Spiritualist Declaration of Principles

Plymouth Spiritualist Church is a member church of the National Spiritualist Association of Churches.

We follow a set of principles that we believe, when adhered to, will provide us with a good life. They are:

1. We believe in infinite intelligence. (We believe in God.)
   
   
2. We believe that the phenomena of nature, both physical and spiritual, are the expression of Infinite Intelligence. (We believe that God is expressed through all nature.)
   
   
3. We affirm that a correct understanding of such expression and living in accordance therewith constitute true religion. (True religion is living in obedience to Nature's Laws.)
   
   
4. We affirm that the existence and personal identity of the individual continue after the change called death. (We never die.)
   
   
5. We affirm that communication with the so-called dead is a fact, scientifically proven by the phenomena of Spiritualism. (Spiritualism proves that we can talk with people in the Spirit World.)
   
   
6. We believe that the highest morality is contained in the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." (Be kind, do good, and others will do likewise.)
   
   
7. We affirm the moral responsibility of the individual, and that we make our own happiness or unhappiness as we obey or disobey nature's physical and spiritual laws. (We bring unhappiness to ourselves by the errors we make and we will be happy if we obey the laws of life.)
   
   
8. We affirm that the doorway to reformation is never closed against any soul here or hereafter. (Every day is a new beginning.)
   
   
9. We affirm that the precepts of Prophecy and Healing are Divine attributes proven through Mediumship. (Prophesy and healing are expressions of God.)

(Children's Principles in italics)