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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 83. Chapters: Reincarnation, Chakra, Guru, Sa s ra, Kali Yuga, Karma in Hinduism, Trance, Astral projection, Ching Hai, Eckankar, ECK master, Spiritual evolution, Astral body, Subtle body, Moksha, Astral plane, Etheric body, Altered state of consciousness, Esoteric cosmology, Third eye, Mental plane, Involution, Satya Yuga, Etheric plane, Mental body, David C. Lane, Dvapara Yuga, Emanationism, Shabda, Treta Yuga, Spiritual plane, Macrocosm and microcosm, Ik Onkar, Satnam, Living Master, Higher mental plane, Anupadaka, Seva, Physical plane, Psychic plane, Selfless service. Excerpt: Reincarnation describes the concept whereby the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is believed to return to live in a new human body, or, in some traditions, either as a human being, animal or plant. This doctrine is a central tenet within the majority of Indian religious traditions, such as Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism; the Buddhist concept of rebirth is also often referred to as reincarnation. The idea was also fundamental to some Greek philosophers and religions as well as other religions, such as Druidism, and later on, Spiritism, and Eckankar. It is also found in many small-scale societies around the world, in places such as Siberia, West Africa, North America, and Australia. Although the majority of sects within Judaism, Christianity and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah, the Cathars, the Alawi, the Druze and the Rosicrucians. The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of the Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, Manicheanism and Gnosticism of the Roman era, as well as the Indian religions, is unclear. In recent deca...
