Do Souls Live…? By Anthony Kilner
Pythagoras is said to have coined the word Metempsychosis the Greek equivalent word to reincarnation, and is derived from meta, meaning change and empsykhoun, meaning ‘to put a soul in to’. Palingenesis is another Greek word meaning ‘being born again’ and applies to this conversation.
Do you believe in resurrection? What about reincarnation? It’s a fascinating subject discussed in spiritual circles, religious centres, and everyday homes, where people have some animated discussions. I find this topic absolutely fascinating; however, where do these terms come from and do they have any real meaning! Could it be true that we reincarnate from one dead body to a new living body? I’d like to invite our readers on a journey back in time, to a time before Jesus was said to have resurrected, before our Ascended Masters walked this Earth. To a time when the Gods, or the Creator, implanted the notion of a soul experiencing many lifetimes.
Reincarnation There are many questions to discuss with reincarnation. Is this the same soul as a previous life? Is this the soul of a future life? Do we have one immortal soul, or is it a part of a soul collective – the sum of all our lives past, future and present? Is it mind energy or consciousness? Are we reborn knowing all or nothing? My other thought is, are we reborn as plants, animals, humans, or some different consciousness, a spirit being? These are big questions we’ll ponder in this article. Reincarnation is derived from the Latin word that means ‘entering the flesh again’. It’s an interesting concept when we ask what reentering the flesh means.
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So what is the meaning behind reincarnation? There are three common expressions used to explain the word - rē”ĭn-kär-nā shen or another name for it is Samsara. 1 - Rebirth of the soul in another human or nonhuman body. 2 - A reappearance or revitalisation in another form; a new embodiment. 3 - The act or state of being incarnated anew; a repeated incarnation; a new embodiment. Samsara means the cycle of birth and death and is said to have come to light in India around the first millennium BCE (Before Common Era). I have to get my head around changes to things like BC (Before Christ), AC (After Christ) and now BCE and CE meaning Common Era. There are references to reincarnation dating back to the Vedic Period (c. 1100 – c. 500 BCE) and later through other areas such as the Druids and Greek Philosophers. As
