Genesis, the miracles and the predictions, according to Spiritism

Introduction.

I. – Character of the Spiritist revelation.

II. – God. – Existence of God. – Of the divine nature. – Providence. – The vision of God.

III. – Good and evil. – Origin of good and evil. – Intelligence and instinct. – Destruction of living beings by one another. IV. – Role of Science in Genesis.

V. – Ancient and modern systems of the worlds.

VI. – General uranography. – Space and time. – Matter. – The laws and the forces. – The first creation. – The universal creation. – The suns and the planets. – The satellites. – The comets. – The Milky Way. – The fixed stars. – The deserts of space. – Eternal succession of the worlds. – Universal life. – Science. – Moral Considerations. VII. – Geological sketch of the Earth. – Geological periods. – Primitive state of the globe. – Primary period. – Period of transition. – Secondary period. – Tertiary period. – Diluvian period. – Post-diluvian, or present, period. – Birth of man.

VIII. – Theories of the Earth. – Theory of projection. (Buffon.) – Theory of condensation. – Theory of incrustation.

IX. – Revolutions of the globe. – General or partial revolutions. – Biblical flood. – Periodic revolutions. – Future cataclysms. X. – Organic genesis. – Primary formation of living beings. – Vital principle. – Spontaneous generation. – Scale of corporeal beings. – Man.

XI. – Spiritual genesis. – Spiritual principle. – Union of the spiritual principle with matter. – Hypothesis on the origin of the human body. – Incarnation of the Spirits. – Reincarnation. – Emigration and immigration of the Spirits. – Adamic race. – Doctrine of the fallen angels. XII. – Mosaic genesis. – The six days. – The lost paradise. THE MIRACLES.

XIII. – Characters of the miracles.

XIV. – The fluids. – Nature and property of the fluids. – Natural explanation of some facts considered supernatural. XV. – The miracles of the Gospel. – Preliminary observations. – Dreams. – Star of the magi. – Second sight. – Cures. – The possessed. – Resurrections. – Jesus walks upon the waters. – Transfiguration. – The tempest stilled. – Wedding at Cana. – Multiplication of the loaves. – Temptation of Jesus. – Prodigies at the death of Jesus. – Apparition of Jesus after death. – Disappearance of the body of Jesus.

THE PREDICTIONS.

XVI. – Theory of prescience.

XVII. – Predictions of the Gospel. – No one is a prophet in his own land. – Death and passion of Jesus. – Persecution of the apostles. – Impenitent cities. – Ruin of the Temple and of Jerusalem. – Curses upon the Pharisees. – My words shall not pass away. – The cornerstone. – Parable of the murderous vinedressers. – One single flock and one single shepherd. – Advent of Elijah. – Announcement of the Consoler. – Second advent of the Christ. – Precursory signs. – Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. – Last judgment. XVIII. – The times are come. – Signs of the times. – The new generation.

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