The knowledge of the Spirits

In the study of Spiritism there is a very serious error that spreads more each day and that becomes almost the motive that makes others come to us: it is that of judging us infallible in our answers. They think we must know everything, see everything, foresee everything. Error! Certainly, our soul, no longer enclosed in a material body like a bird in a cage, casts itself into space; the senses of that soul become more refined, more developed; we see and hear better; but we cannot know everything, be everywhere, because we do not have the gift of ubiquity. What difference, then, would there be between us and God, if it were permitted us to know the future and announce it with precision? This is impossible. We know more than men, certainly; sometimes we can read in the thought and the heart of those who speak to us, but there our spiritual science stops. Correct yourselves, then, of the idea of questioning us solely to know what is happening in such or such part of your globe, in relation to a material or commercial discovery, or to be warned of what will happen tomorrow in political and industrial affairs. We shall always inform you about our state, about our extracorporeal existence, and about the goodness and the grandeur of God; in short, about everything that may serve your instruction and your present and future happiness. But do not ask us what we cannot or must not say. Channing. n [1]

[see William Ellery Channing.]