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The most important text in the "Gospel according to Spiritism".

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" The Helper...He will teach you all things.  And He will help you remember everything  that I have told you. " (John, 14:26) What man destroys and kills, God's Law  (which is Nature's law) recreates and rebuilds elsewhere. W hat is the most important text in the Gospel According to Spiritism? By "importance" we understand a relevance degree that is surely dependent on the moment we live. Here we suggest a good reading motivated not only by present-day terrorist attacks in the name of Religion but also by the everlasting human problem of survival and life meaning. Launched by Allan Kardec in 1864 as a new interpretation of the Gospels, the Gospel According to Spiritism (1), GAS (in French  L'Évangile Selon le Spiritisme ) is a compendium of the maxims of Christ in accordance to spirit teachings both within the contexts of the Spiritist and Spiritualist movements that appeared in Europe in the last half of the XIX century.  But ...

Deathbed Visions

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E. Munch. By the Deathbed (1895) By Stephen Wagner , About.com Guide Close to the moment of death, apparitions of deceased friends and loved ones appear to escort the dying to the other side. It is a phenomenon that is more common than you might imagine. Father lies dying. The hospital is quiet. Visiting hours are over and the sun has long since set. Father has been sleeping off and on all day. His doctor says the end could come at any time. His wrinkled, sunken eyes open slowly. His breathing has been labored, but now it seems to ease and soften. His eyes track to a corner of the room where there is only a faded green vinyl chair. Father smiles. "You're here," he whispers. His daughter, determined to be with him in his final moments, takes his hand. "Yes, I'm here, dad," she says. But she knows he's not looking at her. "No," father says, never taking his eyes off the corner of the room. "There. It's your uncle Jerome. I nev...