The Spirit Bezerra de Menezes through Divaldo P. Franco’s psychophonic mediumship affirms: "(...) We are heirs of the Codification and of
the first heroes of the Spiritist Philosophy (...).”

 
Listening to the great seminar entitled Existential Conflicts ⁽¹⁾, delivered opportunely by the illustrious speaker and spiritist educator Divaldo Franco, who after discoursing for more than three hours with great wisdom and oratory on the various conflicts of the human creature; he concludes with an exciting psychophonic message in which the spirit Bezerra de Menezes weaves profound comments that are the introduction of our article; the product of long years of research on the unsurpassed philosophical works of Kardec. 

Bezerra de Menezes’ message: Heirs of the Codifiction 

It is very important that we take great care to free ourselves from our existential conflicts, and, in each one of them, we must put the sweet presence of the Man from Nazareth, allowing Him to influence our soul with the Hymn of Immortality – The Sermon of the Mountain, because we live in a crucial moment; but it is in this crucial moment that heroes are revealed, it is during the battle that the fighter stands out. It is, therefore, in this moment that we will create a new order of values, and the forgiveness which Divinity gave us, by giving rise to the return of Spiritism which will prepare us for the great encounter with our conscience… We will gradually abandon facetiae and illusions, integrating ourselves in the Spirit of Christ, which must taken hold of all the fibres of our sensibility, and following his steps in the great path that lead us to the triumph of immortality.

"Go forward without fear, my children. Two thousand years of Christianity and a very meagre harvest of blessings, two thousand years of Psychotherapy of Love and a pandemic of hate in the world. Jesus once said: Until when will I endure you?, Until when I am with you?, before the Pharisees who persecuted Him. Will it now be our chance to ask, "How long shall I fear giving myself up?" Once, the Poor Man from Assisi was analysing himself; He had nothing. He was dressed in a piece of cloth he had taken from a rubbish bin, with a belt made from a rope; Francis of Assisi asked himself: - What do you want from me? “I have nothing to give You”; then he heard a voice from the Friend who has not got any friends, saying: - Francis: Give me Francis!... Let us give ourselves to Jesus. In the great transition, Divine Mercy promotes the broadening if the Horizons of the Spiritist Revelation. Never before has Spiritism been talked about so much; talked about in the New World and been noticed by the Old World. But it is necessary that we interrogate ourselves as to how we are going to conduct ourselves before those who are arriving.

“We are Heirs of the Codification and the first heroes of the Spiritist Doctrine. We are heirs of the pioneers who came before you. Those who are now arriving at Spiritism will be your heirs. Meditate upon what you want to leave as a legacy to the new generation. Therefore we must not forget to Love, to give ourselves a chance, to forgive our mistakes and lamentable behaviour, and to forgive our fellow being in their unhappy attitude towards us.  Children of the Soul: we are standing, those who have crossed the  Rivers of Death, we are back to tell you: No one dies; every man crosses on Charon’s Boat with currencies accumulated during the carnal holiday, every one awakens in the Beyond according to how one has fallen sleep in the corporal attire. 

“Meditate and Be yourself the Leading Lights of Tomorrow”; let us leave enlightened footprints so that those who come after you, seeing the brilliant stars on the floor, can say: An angel has passed through here and left arrows pointing the way, and be happy by forgetting a little bit the bitterness and reflecting very much on the blessings from the Lord. Blessed are those who believe, and happy are those who love. On behalf of the Spiritist Spirits, moving around the Homeland of the Gospel, by the installation of the New World, our affection, our tenderness, and wishes of much peace with Jesus. These are the wishes of the humblest and paternal server ever, Bezerra. Much peace, my children. " 

Allan Kardec’s extraordinary Legacy 

We all, mainly the spiritist adepts, have in our hands a very worthy treasure, the most precious heritage called the Spiritist Codification. It is the fundamental basis, comprising of 5 Basic Works, also known under the name of Kardecian Pentateuch (The Spirits 'Book, The Mediums' Book, The Gospel According to Spiritism, Heaven and Hell, and The Genesis). This monumental foundation is unfolded and complemented in the 12 excellent volumes of the Spiritist Magazine (1858-1869), which, in our view, are (and continuing with the architectonic image) like the columns of a building, which finds its completion in 13 Books complementary or Subsidiary books, among pamphlets, brochures, reprints, publications and reproduction, which are also of a high philosophical quality (Practical Instructions on the Spiritist Manifestations; what is Spiritism; Letter on Spiritism, Spiritism in its simplest expression , Response addressed to Lyonnais Spiritists on the occasion of New Year, Spiritist Travel in 1862; Summary of the Law of the Spiritist Phenomena; Reprographics of Auto de fe from Barcelona, The Prayer, Study on Mediumistic Poetry, Character of the Spiritist Revelation; Rational Catalogue of works to establish a Spiritist library , and Posthumous Works).

Allan Kardec (1804-1869), the master from Lyons, had  a really enormous and brilliant missionary work in the editions and publications, a task which was supervised by the Higher Realms Spirits in all of the books mentioned, totalling no less than 30 Complete Works, if we count each of the 12 volumes of the Spiritist Magazine (4,409 pages in the original French, which represents 57% of all Kardecian Legacy), plus 5 Fundamental Works of the Codification (2,413 pages, which are 31% of the total), and plus 13 Complementary Books (958 pp., representing 12%), giving an extraordinary total of 7,780 pages in original Gallic (100%), written by the relentless Codifier between the years 1857 and 1869 and all supervised by the Higher Realms Spirits of the Codification under the safe custody of the Spirit of Truth, which is nothing less than Jesus.

For informative purposes, we count each of the 12 volumes of the Spiritist Magazine separately ⁽²⁾ , due to the fact that each of them has a historical, political and social context very different for each year (1858-1869)⁽³⁾ , as we have already analysed and recorded in various doctrinal articles written for this prestigious weekly magazine of spiritist dissemination The Console. ⁽⁴⁾ For information and to illustrate the different contexts, we have researched that the year 1859 had as historical background  Italy’s 2^nd War of independence, and also the publication of a rare mediumistic sonata dictated by the Spirit Mozart in Société Spirite de Paris . ⁽⁵⁾  In the Year 1860, Magnetism entered the French Academy of Medicine under the name of Hypnotism. In 1861 the infamous Barcelona’s  Auto de fé sadly took place, whose 150th anniversary we have just remembered. In the year 1864, Kardec’s Works were placed in the Librorum Prohibitorum Index etc.., Deserving, each year - and every other - various special articles of the Revue Spirite, in the contexts mentioned above. 

The 30 Complete Works by Kardec and the Spirits, supervised by the Higher Realms 

Below, we detail each of Kardec’s 30 works, in the original French, in chronological order of edition and publication⁽⁶⁾ , placing them next to the date and place of issue, and other parallel information of great historical importance, which record great philosophical events (marked with asterisks *), as the foundation of the Société Parisienne des Études Spirites, and the several trips made ​​by the eminent Spiritist Codifier in different years, the definitive editions of some books and etc.. Here is the Spiritist Revelation, the treasure of which we, spiritists, are HEIRS:

1) Le Livre des Esprits (O Livro dos Espíritos), 1^st Edition. Paris: Dentu (Obra lançada no sábado, 18/04/1857 Work launched on 18/04/1857);

2) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1858 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies- year 1858). Paris: bureau [office] of Revue Spirite: Rue des Martyrs, 8 (01/01/1858);

* Société Parisienne des Études Spirites (Sociedade Parisiense de Estudos Espíritas Parisian Society of Spiritist Studies), founded by Allan Kardec on 01/04/1858;

3) Instruction Pratique sur les Manifestations Spirites (Practical Instructions for Spirit Manifestations), One edition. Paris: office of the Spiritist Magazine, Dentu e Ledoyen (junho de 1858 June 1858);

4) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1859 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies- year 1859 ). Paris: novo bureau da Revue Spirite new office address of Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1859);

5) Qu'est-ce que le Spiritisme (What is Spiritism). Paris: office of the Spiritist magazine, Dentu e Ledoyen (June 1859);

* Bulletin da Société Parisienne des Études Spirites  (Bulletin - Société Parisienne des Études Spirites Bulletin), published by Kardec from 08/1859 to 02/1861. Paris: 105 pages, as addedum of the Revue Spirite, 16 numbers in total, which were published as summaries of the minutes of Société Parisienne des Études Spirites;

6) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1860 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies- year 1860 ). Paris: Office of Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1860);

* First Spiritist Travel, by Allan Kardec (1860); 

** Le Livre des Esprits (The Spirits’ Book), 2^nd Definitive Edition. Paris: Didier et Cie., et Ledoyen (published on 20/03/1860); ⁽⁷⁾

7) Lettre sur le Spiritisme (Letter on Spiritism), brochure published by Allan Kardec in Response to Lyons Gazette of 02.08.1860 (Réponse de M. Allan Kardec à la Gazette de Lyon) [16 September 1860], according to Revue Spirite of October 1860 . Lyon: typographie de Chanoine, 57 pages (09/1860);

8) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1861 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies- year 1861 ). Paris: bureau da Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1861);

9) Le Livre des Médiums (The Mediums’ Book). Paris: Didier et Cie., e Ledoyen (launched on 15/01/1861);

*  Second Spiritist Travel (1861);

10) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1862 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies- year 1862). Paris: office of Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1862);

11) Le Spiritisme a sa plus simple expression (Spiritism in its simplest expression). Paris: Ledoyen and office of the Revue Spirite (15/01/1862);

12) Réponse à l'adresse des Spirites Lyonnais à l'occasion de la nouvelle année (Response addressed to Lyonnais Spiritists on the occasion of New Year), brochure published by Kardec, according to February 1862’s  Revue Spirite . Lyon: typographie de Chanoine (02/1862); 

13) Voyage Spirite en 1862 (Spiritist Travel in 1862), booklet published by Kardec (* Third Spiritist Travel, the longest one). Paris: Ledoyen and office of Revue Spirite (12/1862);

14) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1863 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies- year 1863). Paris: office of  Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1863);

15) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1864 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies- year 1864). Paris: office of Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1864);

*  Fourth Spiritist Travel (1864);

16) Imitation de L'Évangile selon le Spiritisme (Imitation of The Gospel According to Spiritism) [please see asterisk referent to item No 22]. Paris: Didier et Cie., Ledoyen, Fréd.-Henri Dentu and office of the Revue Spirite (06/04/1864);

17) Résumé de la Loi des Phénomènes Spirites (Summary of the Law of Spiritist Phenomena), booklet published by Kardec. Paris: Didier et Cie., Ledoyen and office of Revue Spirite (04/1864);

18) Auto-da-fé de Barcelone (Barcelona’s Auto-de-fé),  reprography [set of techniques that allows to reproduce a document], edited by Kardec (illustration by an anonymous artist whose watercolor was sent from Spain), Paris: bureau of the Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (12/1864);

19) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1865 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies - year 1865). Paris: Revue Spirite office address: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1865);

* Recueil de piéces inédites (Collection of unpublished texts [compositions]), extraites de L'Évangile selon le Spiritisme (extracts from the Gospel according to Spiritism), by Kardec, works mentioned by Zêus Wantuil and Francisco Thiesen in our translation of the bibliography Allan Kardec: el Educador y el Codificador, volume II, page 209. ⁽⁸⁾ Apud  J. M. Quérard in "Les Supercheries Littéraires", page 268). (Paris: 1865);

* Fifth Spiritist Travel(1865);

20) Le Ciel et l'Enfer ou La Justice Divine selon le Spiritisme (Heaven and Hell or Divine Justice according to Spiritism). Paris: Didier et Cie., Ledoyen e Dentu (01/08/1865);

21) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1866 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies - year 1866). Paris: bureau da Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1866);

*  Sixth Spiritist Travel(1866);

22) Recueil de prières spirites (Collection of Spiritist Prayers), extraites de  L'Évangile selon le Spiritisme (extracts from The Gospel according to Spiritism), chez l'Auteur (with author). Paris: office of Revue Spirite, separata published by Kardec in 1866, 2^nd edition (1865) de L'Évangile selon le Spiritisme, previous text to 3^rd definitive edition of 1866 (chapter 27 and 28) (1866);

* L'Évangile selon le Spiritisme (The Gospel according to Spiritism), 3^rd definitive edition. Paris: Fréd.-Henri Dentu and Office of Revue Spirite (1866);

23) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1867 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies - year 1867). Paris: office of  Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1867);

* Seventh Spiritist Travel (1867);

24) Étude sur la Poésie Médianimique (Study on Mediumistic Poetry), by Allan Kardec, published at Introduction of the book Échos Poétiques d'Outre-Tombe, de Louis Vavasseur. Paris: Librairie Centrale, 24 e at the office of Revue Spirite, 16 pages (01/1867);

25) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1868 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies - year 1868). Paris: bureau da Revue Spirite: Rue et Passage Sainte-Anne, 59 (01/1868);

26) La Genèse, les Miracles et les Prédictions selon le Spiritisme (Genesis, Miracles and Predictions According to Spiritism). Paris: Librairie Internationale (06/01/1868);

27) Caractère de la Révelation Spirite (Character of the Spiritist Revelation), addedum published by Kardec e extracted from chapter1 of book La Genèse). Paris: office of Revue Spirite (02/1868);

28) Revue Spirite: Journal d’Études Psychologiques - Année 1869 (Spiritist Magazine: Journal of Spiritist Studies - year 1869). Paris, bureaux: Rue de Lille, 7 e Librairie Spirite et des Sciences Psychologiques (01/1869);

29) Catalogue Raisonné des ouvrages pouvant servir à fonder une Bibliothèque Spirite (Rational Catalogue of works to establish a Spiritist Library), booklet published by Kardec, na appendix to the Revue Spirite of abril 1869. Paris: Librairie Spirite et des Sciences Psychologiques (03/1869);

30) Œuvres Posthumes (Posthumous Works), compilation of unpublished  Kardequian Texts, gathered by Pierre-Gaëtan Leymarie. Paris: Société de la Librairie Spirite (1890).

The sweet Gaby 

Kardec faithfully fulfilled his mission with the help of his wife who was also a missionary, Madame Amélie Gabrielle Boudet (1795-1883), Emeritus Professor of Humanities and Fine Arts; the sweet Gaby as Hippolyte-Léon-Denizard Rivail called her.  Rivail was also a teacher of national and international repute (published approximately 25 pedagogical works), taking the name of Allan Kardec from 18^th of April  1857, which is the unforgettable great date of the launching of The Spirits' Book, with which Spiritism begins in the world, heritage which we should PRESERVE as a treasure for future generations.

Conclusion 

All books, booklets, brochures, reprints and reprographic work above were published by Kardec in life with exception of Posthumous Works. As its title indicates, this work was edited after discarnation of the Codifier and it is a compilation of unpublished Kardecian texts. Paraphrasing the remarkable higher realms concepts from the Benefactor Bezerra de Menezes, in this GREAT TRANSITION which our planet Earth goes through,  the Mercy of God allows us to broaden the horizons of the Spiritist Revelation, so that we can overcome all existential conflicts and listen deep inside of our souls, Christ's answer to the big question made by St. Francis of Assisi: what do you want from me?, which, in other words, is the same question asked by Paul of Tarsus: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?

The present answers from Jesus are all in Spiritism, exactly as Kardec had already stated wisely in the Spiritist Magazine in November 1861, when he wrote with his usual prescience: Spiritism is in the air. Spirits are standing, and Divinity gives rise to the return of Spiritism for us. Until when do we fear to hand ourselves to the living experience and study of the Great Doctrine? We no longer have excuses, nor can we feign ignorance. So let us honour the Spiritist Revelation, living and studying all the luminiferous Kardecian Legacy so that we may be worthy heirs of the Codification and first heroes of the Doctrine, thus becoming the luminaries of tomorrow. 

References: 

(1) FRANCO, Divaldo Pereira. Existencial Conflicts. Spiritist Seminar. Final Message by Spirit Bezerra de Menezes. EBM, 2011.

(2) JORNAL MUNDO ESPÍRITA. Tribute to Revue Spirite(Spiritist Magazine)– 150 Years. Commemorative Article by Enrique E. Baldovino. Year 75, number 1484. March 2008, pages 6&7. Curitiba: FEP, 2008.

(3) ________. 1859 – 2009: 150^th  Anniversary  of the 2nd volume of Spiritist Magazine, by Allan Kardec. Commemorative article by Enrique Eliseo Baldovino. Baldovino. 77 Year, nº 1503. October 2009, pages 6-7. FEP, 2009.

(4) O CONSOLADOR. 1860 – 2010: 150^th Anniversary of Revue Spirite 1860. Commemorative article by Enrique Eliseo Baldovino.  Weekly spiritist dissemination magazine. Year 4, nº 191. 9th  January 2011.

(5) REVISTA PRESENÇA ESPÍRITA. Rare mediumistic Mozart sonata is played on World Spiritist Congress after 150 years. Article by Regina Helena Baldovino. Year 37, number 28. 2011 March/Abril edition, pages 40-44. Salvador: LEAL, 2011.

(6) THE SPIRITIST MAGAZINE. Chronology: 30 complete works of Kardec, supervised by the Higher Realms Spirits. Article by Jussara Korngold, MBA. Estados Unidos. English edition number 13. October - December, pages 28 to 31. EDICEI, 2010.

(7) TEIXEIRA, Raul. Challenges of Family Life, by Spirit Camilo. Commemorative Preface: Family Resurgence, page 13. 2^nd definitive edition of The Spirits’ Book: 20^th March 1860. FRÁTER, 2003.

(8) WANTUIL, Zêus. THIESEN, Francisco. Allan Kardec: el Educador y el Codificador. The Spiritist works of Allan Kardec. Volume 2, page 209. Special Edition in 2 volumes (900 pages). Translation from Portuguese and from French to Spanish. Brasília: CEI, 2007.