Table of Contents of “Introduction to the Spiritist Philosophy”-

CHAPTER I
Character of the Spiritist Revelation

CHAPTER II
God
Existence of God - The Divine Nature - Providence - The View of God

CHAPTER III
The Good and the Evil
Source of Good and Evil - Instinct and Intelligence - Destruction of Living Beings by One Another

CHAPTER IV
The Scientific Note in Genesis

CHAPTER V
Systems of the Ancient and Modern Worlds

CHAPTER VI
General Uranography
Space and Time - Matter - Laws and Forces - First Creation - Universal Creation - Suns and Planets - Satellites - Comets - The Milky Way - Fixed Stars - Deserts of Space - The Eternal Succession of Worlds - The Universal Life - The Plurality of the Worlds

CHAPTER VII
Geological Outline of the Earth
Geological Periods - Primitive State of the Globe - Primary Period - Transition Period - Secondary Period - Tertiary Period - Deluge Period - Post-Deluge Period - Birth of Man

CHAPTERVIII
Theories of the Earth
Theory of Projection - Theory of Condensation - Theory of Incrustation - The Earth's Soul

CHAPTER IX
Revolutions of the Globe
General or Partial Revolution - Age of the Mountains - Biblical Deluge - Periodical Revolutions - Future Cataclysms - Increase or Diminution of the Volume of the Earth

CHAPTER X
Organic Genesis
First Formation of Living Beings - Vital Principle - Abiogenesis or Spontaneous Generation - Scale of Organic Beings - Man

CHAPTER XI
Spiritual Genesis
Spiritual Principle - Union of Spiritual Principle with Matter - Hypothesis upon the Origin of Human Bodies - Incarnation of Spirits - Reincarnation - Emigration and Immigration of Spirits - The Adamic Race - Doctrine of Fallen Angels

CHAPTER XII
Mosaic Genesis
Six Days - Paradise Lost

CHAPTER XIII
Miracles According to Spiritism
Miracles according to Theology - Spiritism does not perform miracles - Does God perform miracles? - The superanatural and the religions

CHAPTER XIV
Fluids
I. Nature and properties of Fluids - Fluids Elements - Formation and Properties of the Perispirit - Action of the Spirits upon the Fluids - Fluidic Creations - Photograph of the Thought - Quality of the fluids
II. Explanation of Some Facts Refuted to be Supernatural:  Spiritual or Psychic Sight - Second Sight - Somnambulism - Dreams - Catalepsy - Resurrection - Cures - Apparitions - Transfiguration - Physical Manifestations - Mediumship - Obsessions and Possessions

CHAPTER XV
The Miracles of the Gospel
Superiority of the Nature of Jesus - Dreams - The Star of the Wise Men of the East - Second Sight - Cures - Possessed Persons - Resurrections - Jesus Walks upon the Water - Transfiguration - The Tempest Stilled - Marriage at Canaan - The Miracle of the Multiplication of Bread - Temptation of Jesus - Remarkable Phenomena at the Death of Jesus - Appearance of Jesus After his Death - Disappearance of the Body of Jesus

CHAPTER XVI
The Prophecies in the Light of Spiritism. Theory of Foreknowledge

CHAPTER XVII
Predictions of the Gospels
No One is a Prophet in his Own Country - Death and Passions of Jesus - Persecution of the Apostles - Impenitent Cities - Ruin of the Temple of Jerusalem - Maledictions on the Pharisees - "My Word Will Not Pass Away" - The Cornerstone - The Parable of the Tenants - "One Flock and One Shepherd" - Advent of Elias - Announcement of the Consoler - Second Coming of Christ - Precursory Signs - "Your Sons and Your Daughters Shall Prophesy" - The Last Judgment

CHAPTER XVIII
The Time Has Arrived
The Time Has Arrived - Signs of the Time - The New Generation

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