AKSS — Allan Kardec Spiritist Society of Maryland

The Vine Branch

"Put at the beginning of the book the vine-branch we have drawn for that purpose, because it is the emblem of the work of the Creator. In it are united all the material elements that most fitly symbolise body and spirit: the stem represents the body; the juice, the spirit; the fruit, the union of body and spirit. Man's labour calls forth the latent qualities of the juice; the labour of the body develops, through the knowledge thus acquired, the latent powers of the soul."

("The Spirits' Book" - Prolegomena)

Allan Kardec Spiritist Society of Maryland

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