The Spirits' Book: Modern English Edition
Allan Kardec
What happens when we die? Do we live more than one life? Why do bad things happen to good people?
For more than 150 years, Allan Kardec’s The Spirits’ Book has offered clear, timeless answers to life’s biggest questions. This modern English edition...
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United States
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What happens when we die? Do we live more than one life? Why do bad things happen to good people? For more than 150 years, Allan Kardec’s The Spirits’ Book has offered clear, timeless answers to life’s biggest questions. This modern English edition makes Kardec’s teachings easy to understand and relevant for today’s world. Inside, you’ll find insights on life after death, reincarnation, near-death experiences, spirit guides, free will, prayer, heaven and hell, and the nature of good and evil, written in simple, everyday language. The Spirits’ Book was born from communications with highly advanced spirits, teachers from beyond this world, who shared wisdom about life, death, and the purpose of our existence. Their messages bring hope, comfort, and understanding to anyone searching for deeper meaning. Duration - 13h 33m. Author - Allan Kardec. Narrator - Aaron Sinn. Published Date - Monday, 12 January 2026.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Preface to the Modern English Edition
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Anna Blackwell's Preface
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Introduction: Section 1: What is Spiritism?
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Section 2: Defining the Soul
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Section 3: How Spiritism Started
Duration:00:06:31
Section 4: The Discovery of Spirit Communication
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Section 5: How Spirits Communicate
Duration:00:03:31
Section 6: The Core Teachings of Spiritism
Duration:00:10:07
Section 7: Arguments Against Spiritism
Duration:00:05:37
Section 8: The Right Way to Study Spiritism
Duration:00:02:38
Section 9: Are Spiritist Phenomena Real or Imagination?
Duration:00:03:33
Section 10: Are All Spirits Trustworthy?
Duration:00:03:30
Section 11: Do Famous Spirits Communicate More Than Others?
Duration:00:01:35
Section 12: Can We Trust Spirits?
Duration:00:05:07
Section 13: Why Don't Spirits Give the Same Answers?
Duration:00:03:25
Section 14: Why Do Spirits Make Mistakes?
Duration:00:01:38
Section 15: Is Spiritism Dangerous?
Duration:00:04:15
Section 16: Do Spirits Really Exist?
Duration:00:07:22
Section 17: Spiritism, Science, and the Missing Link
Duration:00:03:50
Prologue
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Volume 1: God and Creation
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Part 1: God
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Chapter 1: God and Infinity
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Chapter 2: Proofs of God's Existence
Duration:00:03:07
Chapter 3: Attributes of God
Duration:00:02:50
Chapter 4: Is God the Universe
Duration:00:02:13
Part 2: The General Elements of the Universe
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: Understanding Where Everything Came From
Duration:00:01:24
Chapter 2: Spirit and Matter
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Chapter 3: Properties of Matter
Duration:00:02:59
Chapter 4: The Universe
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Part 3: Creation
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: How Planets Are Formed
Duration:00:01:39
Chapter 2: How Living Beings Are Formed
Duration:00:03:27
Chapter 3: How Earth Was Populated
Duration:00:00:56
Chapter 4: The Difference Between Human Races
Duration:00:01:20
Chapter 5: Life on Other Planets
Duration:00:02:32
Chapter 6: The Biblical Account of Creation
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Part 4: The Life Force
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Chapter 1: Living and Non-Living Beings
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Chapter 2: Life and Death
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Chapter 3: Intelligence and Instinct
Duration:00:03:28
Volume 2: The Spirit World
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Part 1: Spirits
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Chapter 1: Where Do Spirits Come From
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Chapter 2: The Spirit World
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Chapter 3: The Form and Presence of Spirits
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Chapter 4: The Spirit Body
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Chapter 5: The Different Level of Spirits
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Chapter 6: The Hierarchy of Spirits
Duration:00:15:40
Chapter 7: The Path of Spiritual Progress
Duration:00:07:10
Chapter 8: Angels and Demons
Duration:00:05:22
Part 2: Spirits Living in Physical Bodies
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Chapter 1: Why Spirits Live in Physical Bodies
Duration:00:01:58
Chapter 2: The Soul
Duration:00:08:41
Chapter 3: Materialism
Duration:00:05:31
Part 3: The Return to the Spirit World
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: The Soul After Death
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Chapter 2: The Separation of the Soul From the Body
Duration:00:05:23
Chapter 3: The State of Confusion After Death
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Part 4: The Multiple Lives of the Soul
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Chapter 1: Reincarnation
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Chapter 2: The Fairness of Reincarnation
Duration:00:01:55
Chapter 3: Living on Different Worlds
Duration:00:07:56
Chapter 4: Advancing Through Many Lives
Duration:00:06:46
Chapter 5: A Child's Spirit After Death
Duration:00:02:33
Chapter 6: Spirits and Gender
Duration:00:01:05
Chapter 7: Family Connections
Duration:00:02:30
Chapter 8: Physical and Moral Resemblance
Duration:00:05:55
Chapter 9: Instinctive Knowledge
Duration:00:02:37
Part 5: Reflections on Multiple Lives
Duration:00:19:08
Part 6: Spirit Life
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: Spirits Between Lives
Duration:00:05:37
Chapter 2: Worlds of Transition
Duration:00:03:10
Chapter 3: What Spirits See, Feel, and Experience
Duration:00:09:03
Chapter 4: How Spirits Experience Sensations
Duration:00:11:25
Chapter 5: Choosing Life's Challenges
Duration:00:14:39
Chapter 6: Relationships on the Other Side
Duration:00:07:04
Chapter 7: Love and Hate Between Spirits... Soulmates
Duration:00:05:06
Chapter 8: Memories of Earthly Life
Duration:00:07:07
Chapter 9: Honoring the Dead: Memorials and Funerals
Duration:00:04:08
Part 7: Starting a New Physical Life
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: Getting Ready for Reincarnation
Duration:00:05:31
Chapter 2: How the Soul Joins the Body and Abortion
Duration:00:05:41
Chapter 3: Human Moral and Intellectual Abilities
Duration:00:03:00
Chapter 4: How the Body Limits the Spirit
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Chapter 5: Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness
Duration:00:04:44
Chapter 6: Childhood
Duration:00:05:41
Chapter 7: Earthly Relationships
Duration:00:02:36
Chapter 8: Why We Forget Our Past Lives
Duration:00:10:07
Part 8: Freeing the Soul
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: Sleep and Dreams
Duration:00:11:29
Chapter 2: How Spirits of Living People Visit Each Other
Duration:00:02:50
Chapter 3: The Hidden Sharing of Thoughts
Duration:00:01:27
Chapter 4: Comas, Paralysis, and Apparent Death
Duration:00:02:05
Chapter 5: Trance States
Duration:00:07:21
Chapter 6: Out of Body Experiences
Duration:00:02:52
Chapter 7: Spiritual Sight
Duration:00:03:12
Chapter 8: A Summary of Trance States
Duration:00:10:27
Part 9: How Spirits Interact With the Physical World
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 1: How Spirits Can Read Our Thoughts
Duration:00:01:04
Chapter 2: How Spirits Secretly Influence Our thoughts and Actions
Duration:00:06:17
Chapter 3: Spirit Possession
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Chapter 4: Spiritual Convulsions
Duration:00:02:47
Chapter 5: Why Spirits are Drawn to Certain People
Duration:00:02:46
Chapter 6: The Many Roles of Spirits
Duration:00:20:29
Chapter 7: Premonitions
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Chapter 8: How Spirits Influence Our Lives
Duration:00:06:33
Chapter 9: The Influence of Spirits on Nature
Duration:00:02:46
Chapter 10: Spirits in Times of War
Duration:00:03:02
Chapter 11: The Truth About Spirit Pacts
Duration:00:02:44
Chapter 12: Occult Powers, Talismans, and Sorcery
Duration:00:03:07
Chapter 13: Blessings and Curses
Duration:00:00:56
Part 10: The Roles and Responsibilities of Spirits
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The Roles and Responsibilities of Spirits
Duration:00:13:57
Part 11: The Three Kingdoms
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Chapter 1: Minerals and Plants
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Chapter 2: Animals and Humans
Duration:00:12:04
Chapter 3: Reincarnation Across Species
Duration:00:04:49
Volume 3: Moral Laws
Duration:00:00:03
Part 1: Divine Law
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: The Characteristics of Divine Law
Duration:00:02:04
Chapter 2: Where Divine Law Comes From and How We Know About it
Duration:00:05:48
Chapter 3: Good and Evil
Duration:00:06:58
Chapter 4: The Elements of Divine Law
Duration:00:01:22
Part 2: The Law of Worship
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: What is Worship?
Duration:00:00:53
Chapter 2: Outward Forms of Worship
Duration:00:02:40
Chapter 3: Is a Life of Reflection Enough?
Duration:00:00:44
Chapter 4: Prayer
Duration:00:05:53
Chapter 5: Why People Believed in Many Gods
Duration:00:02:52
Chapter 6: Understanding Sacrifice
Duration:00:04:55
Part 3: The Law of Labor
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: Why Work is Necessary
Duration:00:03:09
Chapter 2: Balancing Work and Rest
Duration:00:02:31
Part 4: The Law of Reproduction
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: The Global Population
Duration:00:00:39
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Humanity
Duration:00:02:35
Chapter 3: Challenges to Reproduction
Duration:00:01:16
Chapter 4: Marriage and Celibacy
Duration:00:01:57
Chapter 5: Polygamy
Duration:00:00:48
Part 5: The Law of Preservation
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: The Survival Instinct
Duration:00:00:39
Chapter 2: The Essentials of Survival
Duration:00:05:07
Chapter 3: Finding Joy in Material Things
Duration:00:02:00
Chapter 4: Necessities and Luxuries
Duration:00:01:28
Chapter 5: Self Denial and Personal Sacrifices
Duration:00:04:55
Part 6: The Law of Destruction
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: Necessary and Unnecessary Killing
Duration:00:03:44
Chapter 2: Natural Disasters and Other Tragedies
Duration:00:04:57
Chapter 3: War
Duration:00:01:23
Chapter 4: Murder
Duration:00:01:33
Chapter 5: Cruelty
Duration:00:02:44
Chapter 6: Dueling
Duration:00:01:37
Chapter 7: The Death Penalty
Duration:00:03:52
Part 7: The Law of Society
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: Why We Thrive in Society
Duration:00:01:12
Chapter 2: Living in Isolation and the Vow of Silence
Duration:00:02:24
Chapter 3: Family Ties
Duration:00:01:03
Part 8: The Law of Progress
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: The State of Nature
Duration:00:01:44
Chapter 2: The March of Progress
Duration:00:05:48
Chapter 3: Cultures in Decline
Duration:00:07:31
Chapter 4: Civilization
Duration:00:03:24
Chapter 5: The Evolution of Human Laws
Duration:00:02:29
Chapter 6: How Spiritism Helps Humanity Progress
Duration:00:04:40
Part 9: The Law of Equality
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: The Equality of All People
Duration:00:00:47
Chapter 2: Why People Have Different Abilities
Duration:00:01:43
Chapter 3: Social Inequalities
Duration:00:01:07
Chapter 4: The Inequality of Wealth
Duration:00:03:35
Chapter 5: Challenges of Wealth and Poverty
Duration:00:01:37
Chapter 6: Equal Rights for Men and Women
Duration:00:02:31
Chapter 7: Equality in Death
Duration:00:01:33
Part 10: The Law of Liberty
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: Freedom
Duration:00:01:22
Chapter 2: Slavery
Duration:00:02:17
Chapter 3: Freedom of Thought
Duration:00:00:31
Chapter 4: Freedom of Conscience
Duration:00:02:43
Chapter 5: Free Will
Duration:00:03:59
Chapter 6: Fate
Duration:00:11:58
Chapter 7: Knowing the Future
Duration:00:03:35
Chapter 8: Summary of What Motivates Human Actions
Duration:00:07:37
Part 11: The Law of Justice, Love and Charity
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 1: Justice and Divine Rights
Duration:00:04:30
Chapter 2: Property Rights and Theft
Duration:00:02:35
Chapter 3: Charity and Love For Our Neighbor
Duration:00:04:43
Chapter 4: Love Between Mothers and Their Children
Duration:00:01:51
Part 12: Moral Perfection
Duration:00:00:03
Chapter 1: Virtues and Vices
Duration:00:09:25
Chapter 2: Human Desires and Passions
Duration:00:02:42
Chapter 3: Selfishness
Duration:00:07:51
Chapter 4: The Characteristics of a Moral Person
Duration:00:02:00
Chapter 5: Understanding Yourself
Duration:00:04:26
Volume 4: Finding Hope and Comfort
Duration:00:00:04
Part 1: Life’s Joys and Challenges on Earth
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: Understanding Happiness and Sadness
Duration:00:10:27
Chapter 2: The Loss of Loved Ones
Duration:00:03:33
Chapter 3: Disappointments, Ungratefulness and Heartbreak
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