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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: 79. Chapters: Karma, Edgar Cayce, Sa s ra, Karma in Jainism, We Will Rock You, Regeneration, Ian Stevenson, Gilgul, Seth Material, Rebirth, Past life regression, Naraka, Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka, Reincarnation in popular culture, Bridey Murphy, Yonassan Gershom, Sherrie Lea, Brian Weiss, Dorothy Eady, Johannische Church, Michael Newton, Shanti Devi, Andy Tomlinson, Ada F Kay, Joan Grant, Ya'furiyya Shia, Arthur Flowerdew, Gina Cerminara, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, Destiny of Souls, Jenny Cockell, Reincarnation in Venice, Carol Bowman, Arthur Guirdham, Inouwa. 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 decades, many...
