Spiritism thumb|upright|Tomb of Allan Kardec, founder of spiritism. The inscription says in French "To be born, die, again be reborn, and so progress unceasingly, such is the law". Spiritism, a spiritualist philosophy codified in the 19th century by the French educator Allan Kardec, teaches reincarnation or rebirth into human life after death. According to this doctrine, free will and cause and effect are the corollaries of reincarnation, and reincarnation provides a mechanism for a person's spiritual evolution in successive lives. According to the Spiritist doctrine, a spirit evolves from simpler organisms such as bacteria, plants, then into non-human animals, then into humans, and then into further stages, including the angelical one of higher wisdom and morality. The period in between physical lives is called erraticity, in which a spirit may wander on Earth or in (either good or bad) spiritual realms.
Spiritism thumb|upright|Tomb of Allan Kardec founder of spiritism The inscription says in French "To be born die again be reborn and so progress unceasingly such is the law" Spiritism a spiritualist philosophy codified in the 19th century by the French educator Allan Kardec teaches reincarnation or rebirth into human life after death According to this doctrine free will and cause and effect are the corollaries of reincarnation and reincarnation provides a mechanism for a person's spiritual evolution in successive lives According to the Spiritist doctrine a spirit evolves from simpler organisms such as bacteria plants then into non-human animals then into humans and then into further stages including the angelical one of higher wisdom and morality The period in between physical lives is called erraticity in which a spirit may wander on Earth or in (either good or bad) spiritual realms