Plurality of Inhabited Worlds

         Greetings and Opening Prayer

         Lesson Objective: Lead the adolescents to conclude that we are not alone on this planet through the proposed dynamics, as well as understand the phrase Jesus said: "IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS".

         First – suggested dynamic to be used: "Game of the Stars" (adapted from FEB handout).

         The Spiritist teacher will assemble a solar system (only with the sun and the orbit around the sun; i.e., without the planets) on the board or cardboard.

         Divide the class into 02 groups. Each group will answer one of the questions below alternatively. The group that gives a correct answer will win a point and be to place one of the planets in their right orbit.

         Please note the eight planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the sun): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. If one of the teams places the planet they picked at the right place in order from the sun, they will earn an extra point. If they miss, the points will go to the other team and the planet won’t be placed in its correct orbit, waiting for teams to try again.

         Suggested questions and answers from The Spirits’ Book by Allan Kardec.

         a) ( F ) Not all globes that revolve in space inhabited. If they were, there would be chaos in the Universe. Answer - question 55

         b) ( F ) All globes have same physical constitution. Answer - question 56

         c) ( T ) The planets furthest removed from the sun aren’t stinted in light and heat because there are other sources of light and heat than the sun. Answer - question 58

         d) ( F ) We accomplish all our different corporeal existences upon this earth. Answer - question 172

         e) ( T ) If we are not sufficiently advanced to pass into a higher globe, we may live many times on the same globe or a similar one, until we are able to pass into a higher one. Answer - question 173

         f) ( F ) We have to reincarnate on Earth because living upon this earth is a necessity for the Spirit. Answer - question 174

         g) ( F ) There isn’t any advantage in coming back to inhabit this earth for a very advanced Spirit. Answer - question 175

         h) ( T ) Spirits come to this world, for the first time, after having been incarnated in other worlds. Answer - question 176

         i) ( F ) In order to arrive at the perfection and the supreme felicity which are the final aim of mankind, it’s necessary for a Spirit to pass through all the worlds that exist in the Universe. Answer - question 177

         j) ( T ) Spirits can live corporeally in a world relatively inferior to the one in which they have already lived to fulfil a mission. Answer - question 178

         k) ( T ) All the human beings who inhabit any given world haven’t arrived at the same degree of perfection. Answer - question 179

         l) ( F ) In passing from this world into another one, the Spirit looses the intelligence which he possessed in this one. Answer - question 180

         m) ( F ) Spirits who inhabit the other worlds have bodies like ours. Answer - question 181

         n) ( F ) The Spirit passes through a new infancy only on planet Earth. Answer - question 183

         o) ( T ) Not always the Spirit have the choice of the new world which lie is to inhabit. Answer - question 184

         p) ( T ) The worlds, like the beings that live in them, are subject to the law of progress. Answer - question 185

         q) ( T ) The pure spirits inhabit certain worlds, but they are not confined to them as men are confined to the earth. Answer - question 188

         r) ( F ) ( F ) The Earth, as regards the physical and moral qualities of its inhabitants, is the most advanced of all the globes of our solar system. Answer - note 1 from question 188

         Second: the Spiritist teacher should ask the following questions once the proposed activity is concluded:

          a) What is the destination of the planet Earth?

          b) Where do the Spirits that communicate come from?

          c) What will happen to the people who don’t follow the evolution of the globe?

          d) What is the difference between erraticity and inhabited worlds?

         Third: conclusion - after the debate (in regard to questions from the proposed theme), the adolescents should argue about the certainty of Christ’s message: "IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS". The adolescents might feel curious about the different types of worlds, which could be researched by the spiritist teacher and presented worked later in the form of a lesson.

         Closing Prayer


         Bibliography:
         The Genesis According to Spiritism’ by Allan Kardec Chap III.

         The Spirits’ Book by Allan Kardec; questions 55, 56, 58, 172 to 188.

         FEB Handout - Pre-Youth - 1997.

         Spiritist Teachers: Ricardo and Maria Cláudia.

          Translation: Carolina von Scharten, London, linked to BUSS - The British Union of Spiritist Societies.