«Moreover, the mediums’ names would not have added any value to the Spirits’ work; it would be only a satisfaction of vanity, which is of no interest to truly authentic mediums. They understand that because their role is purely passive, the value of the communications in no way enhances their personal merit, and that it would be puerile to flatter themselves for an intellectual endeavor to which they loaned only their mechanical concourse» — y la razón de fondo que Kardec añade en esa nota: el papel del médium es puramente pasivo y a la obra de los espíritus su nombre no le añadiría valor, solo le prestó su concurso mecánico.
Espiritismo
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«Our correspondence shows us, moreover, that communications, identical (in substance, if not in form) with those embodied in the present work, have been obtained in various quarters, and even, in some instances, previously to the publication of The Spirits’ Book, which has served to systematize and to confirm them.» — Kardec añade en el prefacio a la edición revisada que la correspondencia le muestra comunicaciones idénticas en sustancia obtenidas en otros lugares, algunas anteriores a la publicación del libro, al que atribuye la función de sistematizarlas y confirmarlas
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
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For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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