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Confidence
Belief overview
Perispirit
The perispirit is described as a semi-material envelope linking spirit and body.
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Neutral
What it is: The perispirit is a notion proper to the Spiritist codification to designate the semi-material envelope of the spirit.
How the tradition understands it: It functions as an intermediate element between spirit and physical body, explaining certain perceptions, apparitions, impressions, and processes of discarnation and reincarnation.
Textual basis and context: The idea appears in The Spirits' Book and is developed in The Genesis.
Debates and variations: The concept is unusual outside Kardecist Spiritism and is usually discussed in comparison with notions of subtle body, spiritual fluid, or psychosoma in other spiritualist currents.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Genesis, chapter 14
A chapter on fluids and explanations linked to the perispirit.
Reference: Genesis, chapter 14.
Content: Kardec deals with spiritual fluids and mechanisms used to explain psychic and mediumistic phenomena.
Use in debate: It is relevant to the concept of the perispirit and to the attempt to systematize spiritual phenomena.
Genesis, chapter 15
A chapter on miracles and Gospel phenomena.
Reference: Genesis, chapter 15.
Content: The text offers a Spiritist reading of healings, apparitions, and other phenomena connected with the life of Jesus.
Use in debate: It is important for the interface between perispirit, mediumship, and interpretation of the Gospels.
The Spirits’ Book, questions 93-95
Classic questions about the perispirit.
Reference: The Spirits’ Book, questions 93 to 95.
Content: The passage describes the perispirit as a semi-material envelope serving as an intermediary between spirit and body.
Use in debate: It is the main basis for this specific anthropological concept in Spiritism.