Allan KARDEC (1804-1869). L.A.S., Paris November 4, 1865, to M. Dulac; 3 pages in-8. Rare letter from the spiritualist about homeopathy, which for him is "such a holy ark that it is not permitted to touch it without profanation. I am certainly a great supporter of it, but I do not say 'without homeopathy no salvation' any more than I say 'without the Church no salvation'. Kardec refers to Dr. Demeure, "a homeopathic scientist", to talk about it; he also compares it to allopathy... ". Homeopathy is an immense progress, but it is not a universal panacea, neither for the physical, and even less for the moral. Mr. Demeure is a very advanced mind", who sees things from a broader point of view than "we poor incarnate people who, most often, can only see one side of questions and who are generally inclined to find bad what is not in conformity with our opinion. It is contrary to all that experience teaches us every day that a spirit must necessarily have the same ideas as on earth. Do we not see some who, in their lifetime, were adversaries of Spiritism, and who today acknowledge their error? Why then should a scientist be condemned to the immortality of thought? That would be to deny spiritual progress...