Reading Assignment:
- SB Part Three: Chapter II – The Law of Worship
Discussion Questions:
1. Why do you think Kardec placed the law of worship first?
2. What is the relationship of “thought” and “worship”? What does it have to do with prayer?
Compare with these lines from Hamlet when the guilty king was trying to pray:
“My words go up, but my thoughts stay below
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
3. How important are the forms of outward worship? Where does true worship come from?
4. What three things does The Spirits Book list as good worship?
5. Can you think of a personal example of someone who practiced a religion out of respect and not to offend someone who thought differently? What does SB say about this form of religious practice? What manner of religious practice does it disparage?
6. Can one worship effectively as an individual? What are the benefits of group worship?
7. Discuss the value of a contemplative life.
8. What are the best prayers?
9. Is prayer always effective in mitigating misfortune?
10. Discuss sacrifice as a form of worship.