The Spiritist Review - Journal of Psychological Studies - 1864

Allan Kardec

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Spiritism counts on a large number of representatives in the army amongst officers in all ranks that have attested its beneficial influence upon themselves and their subordinates. In some regiments, however, it finds in the higher ranks not exactly deniers but declared adversaries that formally prohibit their subordinates to get involved with Spiritism. We know an officer whose name was crossed out from the list of nominees to the Legion of Honor and others that were led to forced labor because of Spiritism. We have advised them to abide by the hierarchical discipline without complaint and patiently wait for better days that won’t be long since they will come by the force of general opinion. We have even advised them to abstain from any exterior Spiritist manifestation, if absolutely necessary, because there could not be any embarrassment to an intimate belief or nobody could take away from them the encouragement and consolations that they find in Spiritism. These small persecutions are a test to their faith and serve Spiritism instead of causing it any harm. They must rejoice for suffering a little in the name of a cause that is dear to them. Don’t they feel proud for leaving a limb behind in the battle field in the name of their terrestrial battlefield? What are then a few displeasures and setbacks endured in the name of the eternal homeland and for the cause of humanity?

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