The Search for Peace in Times of Chaos—Volume Spiritism believes Jesus was on earth as a special envoy from God e was (and still is) the most elevated spirit to incarnate on earth is preaching was intended to prepare the ground for the evolution of the planet to a higher state In light of these theses, Spiritism explains the teachings of Christ as veiled hints of what would later be revealed to the world as Spiritism According to Spiritism, the teachings of Christ are eternal because they are the very law given by God The origin of this law is not the Earth When He said “ ” He was hinting on the heavenly origin of His teachings and the heavenly nature of the work He was doing He did not come as a human Messiah to save physical lives and restore a temporal kingdom, but to spread the truth about the afterlife so that the Spirits of people could evolve faster during their incarnations on Earth Christ also hinted on the plurality of inhabited planets, millennia before such a notion became widespread, when He said “ ǯ .”18 Christ, the greatest moral example for humankind, is deemed to have incarnated here to show us, through His example, the path that we have to take to achieve our own spiritual perfection Jesus is the guide and model for all humanity His teachings and examples are the most pure expression of God’s laws Basic Doctrine Spiritism is a science because it studies all Spiritual phenomena by the light of reason and within scientific criterion There is nothing of the supernatural within Spiritism Even the strangest phenomena can be explained scientifically and therefore, are in the order of natural occurrences Spiritism is a philosophy because it investigates the true nature of life by answering questions such as “where have I come from,” “what am I doing in this world” and “‘where will I go after death”? Every doctrine that offers an explanation of life is a philosophy Spiritism is a religion because it has the transformative capabilities of all other religions It advocates a return to the basics of Jesus Christ’s teachings in our daily lives Spiritism is not a traditional organized religion with a clerical structure It is in fact profoundly different from all traditional religions ~ 20 ~ ... we have to take to achieve our own spiritual perfection Jesus is the guide and model for all humanity His teachings and examples are the most pure expression of God’s laws Basic Doctrine Spiritism... by the light of reason and within scientific criterion There is nothing of the supernatural within Spiritism Even the strangest phenomena can be explained scientifically and therefore, are in... nature of life by answering questions such as “where have I come from,” “what am I doing in this world? ?? and “‘where will I go after death”? Every doctrine that offers an explanation of life is a philosophy