Spiritualism is a science. A vast, deep, eclectic science

by CR (011)

Article written by: Dr. Antonio Pinheiro Guedes

Science is the knowledge of things, facts and phenomena in themselves, in their nature and in the relationship between them and everything that surrounds them. Such knowledge can only be obtained through systematic study, close observation and detailed analysis.

Consequently, science is the product of our intelligence, the result of our work. It aims at a goal, it fulfils a need of our spirit. The spirit ceaselessly feels the need to investigate. It is eager for knowledge. It always wants light, more light.

The Universe is infinite; the desire for light is insatiable, the matter for study inexhaustible.

The purpose of Spiritualistic Science is to enlighten us about other worlds and life after death, to prove the existence of the soul, its pre-existence and survival to the body, thus satisfying an unmistakable need of our soul, a ceaseless yearning of our ego.

It studies the extraordinary but numerous, very numerous facts constituting a class of phenomena which until recently were considered supernatural and thus disdained as impossible, unworthy of study. However, if adequately researched, these facts prove the existence of the spirit, enlighten us about Life and place a new world before our dazzled, amazed eyes.

The fact which 'Spiritualistic Science' deals with are not supernatural, not even extraordinary. They simply escape the observation of those who do not know how to see. They are natural, like everything else in the Universe. They are common, ordinary and even frequent.

But, to see them, observe them, learn to notice them and recognise them whenever and wherever they are present, it was necessary to discover an instrument capable of recording them, making them evident and obvious.

Such instrument is the medium.

Once the instrument was found and its capabilities studied, facts began to be observed. First spontaneous facts, later induced ones were observed with the purpose in mind of recognising the nature of the cause which produced such phenomena.

As a result of spiritualistic studies, the immortality of the soul is established on principles determined by perfectly irrefutable evidence.

The so-called reincarnation of the human spirit, consisting of successive existences or multiple bodily lives of a conscious individual, is a law to which all spirits are subject and is an essential condition for its advancement.

Thus Spiritualistic Science aims at a purpose, studies a class of facts, uses its own exclusive methods, processes and instruments. It develops theories, establishes principles and laws. Therefore, it fulfils all the requirements of scientific research.

Consequently there is no doubt that Spiritualism is a science. A vast, deep, eclectic science, it builds up a synthesis of human life. It encircles the cycle of evolution of the spirit, from beginning to infinity.

Its principles and laws have universal application. They are a guiding light in the middle of the surrounding darkness, a lighthouse in the stormy sea of life.

These principles and laws are a lighthouse in the stormy sea of life because they point to a port of refuge in calmness, in resignation, in patience. These are safe shelter against moral storms, which are the consequence of our vices and wrongs, the product of our backwardness, of our pride.

They are a guiding light in the middle of the surrounding darkness because they unveil the mystery of how our moral and intellectual advancement is accomplished through the process of reincarnation or successive bodily lives. They prove the pre-existence and survival of the human soul. They unveil before our eyes a series of lives, each one less brilliant, less free of errors, vices and crimes. This makes clear to us why this world is a school where we must learn to love our neighbour like ourselves. It shows us the need for reincarnation because bodily life is a means of atoning for past errors. Earthly life may bring together offended and offender, and may reunite in the same family a victim and his torturer behind the veil of matter, and thanks to the oblivion of past lives on earth.

We have therefore proved, by analytical demonstration, that Spiritualism is a science, a science of observation which also resorts to experimental methods.

References

[1] Dr. A. Pinheiro Guedes, Spiritualistic Science, 1st Digital Edition, 1995

[2] Christian Rationalism, 1st Edition, Rio de Janeiro 1984