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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
By Lee Irwin
Summary
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.
