Allan Kardec

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Allan Kardec was a 19th-century French educator and writer best known as the codifier and principal theorist of Spiritism, a religious-philosophical doctrine based on communication with spirits.

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Allan Kardec canonical 6

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instanceOf Spiritist
educator
human
birthName Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery
causeOfDeath rupture of an aortic aneurysm
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1804-10-03
dateOfDeath 1869-03-31
educatedAt Institution of Pestalozzi in Yverdon-les-Bains
fieldOfWork Spiritist philosophy
pedagogy
religious studies
genre didactic works
philosophical literature
religious literature
hasReligion Roman Catholicism (early life)
Spiritism
influenced Brazilian Spiritism
Chico Xavier
Gabriel Delanne
Léon Denis
global Spiritist movement
influencedBy Franz Anton Mesmer
Swedenborgian ideas
magnetism
knownFor codification of Spiritism
foundational Spiritist works
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Spiritism
notableIdea communication with spirits as basis for doctrine
moral law revealed by spirits
plurality of inhabited worlds
reincarnation as moral progression
notableWork Heaven and Hell
The Genesis According to Spiritism
The Gospel According to Spiritism
The Mediums' Book
linked to: The Mediums Book

The Spirits' Book
linked to: The Spirits Book
occupation educator
philosopher
translator
writer
placeOfBirth Lyon, France
placeOfDeath Paris, France
linked to: Paris
positionHeld organizer of Spiritist societies in France
pseudonym Allan Kardec
religiousTradition Spiritism
residence Paris, France
linked to: Paris
studiedUnder Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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Spiritualism hasKeyFigure Allan Kardec
Allan Kardec pseudonym Allan Kardec
The Spirits Book author Allan Kardec
The Spirits Book compiler Allan Kardec
The Mediums Book author Allan Kardec