Reincarnation

The native American tribe’s views on the afterlife is reincarnation. The soul would go on a journey greeted by ancestors, souls of dead could pass between “the world of dead and the world of the living. Australian aboriginal views are the person’s actions during life has no impact on health oh his spirit in the afterlife. There is no hell or heaven. Two souls that merged at death. Eternal dreaming is never ending cycle which is reincarnation. Land of the dreaming ancestors and God and ancestors…

ORLAN’s most famous artwork would be The Reincarnation of Saint ORLAN, in which she undergoes multiple plastic surgeries to resemble herself as classic works of art and sculptures. The surgeries were filmed and shown in quite a few galleries around the world. She started the piece in 1990 and it is…

Despite the fact that there exists divergence in the traditions concerning death among Africans, these customs seem to have common destiny. Actually, among all Africans, life does not ultimately end with death in the fact that it is believed to continue in another world. This paper purposes at critically evaluating and demonstrating beliefs, customs and rituals based on the death, mourning and the burial of the dead person. It will also analyse how memorization of the dead is actually taken…

Belief systems in Ancient India and Greece have affected each government in different ways. In India their religion was the basis for creating a strict social structure and determining who was in charge, while in Greece, philosophy and humanism were widely popular and this lead to a looser, more people driven government and social structure. India created their social structure and government around their religion. The caste system, their social structure, was completely based off of their…

Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss M.D. is a persuasive documentation of reincarnation, the past-life, and the afterlife. This book recounts the true story of the author, Brian Weiss, and his experience with reincarnation. He is a prominent American psychiatrist who is married and has two children. He heals his young patient, Catherine, with past-life therapy. In 1966, Brian Weiss graduated Columbia University with a Phi Beta Kappa (Honors), magna cum laude (means "with great praise"). In…

What happens when the last breathe leaves one’s body? Is there something more? Reincarnation has been a thought provoking and much debated subject through-out the years. Regardless if one is of a religious nature or not, the cycle of rebirth appears to be a widely accepted concept. Hinduism and Buddhism are two prominent eastern religions which embrace this belief. A central component of both religions is the belief in endless cycles of births, which is known as samsara. Karma being a major…

Homer’s The Odyssey: The Afterlife Reading Response Journal Entry #2 Part One: In middle school and the first part of high school, I went through what I can only characterize as a Christian phase. However, in recent year I have substantially outgrown Christianity and in my opinion, mainstream religion altogether. As I see it, now I subscribe to agnosticism. I accept the fact that I have no power to know what the afterlife holds, and I never will so long as I am living. Some people describe…

with this fascination there is also a fascination in the debate on whether or not humans have souls and if one day our soul will move on. When we die will our soul go to the after life? Or will it just move on to a new body and a new person with reincarnation? The idea of surviving our deaths through the means of a soul taking us to the afterlife is one that seems to give some people hope about their futures. Because of this there is many different views on the subject, though there is one that…

has placed ‘the great Primary Resurrection’ in the shade.” Why tackle this question? Christian Dogma is veracious that there is only ONE LIFE, but cardinally - catastrophically - INCORRECT not supplementing the crucial word ‘ETERNAL’. By DENYING REINCARNATION, they deny themselves…

Olam Ha-Ba: The World to Come The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief review of the article Olam Ha-Ba: The Afterlife written by Tracey Rich. It is true the Jewish people do believe the death of the physical body or human existence is not the end, but there is little dogma written on it. This leaves room for various interpretations of what happens after physical death. The Orthodox Jew may believe in a Heaven similar to the Christian belief. Other Jews may believe they may be resurrected…