Reincarnation:

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" Reincarnation: "
Makeyev, Kathryn O'Toole Fifer Mahaffey, Patrick

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1113721
Doc. No	:	TLpq2384895948
Main Entry	:	Mahaffey, Patrick
	:	Makeyev, Kathryn O'Toole Fifer
Title & Author	:	Reincarnation:\ Makeyev, Kathryn O'Toole FiferMahaffey, Patrick
College	:	Pacifica Graduate Institute
Date	:	2020
student score	:	2020
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Page No	:	202
Abstract	:	This dissertation examines perspectives on reincarnation from Hindu, Buddhist, Greek, early Christian, and Gnostic traditions as well as Western Hermeticism and Theosophy. While these views differ in significant respects, I argue that the purpose of reincarnation is to enable a soul to gradually improve or evolve through a series of lifetimes. The study asks three major questions: If one believes that what one does in this life echoes in the next, can this accrual of experience lead to refinement of the soul’s consciousness and behavior? Why have some cultures embraced belief in rebirth while others have rejected it? How does the history and mythology of reincarnation serve the modern psyche and reconnect us to the world soul?
Subject	:	Metaphysics
	:	Philosophy
	:	Reincarnation
	:	Religious history