This book presents a history of reincarnation, from ancient times to the present; it is written for a diverse readership interested in theories of life after death. The survey offers an exciting journey through a maze of fascinating ideas that all contribute to an underlying theory that after death comes rebirth.
This book presents a history of reincarnation, from ancient times to the present; it is written for a diverse readership interested in theories of life after death. The survey offers an exciting journey through a maze of fascinating ideas that all contribute to an underlying theory that after death comes rebirth.
Lee Irwin is professor in the Religious Studies Department at the College of Charleston.
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Contents Acknowledgements Introduction I. Pre-American Theories of Reincarnation 1. Indigenous Traditions in the Americas 2. Native Theories of Reincarnation 3. Greek Theories of Metempsychosis 4. Roman Rebirth and Neoplatonism 5. Medieval Christian Theories of Rebirth 6. Renaissance Kabbalah and Christian Esotericism II. American Reincarnation 7. Esotericism and American Transcendentalism 8. African and the Afro-Caribbean Synthesis 9. Spiritualism and Theosophical Regeneration 10. Occult Sciences, Freemasons and Rosicrucians 11. Asian Influences and PanIndian Theories 12. American Buddhist Counter-Narratives 13. Christian Esoteric Theories of Rebirth III. Post-American Reincarnation 14. Altered States and American Eclecticism 15. Popular Media and Past Life Narratives 16. Paranormal Sciences and Retrocognition 17. Regression Therapy and Case Studies 18. Out of Body Meets Near Death 19. Contemporary Speculative Models 20. The Metaspectral Highway Bibliography Index About the Author
Contents Acknowledgements Introduction I. Pre-American Theories of Reincarnation 1. Indigenous Traditions in the Americas 2. Native Theories of Reincarnation 3. Greek Theories of Metempsychosis 4. Roman Rebirth and Neoplatonism 5. Medieval Christian Theories of Rebirth 6. Renaissance Kabbalah and Christian Esotericism II. American Reincarnation 7. Esotericism and American Transcendentalism 8. African and the Afro-Caribbean Synthesis 9. Spiritualism and Theosophical Regeneration 10. Occult Sciences, Freemasons and Rosicrucians 11. Asian Influences and PanIndian Theories 12. American Buddhist Counter-Narratives 13. Christian Esoteric Theories of Rebirth III. Post-American Reincarnation 14. Altered States and American Eclecticism 15. Popular Media and Past Life Narratives 16. Paranormal Sciences and Retrocognition 17. Regression Therapy and Case Studies 18. Out of Body Meets Near Death 19. Contemporary Speculative Models 20. The Metaspectral Highway Bibliography Index About the Author
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