– Second Edition – HEAVEN AND HELL HEAVEN AND HELL DIVINE JUSTICE ACCORDING TO SPIRITISM A COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION OF DOCTRINES CONCERNING THE PASSAGE FROM CORPOREAL LIFE TO SPIRIT LIFE. CONCERNING FUTURE PUNISHMENT AND REWARD, CONCERNING ANGELS AND DEMONS, CONCERNING SUFFERING, ETC., FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL EXAMPLES REGARING THE TRUE SITUATION OF THE SOUL DURING AND AFTER DEATH By Allan Kardec Translated by Darrel W. Kimble, Marcia M. Saiz and Ily Reis Copyright © 2006 by INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL SGAN Q. 909 – Conjunto F 70790-090 – Brasilia (DF) – Brazil All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private use without prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN 978-85-98161-34-1 Original Title: LE CIEL ET L’ENFER ou La Justice Divine selon le Spiritisme (Paris, 1865) Translated by Darrel W. Kimble, Marcia M. Saiz and Ily Reis Cover design by: Luciano Carneiro Holanda Layout: Rones José Silvano de Lima Edition of INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL SGAN Q. 909 – Conjunto F 70790-090 – Brasilia (DF) – Brazil www.edicei.com [email protected] +55 61 3038-8400 Sales: + 55 61 3038 8425 Second Edition 10/2011 INTERNATIONAL DATA FOR CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION (ICP) K27g Kardec, Allan, 1804-1869. Heaven and Hell or divine justice according to Spiritism: a comparative examination of doctrines concerning the passage from corporeal life to spirit life, concerning suffering, etc., followed by several examples regarding the true situation of the soul during and after death / by Allan Kardec; [translated by Darrel W. Kimble and Marcia M. Saiz]. – Brasilia, DF (Brazil): International Spiritist Council, 2011. 460 p. ; 21 cm Translated from: Le Ciel et L’Enfer ISBN 978-85-98161-34-1 1. Spiritualism. 2. Spiritism. I. International Spiritist Council. II. Title. CDD 133.9 CDU 133.7 CONTENTS PART ONE Doctrine Chapter I – The Future Life and Nothingness .......................11 Chapter II – The Fear of Death .............................................21 Causes of the Fear of Death........................................................21 Why Spiritists Do Not Fear Death .............................................27 Chapter III – Heaven .............................................................29 Chapter IV – Hell ..................................................................43 The Intuition of Future Punishment ..........................................43 Christian Hell as an Imitation of Pagan Hell ..............................44 Limbo ........................................................................................47 A Portrayal of Pagan Hell ...........................................................48 An Outline of Christian Hell .....................................................57 Chapter V – Purgatory ...........................................................67 Chapter VI – The Doctrine of Eternal Punishment ................73 The Origin of the Doctrine of Eternal Punishment ....................73 Arguments in Favor of Eternal Punishment ................................79 The Physical Impossibility of Eternal Punishment ......................84 The Doctrine of Eternal Punishment Has Had Its Day ..............87 Ezekiel against Eternal Punishment and Original Sin .................89 Chapter VII – Future Punishment according to Spiritism ......93 The Flesh Is Weak ......................................................................93 Sources of the Spiritist Doctrine regarding Future Punishment ..96 The Penal Code of the Future Life .............................................97 Chapter VIII – Angels ..........................................................109 Angels according to the Church ...............................................109 Refutation ................................................................................114 Angels according to Spiritism ...................................................120 Chapter IX – Demons ..........................................................123 The Origin of the Belief in Demons .........................................123 Demons according to the Church ............................................127 Demons according to Spiritism ................................................140 Chapter X – The Intervention of Demons in Modern Communications ..................................................................143 Chapter XI – The Prohibition against Evoking the Dead .....165 PART TWO Examples Chapter I – The Passage ......................................................179 Chapter II – Happy Spirits ...................................................189 Mr. Sanson ...............................................................................189 The Death of the Righteous .....................................................199 Mr. Jobard ...............................................................................200 Samuel Philippe .......................................................................206 Van Durst ................................................................................211 Sixdeniers .................................................................................213 Dr. Demeure ............................................................................217 Widow Foulon, nee Wollis .......................................................223 A Russian Physician .................................................................232 Bernardin .................................................................................235 Countess Paula .........................................................................237 Jean Reynaud ...........................................................................241 Antoine Costeau ......................................................................245 Miss Emma ..............................................................................249 Dr. Vignal ................................................................................251 Victor Leblufe ..........................................................................253 Mrs. Anais Gourdon ................................................................255 Maurice Gontran .....................................................................257 Chapter III – Average Spirits ................................................261 Joseph Bre ................................................................................261 Mrs. Helene Michel .................................................................263 The Marquis de St. Paul ...........................................................265 Mr. Cardon, a Physician ...........................................................267 Eric Stanislas ............................................................................272 Mrs. Anna Belleville .................................................................274 Chapter IV – Suffering Spirits ..............................................281 Punishment ..............................................................................281 Novel .......................................................................................283 Michel Auguste ........................................................................284 Regrets of a Bon Vivant ............................................................287 Lisbeth .....................................................................................288 Prince Ouran ...........................................................................292 Pascal Lavic ..............................................................................295 Ferdinand Bertin ......................................................................297 François Riquier .......................................................................301 Claire .......................................................................................303 Chapter V – Suicides ............................................................313 The Suicide at the Samaritaine .................................................313 The Father and the Conscript ..................................................316 Louvet, François Simon ............................................................319 Mother and Son .......................................................................321 Double Suicide out of Love and a Sense of Duty ......................325 Louis and the Boot Stitcher ......................................................329 An Atheist ................................................................................332 Felicien ....................................................................................339 Antoine Bell .............................................................................343 Chapter VI – Repentant Criminals .......................................347 Verger ......................................................................................347 Lemaire ....................................................................................351 Benoist .....................................................................................354 The Castelnaudary Spirit .........................................................358 Jacques Latour ..........................................................................366 Chapter VII – Hardened Spirits ...........................................383 Lapommeray