language:
- pt
- fr
- en
- es
license: cc0-1.0
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- question-answering
- text-generation
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- spiritism
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- allan-kardec
- espiritismo
- religion
- philosophy
- spirituality
- le-livre-des-esprits
- the-spirits-book
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- brazilian
- multilingual
- doctrine
- reincarnation
- mediumship
- rag
- digital-humanities
pretty_name: O Livro dos Espíritos — Allan Kardec (1,019 Questions · 4 Languages)
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📖 O Livro dos Espíritos — Allan Kardec
The Spirits' Book | Le Livre des Esprits | El Libro de los Espíritus
The complete 1,019 questions and answers from Allan Kardec's foundational work, structured as machine-readable JSON in 4 languages.
Files
| File | Language | Records |
|---|---|---|
livro_dos_espiritos.json |
Portuguese (BR) | 1,196 |
the_spirits_book.json |
English | 1,103 |
el_libro_de_los_espiritus.json |
Spanish | 1,067 |
le_livre_des_esprits.json |
French | 1,123 |
Record counts vary slightly between editions due to how sub-questions are formatted in each translation. All editions cover the same 1,019 main questions.
About the Work
Published on April 18, 1857 in Paris, Le Livre des Esprits is the founding text of Spiritist Doctrine. It contains questions posed by Allan Kardec (Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, 1804–1869) to superior spirits through various mediums, covering:
- Part I — Primary Causes (God, the Universe, creation, the vital principle)
- Part II — The Spirit World (origin, nature, incarnation, disincarnation, spirit life)
- Part III — Moral Laws (divine law, worship, work, reproduction, conservation, destruction, society, progress, equality, liberty, justice, love, and charity)
- Part IV — Hopes and Consolations (earthly and future joys and sorrows)
Dataset Structure
All files share the same schema. Field names are in English; content is in each file's native language.
{
"Id": "1",
"Question": "Que é Deus?",
"Answer": "Deus é a inteligência suprema, causa primária de todas as coisas."
}
{
"Id": "1",
"Question": "What is God?",
"Answer": "God is the Supreme Intelligence, the First Cause of all things."
}
{
"Id": "1",
"Question": "¿Qué es Dios?",
"Answer": "Dios es la inteligencia suprema, causa primera de todas las cosas."
}
{
"Id": "1",
"Question": "Qu'est-ce que Dieu ?",
"Answer": "Dieu est l'intelligence suprême, cause première de toutes choses."
}
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
Id |
Question number (1–1019). Sub-questions use letter suffixes: "150a", "150b", etc. |
Question |
The question posed by Kardec |
Answer |
The answer given by the spirits |
Use Cases
- RAG systems — exact question retrieval for Spiritist AI assistants
- Fine-tuning — Q&A pairs for training models on Spiritist doctrine
- Research — structured access to Kardec's codification
- Education — building study tools, quizzes, and reference apps
- Multilingual NLP — cross-language analysis of the same doctrinal content
- Digital Humanities — first machine-readable corpus of the Spiritist Codification
Related Resources
- 📖 O Livro dos Médiuns — 370+ structured items in 4 languages: ia-espirita/livro-dos-mediuns
- 🤖 RIV IA — Fine-tuned Spiritist AI model: ia-espirita/riv-ai
- 📊 Training Dataset — Q&A pairs from all 5 Kardec works: ia-espirita/riv-ai-dataset
- 🌐 IA.Espirita — Try RIV IA live: iaespirita.com
- 🎬 YouTube — Spiritist content with modern aesthetic: youtube.com/@ia.espirita
License
This dataset is released under CC0 1.0 (Public Domain). Allan Kardec's works were published between 1857–1868 and are in the public domain worldwide.
Citation
Allan Kardec. Le Livre des Esprits. Paris: Didier et Cie, 1857.
Brazilian edition: O Livro dos Espíritos. Tradução de Guillon Ribeiro. FEB.
Dataset structured by IA.Espirita (iaespirita.com), 2026.
Built with 💜 by IA.Espirita — Translating Spiritist Doctrine for the digital age.