Robyn Lebron in their greatest form of purity.” Therefore, they accept as “perfect Spirits” people from other religions as well.” • There is a strong campaign against abortion and suicide Spiritists believe abortion is murder and suicide is cowardice, which leads to worsening of the conditions of a future life • “Doing charity work is of utmost importance According to the doctrine, we should be willing to donate not only material resources, but also our better share of love and care for the less fortunate.” • Spiritists are prompted to read a lot Spiritist centers usually have libraries and spiritist authors are often expected to donate their copyright to works of charity or charge low amounts for it.23 All groups carry on mediunic meetings, in which they either invoke or receive the Spirits of deceased persons, which is done nowadays exclusively for charitable reasons Such reasons include bringing relief to the family of a recently deceased person, sending away some evil influence that is lurking about someone and, quite usually, allow Spirits of people that died an unfortunate or unexpected death and are unaware of their state.24 Prayer Prayer is an act of adoration toward God It is contained within the natural law and is innate in man just as the idea of the existence of a Creator is also innate in man Prayer helps man to become better Those who pray with fervor and confidence find themselves to be stronger against the temptations of evil, and God sends them good spirits to assist them This is help that is never denied to those who ask with true sincerity Sincerity and pureness of purpose is essential Praying a lot is unimportant, but one must pray well The principal quality of prayer is clarity Each word should be of value in expressing an idea and in touching a fiber of the soul In short, it should cause you to reflect The first duty of all human beings is prayer In the morning hours, open your channels to God You should also pray constantly without seeking your chapel or falling on your knees It is an act of gratitude to lift up your thoughts to Him when something happy occurs, when you avoid an accident, or even when some simple triviality grazes our soul This is quite apart from regular ~ 210 ~