Many readers of Guénon’s doctrinal works have hoped for translations of his detailed exposés of Theosophy and Spiritism. Sophia Perennis is pleased to make available both these important titles as part of the Collected Works of René Guénon. Whereas Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion centers primarily on historical details, The Spiritist Fallacy, though packed also with arcane facts, is unique in revealing how one of the greatest metaphysicians of our age interprets the phenomena, real or alleged, of Spiritism. The doctrinal expositions that accompany his astonishing account offer extraordinarily prescient insight into many deviations and ‘psychological’ afflictions of the modern mind, and will be as valuable to psychological practitioners and spiritual counselors as to historians of esoteric history. It also offers a profound corrective to the many brands of New Age ‘therapy’ that all too unwittingly invoke many of the same elements whose nefarious origins Guénon so clearly described many years ago.

Table of Contents

Part One: Distinctions and Necessary Precisions
Chapter 1 Definition of Spiritism
Chapter 2 The Origins of Spiritism
Chapter 3 Beginnings of Spiritism in France
Chapter 4 The Modern Character of Spiritism
Chapter 5 Spiritism and Occultism
Chapter 6 Spiritism and Psychism
Chapter 7 Explanation of Spiritist Phenomena
Part Two: Examination of Spiritist Theories
Chapter 1 The Variety of Spiritist Schools
Chapter 2 The Influence of the Milieu
Chapter 3 Immortality and Survival
Chapter 4 Representations of the Afterlife
Chapter 5 Communication with the Dead
Chapter 6 Reincarnation
Chapter 7 Reincarnationist Extravagances
Chapter 8 The Limits of Experimentation
Chapter 9 Spiritist Evolutionism
Chapter 10 The Question of Satanism
Chapter 11 Seers and Healers
Chapter 12 Antoinism
Chapter 13 Spiritist Propaganda
Chapter 14 The Dangers of Spiritism
Conclusion

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