Léon Denis - Consolidator of the Spiritist Doctrine
		Though there have been many significant disseminators of the Spiritist Doctrine, following its codification by Allan Kardec, we wish to mention one here,  also known as the Consolidator of the Doctrine, or the Apostle of Spiritism, a man named Léon Denis. The Frenchman, Leon Denis lived during approximately the same time period as Allan Kardec (Kardec 1804-1869, Denis 1846-1927).   From an early age, he felt the influence and guidance of "invisible friends" and was always interested in the pursuit of meaninful study, in which he pursued, in particular, Design, Geogrpahy, and Accounting, sought answers to questions of philosophic and religious issues, and studied with enthusiasm both History and Social Sciences. Through the course of his extensive travels and studies, Denis became a self-taught intellect and well known speaker.

From the moment he purchased his first copy of the "The Spirits' Book", at 18 years of age, he took great interest in the Spiritist Doctrine, whereby he continued his studies of Kardec's works and soon became one of Spiritism's greatest students, defendors, and propogators. As a seeing and writing medium, Denis received communications from Sorella (who he later discovered to be Joan of Arc and who's life he wrote a book on), from O Espirito Azul ("Blue Spirit), and from his own spirit guide, Jerônimo de Praga. As a disseminator of the doctrine, Denis developed several conferences in which he demonstrated and shared his profound knowledge of the doctrine, he spoke at several International Spiritualist Conferences in which he defended the Doctrine's philosophy and objective, and he wrote several books of great value to the study of Spiritism.   

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»  Quotation* from Herculano Pires, in the preface to the book, "Life and Work of Láon Denis." 

"Léon Denis was the consolidator of Spiritism.  He role was not merely to substitute Allan Kardec or carry on his work, as is generally  thought.  Denis had a mission, nearly as grandiose as that of the Codifier. It was up to Denis to develop doctrinal studies, to continue the mediumistic reasearch, to promote the Spiritist movement in France and around the world, to deepen the moral aspect of the Doctrine, and above all, to consolidate it in the first decades of the Centry."

* This quote referenced in the book "Basic Spiritism" by  Pedro Franco Barbosa (Publisher- FEB, 1987)

Barbosa, Pedro Franco. "Léon Denis, O Consolidador" [Leon Denis, The Consolidator].  Espiritismo Basico [Basic Spiritism]. 3rd ed. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil: Federação Espírita Brasileira [Brazilian Spiritist Federation].1987. 59-65.

Bibliography of Léon Denis found on the website for the Leon Denis Spiritist Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ww.celd.org.br)-- consisting in text from José Basílio, based on the book “Pages from Léon Denis” by Sylvio Brito.