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SPIRITUALISM<br />

INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUALISTS' FEDERATION<br />

(Federation Spirite Internationale)<br />

(Contributed)<br />

Secretariat General, MAISON DES SPIRITES, 8, Rue Copernic, Paris (XVIe). Tele·<br />

phone: Passy 22-61.<br />

Comite Executif: President, GEO. F. BERRY, General Secretary of the <strong>Spiritual</strong>ists'<br />

Union, Broadway Chambers, 162, London Road, Manchester (Engl<strong>and</strong>).<br />

Vice-President, JEAN ME'YER, Vice-President de l'Union Spirite Franl(aise, Fondateur<br />

de l'Institut Metapsychique International, Director de la Revue Spirite, Villa Val·<br />

rose, Beoziers (France).<br />

Secretaire..Qeneral, ANDRE RIPERT, Administrateur de la Maison des Spirites, 10,<br />

A venue Rachel, Paris.<br />

Tresorier, M . .A!LBERT PAUOHARD, President de la Societe d'Etudes Psychiques<br />

de Geneve, 12, Rue Carteret, Geneve (Suisse).<br />

1er Conseiller, M. BEVERALUIS, President de la Vereeniging van Spiritisten "Har·<br />

monia," Zuidwold (Nederl<strong>and</strong>) .''<br />

2me Conseiller, M. BRUNS, President de la "Wahrer Weg," Heidornstr, I, II, Hanovre<br />

(Allemagne).<br />

First International <strong>Spiritual</strong>ist Congress was held at Liege in 1923.<br />

Second International <strong>Spiritual</strong>ist Congress, Sept. 6, to Sept. 13, 1925, in Paris, at the<br />

Headquarters of the Federation at the <strong>Spiritual</strong>ists' House, 8, rue Copernic.<br />

TITLE-LOCATION-OBJECT<br />

Art. 1.-Between the groups adherent to the present statutes it is founded an<br />

union which takes the title of "International <strong>Spiritual</strong>ists' Federation."<br />

<strong>The</strong> Office of this Federation is settled in Paris, in the "Maison des Spirites," 8,<br />

rue Copernic, (16e).<br />

Art. 11.-<strong>The</strong> Frederation's treble purpose is:<br />

1o <strong>The</strong> creation <strong>and</strong> maintenance of the ties of fraternity amongst the Spirit·<br />

ualists throughout the world regardless of their race, language or nationality;<br />

2o <strong>The</strong> study together of the <strong>Spiritual</strong>ism <strong>and</strong> connected sciences under the<br />

scientific, philosophical, moral <strong>and</strong> religious points of view;<br />

3s <strong>The</strong> propagation of these studies <strong>and</strong> the diffusion of facts r,elative to psychic<br />

sciences; the mutual teaching <strong>and</strong> the practice of solidarity, which is the moral basis<br />

of <strong>Spiritual</strong>ism.<br />

Art. III.-<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spiritual</strong>ism is a philosophy based upon abstract scientific notions<br />

which fundamental principles are thus stated:<br />

(a) Existence of God, supreme cause of everything, abstract principle without<br />

anthropomorphic character;<br />

(b) Existence of the Soul (or Spirit) bound to the physical body during its life<br />

by an intermediary element: perispirit or fluidic body;<br />

(c) Immortality of the soul inseparable from its fluidic body;<br />

(d) Communication through the mediumship between the visible <strong>and</strong> invisible<br />

worlds, between the incarnate spirits (living) <strong>and</strong> discarnate ones (dead);<br />

(e) Continuous <strong>and</strong> progressive evolution of the spirits towards perfection across<br />

multiple sensible manifestations;<br />

(f) Personal responsibility with application 'Of the Casuality Law.<br />

<strong>The</strong> "International <strong>Spiritual</strong>ists' Federation" declares not to consider as intangible<br />

any of the postulates issued from the fundamental principles above stated; it only<br />

settles, as a necessary condition of its existence, the affill'mation of these principles.<br />

It does not impose any tenet, but invites to the study for it is persuaded it offers the<br />

formula which responds to the historic needs of our epoch.<br />

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