• Anna Blackwell’s preface to her version
• Preface to the Revised Edition
• Introduction
• Prolegomena

10hrs. 30min.

• God and the Infinite
• Proofs of the Existence of God
• The Attributes of the Divinity
• Pantheism

1hr. 30min.

• The Knowledge of the Origin of Things
• Spirit and Matter
• The Properties of Matter
• Universal Space

1hr. 30min.

• The Formation of Worlds
• The Formation of Living Beings
• The Peopling of the Earth: Adam
• The Diversity of Human Races
• The Plurality of Worlds
• Biblical Considerations and Account concerning the Creation

1hr. 30min.

• Organic and Inorganic Beings
• Life and Death
• Intelligence and Instinct

1hr. 30min.

• The Origin and Nature of Spirits
• The Primitive Normal World
• The Form and Ubiquity of Spirits
• The Perispirit
• The Different Orders of Spirits
• The Spirit Hierarchy
• The Progression of Spirits
• Angels and Demons

4hrs. 30min.

• The Purpose of Incarnation
• The Soul
• Materialism

1hr. 30min.

• The Soul after Death; Its Individuality. Eternal Life
• The Separation of the Soul from the Body
• The Spirit’s State of Confusion after Death

1hr. 30min.

• Reincarnation
• The Justice of Reincarnation
• Incarnation on Different Worlds
• Progressive Transmigration
• The Fate of Children after Death
• Gender in Spirits
• Kinship, Affiliation
• Physical and Moral Likeness
• Innate Ideas

4hrs. 30min.

1hr. 30min.

• Errant Spirits
• Transitional Worlds
• Perceptions, Sensations and Sufferings of Spirits
• Theoretical Essay on Sensation in Spirits
• The Choice of Trials
• Relationships beyond the Grave
• Sympathies and Antipathies among Spirits. Eternal halves
• The Remembrance of Corporeal Existence
• The Commemoration of the Dead. Funerals

7hrs. 30min.

• Preludes to the Return
• The Joining of the Soul with the Body. Abortion
• The Moral and Intellectual Faculties of Humankind
• The Influence of the Organism
• Mental Impairment, Insanity
• Childhood
• Earthly Sympathies and Antipathies
• Forgetfulness of the Past

4hrs. 30min.

• Sleep and Dreams
• Visits between the Spirits of Living Persons
• The Concealed Transmission of Thought
• Lethargy, Catalepsy. Apparent Death
• Somnambulism
• Ecstasy
• Second Sight
• A Theoretical Summary on Somnambulism, Ecstasy and Second Sight

4hrs. 30min.

• The Reading of Our Thoughts by Spirits
• The Concealed Influence of Spirits upon Our Thoughts
  and Actions
• The Possessed
• Convulsionaries
• The Affection of Spirits for Certain Persons
• Guardian Angels: Protector, Familiar and Sympathetic Spirits
• Presentiments
• The Influence of Spirits on the Events of Life
• The Action of Spirits on the Phenomena of Nature
• Spirits during Battle
• Pacts
• Occult Power, Talismans, Sorcerers
• Blessings and Curses

6hrs.

1hr. 30min.

• Minerals and Plants
• Animals and Human Beings
• Metempsychosis

3hrs.

• The Characteristics of Natural Law
• The Origin and Knowledge of Natural Law
• Good and Evil
• The Divisions of Natural Law

1hr. 30min.

• The Purpose of Worship
• Outward Worship Forms
• The Contemplative Life
• Prayer
• Polytheism
• Sacrifice

3hrs.

• The Necessity of Labor
• The Limit of Labor. Rest

45min.

• The Global Population
• The Succession and Perfection of the Races
• Obstacles to Reproduction
• Marriage and Celibacy
• Polygamy

45min.

• The Self-Preservation Instinct
• The Means of Self-Preservation
• The Enjoyment of Material Things
• Necessary and Superfluous Things
• Voluntary Privation. Mortifications

1hr. 30min.

• Necessary Destruction and Abusive Destruction
• Destructive Calamities
• War
• Murder
• Cruelty
• Dueling
• The Death Penalty

3hrs.

• The Need for Societal Life
• The Life of Isolation. The Vow of Silence
• Family Ties

45min.

• The State of Nature
• The March of Progress
• Relapsed Cultures
• Civilization
• The Progress of Human Legislation
• Spiritism’s Influence on Progress

2hrs. 15min.

• Natural Equality
• The Inequality of Aptitudes
• Social Inequalities
• The Inequality of Wealth
• The Trials of Wealth and Poverty
• Equality of Rights between Men and Women
• Equality in Death

1hr. 30min.

• Natural Freedom
• Slavery
• Freedom of Thought
• Freedom of Conscience
• Free Will
• Fatalism
• Foreknowledge of the Future
• A theoretical Summary on the Driving Force behind Human Actions

4hrs. 30min.

• Justice and Natural Rights
• The Right of Ownership. Theft
• Charity and Love for Our Neighbor
• Maternal and Filial Love

1hr. 30min.

• Virtues and Vices
• The Passions
• Selfishness
• The Characteristics of a Moral Person
• Self-Knowledge

3hrs.

• Relative Happiness and Unhappiness
• The Loss of Loved Ones
• Disappointments. Ungratefulness. Broken Affections
• Antipathetic Unions
• The Fear of Death
• Dissatisfaction with Life. Suicide

4hrs. 30min.

• Nothingness. The Future Life
• The Intuition of Future Joys and Sorrows
• God’s Intervention in Punishments and Rewards
• The Nature of Future Joys and Sorrows
• Temporary Punishments
• Expiation and Repentance
• The Duration of Future Punishments
• The Resurrection of the Flesh
• Heaven, Hell and Purgatory

7hrs. 30min.

4hrs. 30min.