Books about spiritism:

 Books about spiritism:

Spiritism is a philosophy created by Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail. In the 1850's, Rivali who used the pen name of Allan Kardec, became interested in seances which of course were extremely popular at the time. Initially believing them to be a fraudulent act, he decided to conduct his own investigations into psychic mediumship. He compiled a list of over 1000 questions that were asked of 10 participating mediums. After compiling all of the results from the mediums that were unknown to each other, Kardec concluded that the answers were coming from personalities who had survived after death. He then adapted them into a philosophy he called Spiritism, writing 5 books known as the Spiritist Codification. Spiritism works on the philosophy that all living beings are immortal spirits that are temporarily inhabiting a physical body for several necessary incarnations to attain moral and intellectual improvement. It explores the concept that a spirit is a soul that survives the physical body after death.  

Two of Kardec's 5 books from the spiritist doctrine go into great detail and are intriguing readings for anyone interested in the paranormal. It is important to note that spiritism is not the same as spiritualism. While there are similarities, the concepts are different.