape it
desires, including that
of one of its characters
from past lives.
In the fifth, he
clarifies that, through
thought, it is possible
for the Spirit to fluidically
create the objects it
had to use.
Among the examples he
gives, we have a
farmer, his plow and his
oxen.
Here we have something
strange, because as far
as we know, oxen are
animals and not objects.
Thus, we believe that
this fluidic creation is
perhaps something like a
photograph, which would
be housed, so to speak,
in the perispirit, hence
having a very short life,
by the way. This taking
into account what is
said in the eighth
paragraph: creating
fluidic images, it is
reflected in the
spiritual envelope as in
a window pane and it
is photographed in some
way.
Corroborating this, we
have, in the ninth
paragraph, that the
most secret movements of
the soul reverberate in
the fluidic envelope.
Given this, we believe
that, s.m.j., the
aforementioned oxen are
not fluidic animal
creations, as many
argue.
We add from Spiritist
Magazine 1869, April,
what Allan Kardec said,
when he published the
article Profession
of American Spiritist
Faith:
Fluidic transformations
produce images and
objects as real for
Spirits, who are
themselves fluidic, as
earthly images and
objects are for men, who
are material. Everything
is relative in each of
these worlds. [
].
The separation of
fluidic creations into
two types images
and objects greatly
helps us in
understanding what is
produced from them.
Furthermore, we cannot
fail to take into
account the issue of the
two planes of life:
physical and spiritual.
Report on animal spirit
manifestation
Now it is time to
present the article Manifestation
of the spirit of animals,
published in Spiritist
Magazine 1865, in the
month of May. In it
Allan Kardec records a
correspondence received
from Dieppe (1),
in which the author
narrates the appearance
of a little dog named
Mika:
In
agony, my poor son, who
died in
Boulogne-sur-Mer, where
he continued his
studies, had received
from one of his friends
a charming little dog
that we had educated
with extreme care. She
was, of her kind, the
most adorable little
creature imaginable. We
loved her as if she
loves everything that is
beautiful and good. She
understood us through
gesture, she understood
us through her gaze. The
expression in her eyes
was such that it seemed
as if she would respond
when spoken to.
After
the death of her young
owner, little Mika (her
name) was taken to
Dieppe, and, according
to her habit, she often
slept covered at my
feet, on my bed. In
winter, when the cold
was very harsh, she
would get up, make a
small, extremely sweet
moan, which was her
usual way of formulating
a request, and
understanding what she
wanted, I would allow
her to come and place
herself at my side. She
would then stretch out
comfortably between two
sheets, her little nose
on my neck, which she
liked as a pillow, and
surrender to sleep, like
the happy people on
Earth, receiving my
warmth, communicating
hers to me, which didn't
bother me. otherwise.
The poor little girl
spent happy days with
me. There was no lack of
a thousand sweet things;
but last September she
fell ill and died,
despite the care of the
veterinarian to whom I
had entrusted her. We
talked about her often,
my wife and I, and we
mourned her almost like
a beloved son, so much
so that she knew how,
through her sweetness,
her intelligence, and
her faithful friendship,
to captivate our
affection.
Lately,
in the middle of the
night, while I was lying
down but not sleeping, I
heard from the foot of
my bed that little moan
that my little dog made
when she wanted
something. I was so
touched by this that I
stretched my arms out of
bed to draw her towards
me, and I truly believed
that I would feel her
caresses. When I got up
in the morning, I told
my wife, who said: 'I
heard the same voice,
not once, but twice. It
seemed to come from my
bedroom door. My first
thought was that our
poor little dog was not
dead, and that, escaping
from the veterinarian's
house, who had
appropriated her for his
kindness, she was trying
to enter our house.'
My
poor sick daughter, who
had her little bed in
her mother's bedroom,
claims to have heard her
equally. It only seemed
to her that the sound of
her voice came, not from
the front door, but from
his mother's own bed,
which is very close to
that door.
It should be noted that
Mika's manifestation,
giving a moan like she
did when alive, was
witnessed by three
members of the family.
Continuing the story:
I
confess to you, dear
sir, that these facts,
although they relate to
a being deprived of
reason, make me reflect
singularly. What to
think of that? I don't
dare decide anything and
I don't have the leisure
to dwell on this subject
at length; but I wonder
whether the immaterial
principle, which must
survive in animals, as
in man, would not
acquire, to a certain
degree, the faculty of
communication like the
human soul. Who knows?
Do we know all the
secrets of Nature?
Evidently not. Who will
explain the laws of
affinities? Who will
explain the repulsive
laws? nobody. If
affection, which is the
domain of feeling, as
feeling is the domain of
the soul, has in itself
an attractive force.
What would be surprising
if a poor little animal
in an immaterial state
felt dragged wherever
its affection took it?
But the sound of a
voice, one might say,
how can one admit it, if
it was heard once,
twice, why not every
day? This objection may
seem serious; However,
would it be irrational
to think that this sound
cannot be produced
outside of certain
combinations of fluids,
which together act in
any direction, as
certain effervescent,
certain explosions, are
produced in chemistry as
a result of the mixture
of such and such
matters? Whether this
hypothesis seems founded
or not, I do not discuss
it, I will only say that
it can be among possible
things, and without
going further, I will
add that I confirm a
fact supported by triple
testimony, and that if
this fact occurred, it
was because it could be
to produce. Furthermore,
let us hope that time
will enlighten us,
perhaps it will not be
long before we hear
about phenomena of the
same nature.
The writer's various
questions make sense,
especially: Do
we know all the secrets
of Nature? and what
would be surprising if a
poor little animal in an
immaterial state felt
dragged wherever its
affection took it? At
the end he says I
will add that I confirm
a fact supported by
triple testimony, and
that if this fact
occurred, it was because
it could occur.
Here are Allan Kardec's
comments on this case:
Our honorable
correspondent acts
wisely in not deciding
the question; from a
single fact that is
still nothing more than
a probability, he does
not draw an absolute
conclusion; he notices,
he observes, waiting for
the light to come. This
is what prudence wants.
Facts of this kind are
not yet numerous enough,
nor sufficiently
ascertained to deduce an
affirmative or negative
theory from them. The
question of the
beginning and end of the
principles of animals is
only beginning to become
clear, and the fact that
this is the case is
essentially linked. If
this is not an illusion,
it at least confirms the
bond of affinity that
exists between the
Spirit of animals, or
rather of certain
animals, and that of
man. Furthermore, it
seems positively proven
that there are animals
that see Spirits and are
impressed by them; We
have narrated several
examples of this in the
Magazine, among others
that of the Spirit and
the little dog, in the
June 1860 issue. If
animals see Spirits,
this is obviously not
through the eyes of the
body; They therefore
also have a kind of
spiritual vision.
Until now, science has
done nothing but confirm
the physiological
relationships between
man and animals; it
shows us, in the
physical, all the
animals in the chain of
beings with no solution
of continuity; but
between the spiritual
principle of the two
Spirits there existed an
abyss; If psychological
facts, better observed,
come to bridge this
abyss, this will be a
new step towards the
unity of the scale of
beings and creation. It
is not through systems
that this serious issue
can be resolved, it is
through facts; If it
should be so one day,
Spiritism, creating
experimental psychology,
can only provide it with
the means. In all cases,
if there are points of
contact between the
animal soul and the
human soul, this cannot
be on the side of the
first, but on the part
of the more advanced
animals. An important
fact to note is that,
among the beings of the
spiritual world, there
has never been any
mention that there are
animal spirits. It would
seem to imply that they
do not retain their
individuality after
death, and, on the other
hand, this little dog
that manifested itself
would seem to prove the
opposite.
According to this, it
can be seen that the
matter is still very
little advanced and
there is no need to rush
it. The
writer's various
questions make sense,
especially: Do
we know all the secrets
of Nature? and what
would be surprising if a
poor little animal in an
immaterial state felt
dragged wherever its
affection took it? At
the end he says I
will add that I confirm
a fact supported by
triple testimony, and
that if this fact
occurred, it was because
it could occur.
Here are Allan Kardec's
comments on this case:
Our honorable
correspondent acts
wisely in not deciding
the question; from a
single fact that is
still nothing more than
a probability, he does
not draw an absolute
conclusion; he notices,
he observes, waiting for
the light to come. This
is what prudence wants.
Facts of this kind are
not yet numerous enough,
nor sufficiently
ascertained to deduce an
affirmative or negative
theory from them. The
question of the
beginning and end of the
principles of animals is
only beginning to become
clear, and the fact that
this is the case is
essentially linked. If
this is not an illusion,
it at least confirms the
bond of affinity that
exists between the
Spirit of animals, or
rather of certain
animals, and that of
man. Furthermore, it
seems positively proven
that there are animals
that see Spirits and are
impressed by them; We
have narrated several
examples of this in the
Magazine, among others
that of the Spirit and
the little dog, in the
June 1860 issue. If
animals see Spirits,
this is obviously not
through the eyes of the
body; They therefore
also have a kind of
spiritual vision.
Until now, science has
done nothing but confirm
the physiological
relationships between
man and animals; it
shows us, in the
physical, all the
animals in the chain of
beings with no solution
of continuity; but
between the spiritual
principle of the two
Spirits there existed an
abyss; If psychological
facts, better observed,
come to bridge this
abyss, this will be a
new step towards the
unity of the scale of
beings and creation. It
is not through systems
that this serious issue
can be resolved, it is
through facts; If it
should be so one day,
Spiritism, creating
experimental psychology,
can only provide it with
the means. In all cases,
if there are points of
contact between the
animal soul and the
human soul, this cannot
be on the side of the
first, but on the part
of the more advanced
animals. An important
fact to note is that,
among the beings of the
spiritual world, there
has never been any
mention that there are
animal spirits. It would
seem to imply that they
do not retain their
individuality after
death, and, on the other
hand, this little dog
that manifested itself
would seem to prove the
opposite.
It can be seen,
according to this, that
the issue is still
little advanced, and
there is no need to rush
into resolving it. The
above letter having been
read to the Paris
Society, the following
communication was given
in this regard.
We consider these two
considerations from the
Encoder to be extremely
important: 1st) Facts
of this kind are not yet
numerous enough, nor
sufficiently
investigated to deduce
an affirmative or
negative theory from
them. and 2nd) It
is not through systems
that this serious issue
can be resolved, it is
through facts;.
Allan Kardec recalls
that among
the beings of the
spiritual world, there
has never been any
mention that there are
animal Spirits,
to conclude that this
little dog that would
have manifested itself,
would seem to prove the
opposite,
therefore, he opens
space for such
manifestations occur,
even though there are no
elements to explain how
they happen.
A Spirit, who does not
identify himself, gave a
communication on the
issue, of which we
highlight only the
excerpts that are
related to our topic:
(Paris, April 21, 1865.
- Medium, Mr. E. Vιzy.)
Society of Paris, the
following communication
was given in this
regard.
We consider these two
considerations from the
Encoder to be extremely
important: 1st) Facts
of this kind are not yet
numerous enough, nor
sufficiently
investigated to deduce
an affirmative or
negative theory from
them. and
2nd) It
is not through systems
that this serious issue
can be resolved, it is
through facts;.
Allan Kardec recalls
that among
the beings of the
spiritual world, there
has never been any
mention that there are
animal Spirits,
to conclude that this
little dog that would
have manifested itself,
would seem to prove the
opposite,
therefore, he opens
space for such
manifestations occur,
even though there are no
elements to explain how
they happen.
A Spirit, who does not
identify himself, gave a
communication on the
issue, of which we
highlight only the
excerpts that are
related to our topic:
(Paris, April 21, 1865.
- Medium, Mr. E. Vιzy.)
I'm going to touch on a
serious issue tonight,
telling you about the
relationships that can
exist between animals
and humanity. But in
this room, when, for the
first time, my
instructions taught you
the solidarity of all
existences and the
affinities that exist
between them, a murmur
rose in a part of this
assembly, and I fell
silent. Should I do the
same today, despite your
questions? No, since you
will enter the path that
I have indicated to you.
Between domestic animals
and man, affinities are
produced by the fluidic
charges that surround
and fall on them; It is
a bit of humanity that
holds back on animality,
without changing the
colors of one or the
other; hence this
intelligent superiority
of the dog over the
brutal instinct of the
wild beast, and it is to
this cause alone that
these manifestations
that come from reading
you can be due. One is
not mistaken, therefore,
hearing a joyful cry
from the animal and
knowing the care of its
master, and coming,
before passing to the
intermediate state of
one development to
another, to bring it a
memory. The
manifestation can,
therefore, occur, but it
is temporary, because
the animal, to climb a
step, requires latent
work that annihilates,
for everyone, every
external sign of life.
This state is the
spiritual chrysalis
where the soul is
elaborated, a formless
perispirit, having no
reproductive figure of
traits, breaking into a
state of maturity, to
let escape, in the
currents that carry
them, the germs of souls
that hatch there. It
would therefore be
difficult for us to tell
you about the Spirits of
animals in space, they
do not exist, or rather
their passage is so
rapid that it is almost
null, and in the
chrysalis state, they
could not be described.
The manifesting Spirit
considers the dog's
manifestation to be
true, although
temporary, he argues. As
for the existence of
animals in the spirit
world, he says that it
is so rapid that their
stay there is almost
zero, but he did not say
that this is an obstacle
to the manifestation of
animals.
And concluding the
article, Allan Kardec
inserted this note:
[
]
As an explanation of the
aforementioned fact, his
theory is rational and
agrees, fundamentally,
with what prevails today
in the instructions
given in most centers.
When we have gathered
all sufficient
documents, we will
summarize them into a
methodical body of
doctrine, which will be
subjected to universal
control; Until then,
they are nothing but
beacons placed on the
path to lighten it.
And then, the Codifier,
as expected, in the case
in question, asserted
what he had said [
]
against the facts, it is
necessary, necessarily,
to lay down the weapons.
[
]. and
waits for more
occurrences to be
gathered, with the aim
of applying universal
control, in order to
define it positively
or negatively.
Conclusion
What did Allan Kardec do
when faced with a report
about the manifestation
of animal spirits? Did
you say that it was a
fluidic creation or that
it was a Spirit
manifesting itself in
the appearance of an
animal? No, it is not!
He, as we have shown,
was a man of science,
which is why the facts
guided all his
conclusions.
It is true that he was
unable to gather other
occurrences to define,
but we have several
sources, among them the
classic spiritist
authors, the Italian
Ernesto Bozzano
(1862-1943), who stands
out with 130 cases of
apparitions and 10 of
materializations of
animals, and the
Frenchmen Gabriel
Delanne (1857-1926) and
Gustave Geley
(1868-1924), who, we
have no doubt, realize
this.
As no one is forced to
accept our information,
for those who want to
prove it, we suggest
reading the e-book
Animals: perceptions,
manifestations and
evolution, currently
with 317 pages and an
extensive bibliography,
which is available for
free on our website.
We take this opportunity
to also recommend the
article Wouldnt
there be animals in the
spiritual world?",
authored by confrere
Leonardo Marmo Moreira,
a dedicated spiritist
researcher.
The natural question
that may arise is: which
animals manifest
themselves? We don't
know, there's a lack of
information about that.
We would venture to say
that, perhaps, only
those with a significant
level of intelligence,
as seen in many domestic
animals.
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