Afterlife - Knowledge

1967: 3927:, the soul will give birth to another rarer entity and will resemble the life on this earth in the sense that this entity will bear a similar relationship to the soul as the soul bears relationship with the human existence on earth. On earth, if a person leads a righteous life and submits to the will of God, his or her tastes become attuned to enjoying spiritual pleasures as opposed to carnal desires. With this, an "embryonic soul" begins to take shape. Different tastes are said to be born which a person given to carnal passions finds no enjoyment. For example, sacrifice of one's own rights over that of others becomes enjoyable, or that forgiveness becomes second nature. In such a state a person finds contentment and peace at heart and at this stage, according to Ahmadiyya beliefs, it can be said that a soul within the soul has begun to take shape. 5238:

large study, researchers also tested the validity of conscious experiences for the first time using objective markers, to determine whether claims of awareness compatible with out-of-body experiences correspond with real or hallucinatory events. The results revealed that 40% of those who survived a cardiac arrest were aware during the time that they were clinically dead and before their hearts were restarted. One patient also had a verified out-of-body experience (over 80% of patients did not survive their cardiac arrest or were too sick to be interviewed), but his cardiac arrest occurred in a room without markers. Dr. Parnia in the interview stated, "The evidence thus far suggests that in the first few minutes after death, consciousness is not annihilated." The AWARE study drew the following primary conclusions:

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is one of the fundamental beliefs of Seventh-day Adventism. Adventists believe that death is an unconscious state (a "sleep"). This is based on Matt. 9:24; Mark 5:39; John 11:11–14; 1 Cor. 15:51, 52; 1 Thess. 4:13–17; 2 Peter 3:4; Eccl. 9:5, 6, 10. At death, all consciousness ends. The dead person does not know anything and does not do anything. They believe that death is a decreation, or an undoing of what was created. This is described in Ecclesiastes 12:7: "When a person dies, the body turns to dust again, and the spirit goes back to God, who gave it." The spirit of every person who dies—whether saved or unsaved—returns to God at death. The spirit that returns to God at death is the breath of life.

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briefing about the intermediate state in the former life. Others only used to follow their basic instincts like animals. And some have fear, which results from foul deeds in the former life or from insistent haughtiness. In the intermediate state the awareness is very flexible, so it is important to be virtuous, adopt a positive attitude, and avoid negative ideas. Ideas which are rising from subconsciousness can cause extreme tempers and cowing visions. In this situation they have to understand, that these manifestations are just reflections of the inner thoughts. No one can really hurt them, because they have no more material body. The deceased get help from different

2390: 4734:: that all souls will ultimately be saved and that there are no torments of hell. Unitarian Universalists differ widely in their theology hence there is no exact same stance on the issue. Although Unitarians historically believed in a literal hell, and Universalists historically believed that everyone goes to heaven, modern Unitarian Universalists can be categorized into those believing in a heaven, reincarnation and oblivion. Most Unitarian Universalists believe that heaven and hell are symbolic places of consciousness and the faith is largely focused on the worldly life rather than any possible afterlife. 2635:. The Elysian Fields were for the ones that lived pure lives. It consisted of green fields, valleys and mountains, everyone there was peaceful and contented, and the Sun always shone there. Tartarus was for the people that blasphemed against the gods or were rebellious and consciously evil. In Tartarus, the soul would be punished by being burned in lava or stretched on racks. The Asphodel Fields were for a varied selection of human souls including those whose sins equaled their goodness, those who were indecisive in their lives, and those who were not judged. 8070:"When the body becomes weak and goes into oblivion as it were, the Atman departs, and following it, the vital breath departs ... he becomes a pure consciousness, and with this consciousness, he proceeds. His past learning and deeds as well subtle memory accompany him. Just as a worm upon reaching the tip of a blade of grass, reaches out towards another blade of grass by way of support, so also does this Jiva end this body, becomes imperceptible, and then obtains another body by way of support, and pulls itself together." – Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4 2945:. Most do not enter the world to come immediately, but experience a period of reflection of their earthly actions and are made aware of what they have done wrong. Some view this period as being a "re-schooling", with the soul gaining wisdom as one's errors are reviewed. Others view this period to include spiritual discomfort for past wrongs. At the end of this period, not longer than one year, the soul then takes its place in the world to come. Although discomforts are made part of certain Jewish conceptions of the afterlife, the concept of eternal 1975: 4482:

human form is the closet form to God if the Guru is read and understood, and the best opportunity for a human being to attain salvation and merge back with God and fully understand Him. Sikh Gurus said that nothing dies, nothing is born, everything is ever present, and it just changes forms. Like standing in front of a wardrobe, you pick up a dress and wear it and then you discard it. You wear another one. Thus, in the view of Sikhism, your soul is never born and never dies. Your soul is a part of God and hence lives forever.

3525:. In the Catholic Church, all those who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven or the final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. The tradition of the church, by reference to certain texts of scripture, speaks of a "cleansing fire" although it is not always called purgatory. 5532:"One should note there was a near consensus among Muslim theologians of the later periods that punishment for Muslim grave sinners would only be temporary; eventually after a purgatory sojourn in hell's top layer they would be admitted into paradise." Prior to that, theologians of the Kharijite and Mu'tazilite schools insisted that the "sinful" and "unrepentant" should be punished even if they were believers, but this position has been "lastingly defeated and erased" by mainstream Islam. 2379: 3724: 3288: 13664: 12292: 14705: 12282: 2075: 13674: 4766: 4405: 4181: 4030: 2738: 3137: 57: 112: 4746:. Here, souls rest, recuperate from life, and reflect on the experiences they had during their lives. After a period of rest, the souls are reincarnated, and the memory of their previous lives is erased. Many Wiccans see The Summerland as a place to reflect on their life actions. It is not a place of reward, but rather the end of a life journey at an end point of incarnations. 4346:, a famous Hindu scripture, says that just as a man discards his old clothes and wears new ones; similarly the Atman discards the old body and takes on a new one. In Hinduism, the belief is that the body is nothing but a shell, the consciousness inside is immutable and indestructible and takes on different lives in a cycle of birth and death. The end of this cycle is called 2991:

commandments and stories, are known and understood. The classic work of Jewish mysticism, the Zohar, is quoted liberally in all Jewish learning; in the Zohar the idea of reincarnation is mentioned repeatedly. Trugman states that in the last five centuries the concept of reincarnation, which until then had been a much hidden tradition within Judaism, was given open exposure.

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is the place prepared for those who have "received the testimony of Jesus" and been "made perfect through Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the shedding of his own blood" (Doctrine and Covenants, 76:51, 69). To inherit this gift, we must receive the ordinances of salvation, keep the commandments, and repent of our sins."

3715:, are given no hope of an afterlife. However, they believe that after Armageddon there will be a bodily resurrection of "both righteous and unrighteous" dead (but not the "wicked"). Survivors of Armageddon and those who are resurrected are then to gradually restore earth to a paradise. After Armageddon, unrepentant sinners are punished with eternal death (non-existence). 2873:, is a place of darkness (Job x. 21, 22) to which all the dead go, both the righteous and the unrighteous, regardless of the moral choices made in life (Gen. xxxvii. 35; Ezek. xxxii.; Isa. xiv.; Job xxx. 23), a place of stillness (Ps. lxxxviii. 13, xciv. 17; Eccl. ix. 10), at the longest possible distance from heaven (Job xi. 8; Amos ix. 2; Ps. cxxxix. 8). 5216:, instead saying reality is composed of living experiences (occasions of experience). According to Hartshorne people do not experience subjective (or personal) immortality in the afterlife, but they do have objective immortality because their experiences live on forever in God, who contains all that was. However other process philosophers such as 3568:(325 AD), Orthodoxy does not teach much else in any definitive manner. Unlike Western forms of Christianity, however, Orthodoxy is traditionally non-dualist and does not teach that there are two separate literal locations of heaven and hell, but instead acknowledges that "the 'location' of one's final destiny—heaven or hell—as being figurative." 4705:, "he belief that the dead come back into life and are reborn into their families is given concrete expression in the personal names that are given to children....What is reincarnated are some of the dominant characteristics of the ancestor and not his soul. For each soul remains distinct and each birth represents a new soul." The Yoruba, 4462:

framework without necessarily establishing a belief in the afterlife. Thus while it is also acknowledged that living the life of a householder is above the metaphysical truth, Sikhism can be considered agnostic to the question of an afterlife. Some scholars also interpret the mention of reincarnation to be naturalistic akin to the

4718:, and again during biological death after which they become ancestors. However, some Mende also believe that after people are created by God they live ten consecutive lives, each in progressively descending worlds. One cross-cultural theme is that the ancestors are part of the world of the living, interacting with it regularly. 4958:"departed the body" upon death. MacDougall weighed dying patients in an attempt to prove that the soul was material, tangible and thus measurable. Although MacDougall's results varied considerably from "21 grams", for some people this figure has become synonymous with the measure of a soul's mass. The title of the 2003 movie 2901:(roughly 500 BC – 70 AD) a more diverse set of ideas developed. In some texts, Sheol is considered to be the home of both the righteous and the wicked, separated into respective compartments; in others, it was considered a place of punishment, meant for the wicked dead alone. When the Hebrew scriptures were translated into 3004:, a righteous convert and authoritative commentator of the same period, explained the verse, "Let Reuben live and not die ..." (Deuteronomy 33:6) to mean that Reuben should merit the World to Come directly, and not have to die again as a result of being reincarnated. Torah scholar, commentator and kabbalist, 8514:

But Kokora Kouassi, an old friend and respected Master of the Earth in the village of Asagbé, came to our compound early one morning to describe the dream he had just had: he had been visited by the revered and ancient founder of his matriclan, Denju, who confided that Nathaniel was his reincarnation

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However, the mechanism of rebirth with Kamma is not deterministic. It depends on various levels of kamma. The most important moment that determines where a person is reborn into is the last thought moment. At that moment, heavy kamma would ripen if there were performed. If not, near death kamma would

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In 2008, a large-scale study conducted by the University of Southampton involving 2,060 patients from 15 hospitals in the United Kingdom, United States and Austria was launched. The AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation) study examined the broad range of mental experiences in relation to death. In a

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The Seventh-day Adventist Church's beliefs regarding the afterlife differ from other Christian churches. Rather than ascend to Heaven or descend to Hell, Adventists believe the dead "remain unconscious until the return of Christ in judgement". The concept that the dead remain dead until resurrection

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is believed to have been the first king on earth to rule, as well as the first man to die. Inside of Yima's realm, the spirits live a shadowy existence, and are dependent on their own descendants which are still living on Earth. Their descendants are to satisfy their hunger and clothe them, through

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The Baháʼí scriptures also state there are distinctions between souls in the afterlife, and that souls will recognize the worth of their own deeds and understand the consequences of their actions. It is explained that those souls that have turned toward God will experience gladness, while those who

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as the intermediate realm or "isthmus". It is between the world of corporeal bodies and the world of spirits, and is a means of contact between the two worlds. Without it, there would be no contact between the two and both would cease to exist. He described it as simple and luminous, like the world

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coexists with the temporal world. Mainstream Islam teaches the continued existence of the soul and a transformed physical existence after death. The resurrection that will take place on the Last Day is physical, and is explained by suggesting that God will re-create the decayed body ("Have they not

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Straightforward crimes/sins against other people are also grounds for going to hell: the murder of a believer, usury (Q.2:275), devouring the property of an orphan , and slander , particularly of a chaste woman. However, it is a common belief among Muslims that whatever crimes/sins Muslims may have

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will dwell in a land infested with thousands of serpents and scorpions; be "burnt" by "scorching fire" and when "their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins" to repeat the process forever ; they will have nothing to drink but "boiling water and running sores"; their cries

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The Celestial Kingdom is believed to be a place where the righteous can live eternally with their families. Progression does not end once one has entered the Celestial Kingdom, but extends eternally. According to "True to the Faith" (a handbook on doctrines in the LDS faith), "The celestial kingdom

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who show them the path to the bright light. The ones who do not follow the path after all will get hints for a better reincarnation. They have to release the things and beings on which or whom they still hang from the life before. It is recommended to choose a family where the parents trust in the

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doctrine of some mainstream Christian faiths. Both Spirit Prison and Paradise are temporary according to Latter-day Saint beliefs. After the resurrection, spirits are assigned "permanently" to three degrees of heavenly glory, determined by how they lived – Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial. (1

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presents an elaborate vision of the afterlife. It is revealed as the scene of an extensive missionary effort by righteous spirits in paradise to redeem those still in darkness—a spirit prison or "hell" where the spirits of the dead remain until judgment. It is divided into two parts: Spirit Prison

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Orthodoxy therefore uses the description of Jesus' judgment in John 3:19–21 as their model: "19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and

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as non-true man made ideas, so from that it can be concluded that Sikhism does not believe in the existence of heaven and hell; however, heaven and hell are created to temporarily reward and punish, and one will then take birth again until one merges in God. According to the Sikh scriptures, the

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Although there is no reference to reincarnation in the Talmud or any prior writings, according to rabbis such as Avraham Arieh Trugman, reincarnation is recognized as being part and parcel of Jewish tradition. Trugman explains that it is through oral tradition that the meanings of the Torah, its

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explains the intermediate state of humans between death and reincarnation. The deceased will find the bright light of wisdom, which shows a straightforward path to move upward and leave the cycle of reincarnation. There are various reasons why the deceased do not follow that light. Some had no

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The Quran teaches that the purpose of Man's creation is to worship God and God alone. Those it describes as being punished in hell are "most typically" unbelievers, including those who worship others besides Allah, those who deny the divine origin of the Quran , or the coming of Judgement Day.

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Instead, Orthodoxy teaches that the final judgment is one's uniform encounter with divine love and mercy, but this encounter is experienced multifariously depending on the extent to which one has been transformed, partaken of divinity, and is therefore compatible or incompatible with God. "The

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writes, "t is precisely the presence of God's mercy and love which cause the torment of the wicked. God does not punish; he forgives... . In a word, God has mercy on all, whether all like it or not. If we like it, it is paradise; if we do not, it is hell. Every knee will bend before the Lord.

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is to experience the divine through simple living, meditation, and contemplation while being alive. Sikhism also has the belief of being in union with God while living. Accounts of afterlife are considered to be aimed at the popular prevailing views of the time so as to provide a referential

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that "those who are punished in Gehenna, are scourged by the scourge of love. ... The power of love works in two ways: it torments sinners ... bitter regret. But love inebriates the souls of the sons of Heaven by its delectability." In this sense, the divine action is always, immutably, and

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Ancient Egyptian civilization was based on religion. The belief in the rebirth after death became the driving force behind funeral practices; for them, death was a temporary interruption rather than complete cessation of life. Eternal life could be ensured by means like piety to the gods,

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Buddhism, there are 31 realms of existence that one can be reborn into. According to these, 31 existences comprise 20 existences of supreme deities (Brahmas); 6 existences of deities (Devas); the human existence (Manussa); and, lastly, 4 existences of deprivation or unhappiness (Apaya).

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who holds the scales of justice. If the good deeds of the person outweigh the bad, the soul is worthy of paradise. If the bad deeds outweigh the good, the bridge narrows down to the width of a blade-edge, and a horrid hag pulls the soul in her arms, and takes it down to hell with her.

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in heaven (there are none), the after-death awakening process in the World of Spirits (a place halfway between Heaven and Hell and where people first wake up after death), the allowance of a free will choice between Heaven or Hell (as opposed to being sent to either one by God), the

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also believes in the afterlife. They believe that the soul takes on a body form based on previous karmas or actions performed by that soul through eternity. Jains believe the soul is eternal and that the freedom from the cycle of reincarnation is the means to attain eternal bliss.

4838:. Zoroastrianism states that for the righteous souls, a beautiful maiden, which is the personification of the soul's good thoughts, words and deeds, appears. For a wicked person, a very old, ugly, naked hag appears. After three nights, the soul of the wicked is taken by the demon 3076:(reincarnation). While rebutting reincarnation, Saadia Gaon further states that Jews who hold to reincarnation have adopted non-Jewish beliefs. By no means do all Jews today believe in reincarnation, but belief in reincarnation is not uncommon among many Jews, including Orthodox. 5188:, using an example of a person ceasing to exist in one place while an exact replica appears in another. If the replica had all the same experiences, traits, and physical appearances of the first person, we would all attribute the same identity to the second, according to Hick. 2692:, travels to the underworld to see his father. By the River Styx, he sees the souls of those not given a proper burial, forced to wait by the river until someone buries them. While down there, along with the dead, he is shown the place where the wrongly convicted reside, the 3613:(553 AD) affirmed the orthodoxy of Gregory of Nyssa while simultaneously condemning Origen's brand of universalism because it taught the restoration back to our pre-existent state, which Orthodoxy does not teach. It is also a teaching of such eminent Orthodox theologians as 3988:

have lived in error will become aware of the opportunities they have lost. Also, in the Baháʼí view, souls will be able to recognize the accomplishments of the souls that have reached the same level as themselves, but not those that have achieved a rank higher than them.

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Everything will be subject to Him. God in Christ will indeed be "all and in all," with boundless mercy and unconditional pardon. But not all will rejoice in God's gift of forgiveness, and that choice will be judgment, the self-inflicted source of their sorrow and pain."

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monadic, immutable, and ceaseless object of eschatological encounter is therefore the love and mercy of God, his glory which infuses the heavenly temple, and it is the subjective human reaction which engenders multiplicity or any division of experience." For instance,

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and so should be given his name. The following morning a small ritual was held, and Nathaniel was officially announced to the world not only as Denju but as N'zri Denju—Grandfather Denju—an honorific that came to be used even by Nathaniel's closest playing companions.

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and LoDagoa have eschatological ideas similar to Abrahamic religions, "but in most African societies, there is a marked absence of such clear-cut notions of heaven and hell, although there are notions of God judging the soul after death." In some societies like the

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where those who committed suicide and now regret it reside, including Aeneas' former lover, the warriors and shades, Tartarus (where the titans and powerful non-mortal enemies of the Olympians reside) where he can hear the groans of the imprisoned, the palace of

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often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations. Typically, these traditions locate hell in another dimension or under the Earth's surface and often include entrances to hell from the land of the living. Other afterlife destinations include

3984:. In Baháʼí belief, souls in the afterlife will continue to retain their individuality and consciousness and will be able to recognize and communicate spiritually with other souls whom they have made deep profound friendships with, such as their spouses. 4294:, the cosmic intelligence officer. He is counseled about his life, achievements and failures and is shown a mirror in which his entire life is reflected. Philosophically, these three men are projections of one's mind. Yama sends him to a heavenly realm ( 3954:

of spirits, but also able to take on many different forms just like the world of corporeal bodies can. In broader terms Barzakh, "is anything that separates two things". It has been called the dream world in which the dreamer is in both life and death.

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However, medical experts and practitioners do not agree that the past life memories gained from past life regressions are truly from past lives; experts generally regard claims of recovered memories of past lives as fantasies or delusions or a type of

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The Orthodox Church is intentionally reticent on the afterlife, as it acknowledges the mystery especially of things that have not yet occurred. Beyond the second coming of Jesus, bodily resurrection, and final judgment, all of which is affirmed in the

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does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God." As a characteristically Orthodox understanding, then, Fr.

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in the Fields of Yalu and accompany the Sun on its daily ride. Due to the dangers the afterlife posed, the Book of the Dead was placed in the tomb with the body as well as food, jewelry, and 'curses'. They also used the "opening of the mouth".

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The ancestors are of people, whereas God is external to creation. They are of this world and close to the living. The Yombe believe that the afterlife of the ancestors lies in this world and that they are a spiritual and moral force within

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was founded in 1882 with the express intention of investigating phenomena relating to Spiritualism and the afterlife. Its members continue to conduct scientific research on the paranormal to this day. Some of the earliest attempts to apply

4830:, the disembodied spirit, lingers on earth for three days before departing downward to the kingdom of the dead that is ruled by Yima. For the three days that it rests on Earth, righteous souls sit at the head of their body, chanting the 3008:(Ramban 1195–1270), attributed Job's suffering to reincarnation, as hinted in Job's saying "God does all these things twice or three times with a man, to bring back his soul from the pit to... the light of the living' (Job 33:29, 30)." 3762:) from the dead and evaluate their worldly actions. The resurrected will be judged according to their deeds, records of which are kept on two books compiled for every human being—one for their good deeds and one for their evil ones. 3896:

committed, their punishment in hell will be temporary. Only unbelievers will reside in hell permanently. Thus Jahannam combines both the concept of an eternal hell (for unbelievers), and what is known in Christian Catholicism as

2611:, also known as the ferry-man, would take the soul across the river to Hades, if the soul had gold: Upon burial, the family of the dead soul would put coins under the deceased's tongue. Once crossed, the soul would be judged by 3684:, which is called Outer Darkness, where they shall live in misery and agony forever. However, according to the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, most persons lack the amount of knowledge to commit the 6873: 7788: 3437:

defined hell not as punishment imposed on the sinner but rather as the sinner's self-exclusion from God. Unlike other Christian groups, the Catholic Church teaches that those who die in a state of grace, but still carry

4266:), which flows through all the physical changes of the body and at the death of the physical body, flows on into another physical body. The two components that transmigrate are the subtle body and the causal body. 5005:. While the practice gained popularity in Europe and North America in the 19th century, evidence of mediumship dates back thousands of years in Asia. Mediums who claim to have contact with deceased people include 1813:, likely with no memory of what they have done in the past. In this latter view, such rebirths and deaths may take place over and over again continuously until the individual gains entry to a spiritual realm or 8461:

The belief in the ancestors remains a strong and active spiritual and moral force in the daily lives of the Yombe; the ancestors are thought to intervene in the affairs of the living.... The afterlife is this

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Misvan Gatu is the "place of the mixed ones" where the souls lead a gray existence, lacking both joy and sorrow. A soul goes here if his/her good deeds and bad deeds are equal, and Rashnu's scale is equal.

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from the heavenly realm into entering the physical bodies of humans. They viewed the purpose of life as a way to escape the constant cycle of spiritual incarnations by letting go of worldly attachments.

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Pope Gregory I repeats the concept, articulated over a century earlier by Gregory of Nyssa that the saved suffer purification after death, in connection with which he wrote of "purgatorial flames".

8315: 3266:, and all who were in the tombs would come out; those who have heard His " and believes in the one who sent " to the resurrection of life, but those who do not to the resurrection of condemnation. 2798:, the oldest sources for information on the Norse concept of the afterlife, vary in their description of the several realms that are described as falling under this topic. The most well-known are: 3652: 4856:

Rituals which are done on the first three days are vital and important, as they protect the soul from evil powers and give it strength to reach the underworld. After three days, the soul crosses

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over the pit of hell; when the condemned attempt to they will be made to fall off into hellfire below, while the righteous will have no trouble and continue on to their eternal abode of heaven.

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do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of

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The entire process of death and burial is simple, without elaborate rituals and beliefs in an afterlife. The social and spiritual existence of the person ends with the burial of the corpse.

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is reserved for a far smaller group of malicious and evil leaders, either whose very evil deeds go way beyond norms, or who lead large groups of people to utmost evil. This is also part of

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is a reference to MacDougall's findings. His results have never been reproduced, and are generally regarded either as meaningless or considered to have had little if any scientific merit.

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Afterlife in Buddhism consists of intermediated spirit realm that's beyond spatial means, which includes the six realms of existence, the 31 planes of existence, Naraka, Tengoku and the

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views life as an illusion and death as a transformation into immortality. Taoists believe that immortality of the soul can be achieved by living a virtuous life in harmony with the

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Among the many volumes of Yitzchak Luria, most of which come down from the pen of his primary disciple, Chaim Vital, are insights explaining issues related to reincarnation. His

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or hungry ghost – and remains in an earth-bound state interminably – until certain ceremonies are done to liberate them. This mythological part is extensively elaborated in the

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But if one analyses the Sikh Scriptures carefully, one may find that on many occasions the afterlife and the existence of heaven and hell are mentioned and criticised in

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ripen, and if not death kamma, then habitual kamma would ripen. Finally if none of the above happened, then residual kamma from previous actions can ripen. According to

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continues to exist after the death of their physical body. The surviving essential aspect varies between belief systems; it may be some partial element, or the entire

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Death represents a transition from corporeal to incorporeal life in the religious heritage of Africa and the incorporeal life is taken to be as real as the corporeal.

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generally believe some afterlife awaits people when they die. Members of some generally non-theistic religions believe in an afterlife without reference to a deity.

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state that the nature of the afterlife is beyond the understanding of those living, just as an unborn fetus cannot understand the nature of the world outside of the

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who wrote some 18 theological works which describe in detail the nature of the afterlife according to his claimed spiritual experiences, the most famous of which is

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uniformly love and if one experiences this love negatively, the experience is then one of self-condemnation because of free will rather than condemnation by God.

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have their own interpretations of the idea of reincarnation. The human idea of reincarnation is found in many diverse ancient cultures, and a belief in rebirth/

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offers several thoughts relating to the afterlife. After death, the soul is brought for judgment. Those who have led pristine lives enter immediately into the

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notes that "Many ideas that originate in other religions and belief systems have been popularized in the media and are taken for granted by unassuming Jews."

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Arriving at one's reward in afterlife was a demanding ordeal, requiring a sin-free heart and the ability to recite the spells, passwords, and formulae of the

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gives a clear account of the dead awaiting a future resurrection and judgment in addition to prayers and offerings for the dead to remove the burden of sin.

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Yirmiyahu Ullman wrote that reincarnation is an "ancient, mainstream belief in Judaism". The Zohar makes frequent and lengthy references to reincarnation.

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and Paradise. Together these are also known as the Spirit World (also Abraham's Bosom; see Luke 16:19–25). They believe that Christ visited spirit prison

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Some heroes of Greek legend are allowed to visit the underworld. The Romans had a similar belief system about the afterlife, with Hades becoming known as

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Psychological proposals for the origin of a belief in an afterlife include cognitive disposition, cultural learning, and as an intuitive religious idea.

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There are two major views of an afterlife in Hinduism: mythical and philosophical. The philosophies of Hinduism consider each individual consists of

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and in the possibility of "continuing to grow in holiness there", but Methodism does not officially affirm this belief and denies the possibility of

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David Griffin, "The Possibility of Subjective Immortality in Whitehead's Philosophy," in The Modern Schoolman, LIII, November. 1975, pp. 39–51.

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A number of NDErs may have vivid death experiences, but do not recall them due to the effects of brain injury or sedative drugs on memory circuits.

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In some cases of cardiac arrest, memories of visual awareness compatible with so called out-of-body experiences may correspond with actual events.

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On 30 March 2010, a spokesman for the Egyptian Culture Ministry claimed it had unearthed a large red granite door in Luxor with inscriptions by

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and one that, similarly, often misrepresents memory as a faithful recording of previous events rather than a constructed set of recollections.

8041: 2954: 2511:, are inscribed on a coffin and serve as a guide for the challenges in the afterlife. The Coffin texts are more or less a duplication of the 7539: 6958: 6892: 5161:, that concludes that individual conscious experience is illusory, and because consciousness continues after death in all conscious beings, 4912:

to the study of phenomena relating to an afterlife were conducted by this organization. Its earliest members included noted scientists like

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or a hell realm, is to be expected. On the other hand, where a person has performed skillful actions based on generosity, loving-kindness (

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90–92. For a recent scholarly treatment, see Douglas R. Campbell, "Plato's Theory of Reincarnation: Eschatology and Natural Philosophy,"

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in spiritual terms, relegating the prophesied physical resurrection to the status of a future miracle, unrelated to the afterlife or the

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demanded work as restitution for the protection he provided. Statues were placed in the tombs to serve as substitutes for the deceased.

13637: 7234: 4839: 4575:(黄泉), a gloomy underground realm with a river separating the living from the dead mentioned in the legend of Izanami and Izanagi. This 3578: 2829:: (lit. "The Dark" or "Misty Hel"). Niflhel is believed to be a place of punishment, where the oathbreakers and other wicked people go. 644: 6726:, he gains knowledge of the difference between virtue and vice and finds that he is not able to partake of divinity until he has been 6190: 602: 12255: 7311: 3201: 1716: 6734: 6220: 2301:. Any place of existence, either of humans, souls or deities, outside the tangible world (heaven, hell, or other) is referred to as 12266: 9638: 7112: 6769: 3173: 1737: 9367: 7926: 5785: 3963: 12653: 9316: 3460:

Despite popular opinion, Limbo, which was elaborated upon by theologians beginning in the Middle Ages, was never recognized as a

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Afterlife in Islam actually begins before the Last Day. After death, humans will be questioned about their faith by two angels,

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in an epic battle at the end of times when all souls are judged. There is mention of ghostly bodies of past prophets, and the

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in Shintoism as can be evidenced by how legendary individuals become enshrined after death. Perhaps the most famous would be

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or soul passing from one form to another. The type of rebirth will be conditioned by the moral tone of the person's actions (

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Opoku, Kofi Asare (1987). "Death and Immortality in the African Religious Heritage". In Badham, Paul; Badham, Linda (eds.).

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describes Sheol as divided into four compartments for four types of the dead: the faithful saints who await resurrection in

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An important recent work discussing the mutual influence of ancient Greek and Indian philosophy regarding these matters is

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Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different

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Charles Hartshorne, Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes (Albany: State University of New York, 1984) p. 32–36

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Dying, Death and the Afterlife in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions (pp.29–44) Deepak Heritage Books, January 2006

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have no particular belief in an afterlife, and the death of an individual is a straightforward end to their existence.

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Spiritualism and the New Psychology, an Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge

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Bond, George C. (1992). "Living with Spirits: Death and Afterlife in African Religions". In Obayashi, Hiroshi (ed.).

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Bond, George C. (1992). "Living with Spirits: Death and Afterlife in African Religions". In Obayashi, Hiroshi (ed.).

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Bond, George C. (1992). "Living with Spirits: Death and Afterlife in African Religions". In Obayashi, Hiroshi (ed.).

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and various pagan belief systems, believe in the soul's existence in another world, while others, like many forms of

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Somov, Alexey (2018). "Afterlife". In Hunter, David G.; van Geest, Paul J. J.; Lietaert Peerbolte, Bert Jan (eds.).

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commented that within the Bible itself, the idea is intimated in Deut. 25:5–10, Deut. 33:6 and Isaiah 22:14, 65:6.

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He wrote that a person "may afterward in a quite different manner be very much interested in what is better, when,

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Research also includes the study of the near death experience. Scientists who have worked in this area include

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their resurrection, rejoice at their future prospect, while the unrighteous are tormented at the sight of the "

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Among well known (generally non-kabbalist or anti-kabbalist) rabbis who rejected the idea of reincarnation are

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Traditions that do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward merely describe hell as an

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36 (2016): 1–18. Campbell, Douglas R. "Plato's Theory of Reincarnation: Eschatology and Natural Philosophy,"

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The thought that occupies the mind at the time of death determines the quality of our rebirth (antim smaraṇa)

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F. P. Retief and L. Cilliers, "Burial customs, the afterlife and the pollution of death in ancient Greece",

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However, the belief in rebirth was not a part of early Vedic religions and texts. It was later developed by

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Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations: Universalism, Constructivism and Near-Death Experience

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Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations: Universalism, Constructivism and Near-Death Experience

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within them said to have been trapped in their bodies by the creator of the material universe known as the

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is not specific to one culture or religion; it can be identified in several belief systems, most notably

4936: 4620: 3468:, yet, at times, it has been a very popular theological theory within the Church. Limbo is a theory that 3116: 2215:, and earthly beings can ascend to heaven in the afterlife, or in exceptional cases, enter heaven alive. 2095: 1959:. It is found as well in many tribal societies around the world, in places such as Australia, East Asia, 497: 486: 325: 288: 6411: 3748:

usually translated as "this world") vis-a-vis the hereafter. A central doctrine of Islamic faith is the

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The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions

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at the time of death. In old Japanese legends, it is often claimed that the dead go to a place called

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state that the soul is immortal and after death it will continue to progress until it finally attains

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is a 'door to the Afterlife'. According to the archaeologists, the door was reused in a structure in

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or form after each death. This concept is also known as rebirth or transmigration and is part of the

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The process of being born, dying, and moving to a lower level of earth continues through ten lives.

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9:5 to preclude belief in an immortal soul. Individuals judged by God to be wicked, such as in the

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include the phrase: "We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come."

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occasionally use terms such as "afterlife" to refer to any hope for the dead, but they understand

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A Traveler's Guide to the Afterlife: Traditions and Beliefs on Death, Dying, and What Lies Beyond

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Origins of the Druze People and Religion, with Extracts from their Sacred Writings (New Edition)

3626: 3400:. His report of life there covers a wide range of topics, such as marriage in heaven (where all 3390:, theologians and philosophers presented various philosophies and beliefs. A notable example is 2982:

not as a place of punishment for the wicked but as a place of spiritual purification for souls.

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Greyson, Bruce (2003). "Near-Death Experiences in a Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic Population".

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For Plato, see Kamtekar 2016 and Campbell 2022. Kamtekar, Rachana. "The Soul's (After-) Life,"

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realized that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, can ˹easily˺ re-create them?" ).

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Campbell, Douglas R. "Plato's Theory of Reincarnation: Eschatology and Natural Philosophy,"

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It is common for families to participate in ceremonies for children at a shrine, yet have a

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While the Hebrew Bible appears to describe Sheol as the permanent place of the dead, in the

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Buddhists believe in karma and rebirth, and yet they deny the existence of permanent souls.

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The recalled experience surrounding death merits a genuine investigation without prejudice.

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refers both to pure men and pure women, and/or that Quranic references to "immortal boys" (

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and opened the gate for those who repent to cross over to Paradise. This is similar to the

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Lange, Christian (2016). "Introducing Hell in Islamic Studies". In Christian Lange (ed.).

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Jesus also maintained that the time would come when the dead would hear the voice of the

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Sentence By Sentence English Translation & Transliteration of Siri Guru Granth Sahib

6320:"Tractate Sanhedrin: Interpolated Section: Those Who have no Share in the World to Come" 5909: 4306:) for his sins. After one has exhausted his karma, he takes birth again to continue his 4261: 14733: 14608: 14571: 14538: 14533: 14498: 14455: 14343: 14314: 14234: 14197: 13732: 13649: 13553: 13493: 13453: 13401: 13333: 13305: 13217: 13171: 12763: 12395: 12365: 12225: 12183: 12093: 12058: 11833: 11798: 11700: 11642: 11604: 11599: 11435: 11425: 11229: 11201: 11151: 10942: 10902: 10548: 10163: 10145: 10094: 9833: 8498: 8476:"Infants, Ancestors, and the Afterlife: Fieldwork's Family Values in Rural West Africa" 7920: 7753: 7647: 7512: 7099: 7044: 7036: 7024: 6830:"limbo – definition of limbo by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia" 6635: 6274: 5782: 5609:

Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism

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can tend to leave the subject particularly likely to hold distorted or false memories.

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David Fontana (2005): Is there an afterlife. A comprehensive overview of the evidence.

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with joy, while a wicked person sits at the feet of the corpse, wails and recites the

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Near-death experience expert says he’s proven there is an afterlife ‘without a doubt’

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Mediums purportedly act as a vessel for communications from spirits in other realms.

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discusses the long-before believed possibility of purification of souls after death.

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trans. Dana Miller (Brookline, MA: Holy Transfiguration Monastery Press, 1984), 141.

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Certain problems arise with the idea of a particular person continuing after death.

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are married), children in heaven (where they are raised by angel parents), time and

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as well as the Indian religions have been the subject of recent scholarly research.

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Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy

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The Physics of Immortality – Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead

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believe that the afterlife is not material but of a spiritual nature. According to

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Imagining Karma: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth

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The Last Day has a number of other names. It is also called the Encompassing Day (

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Skeptical Odysseys: Personal Accounts by the World's Leading Paranormal Inquirers

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has argued that physics can explain immortality, although such arguments are not

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are the first scriptures in Hinduism which explicitly mention the afterlife. The

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traveling high above the Earth, looking down at the small planet, from far away.

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who ruled between 1479 BC and 1458 BC, the longest of any woman. It believes the

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or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of

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came to the conclusion that, according to her experiences, there is not enough

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are present at the final judgment. The list is expanded sometimes, and include

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Other eschatological views populate the ancient-Greek worldview. For instance,

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African Religion Defined a Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan

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where Hades is both the underworld of the dead and the personification of the

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do not die. This position has allegedly been supported by physicists such as

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The (diverse) views of modern Hinduism in part differ significantly from the

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period occurring immediately after death and before entering the afterlife's

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The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life

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Ted Campbell, Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials (Abingdon 1999), quoted in

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during life. In contrast, in systems of reincarnation, such as those in the

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Beyond Death: Theological and Philosophical Reflections on Life after Death

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processes may exist beyond the physical body and persist even after death.

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Beyond the Threshold: Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions

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Solitary Wicca For Life: Complete Guide to Mastering the Craft on Your Own

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is allowed to pass into the afterlife. If not, he is eaten by the waiting

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believes in a special place apart from the 31 planes of existence called

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Early Indian religions were characterized by the belief in an afterlife,

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Feeding the ancestors: ancestor worship in ancient Hinduism and Buddhism

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The mythical includes the philosophical but adds heaven and hell myths.

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and to reincarnate with the will to care for the welfare of all beings.

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is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's

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Parapsychological investigation of the afterlife includes the study of

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Pereira, Vera; Faísca, Luís; de Sá-Saraiva, Rodrigo (1 January 2012).

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When one leaves the physical body at death he appears in the court of

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are thought to have different levels. Eight gates and eight levels in

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Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam

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have written that people may have subjective experience after death.

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s (sages) who challenged the idea of one's life as being simplistic.

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feather of truth and justice taken from the headdress of the goddess

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Gottlieb, Alma; Graham, Philip; Gottlieb-Graham, Nathaniel (1998).

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Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Church (New York: Penguin, 1997), 262.

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possess seven layers. Each layer more horrible than the one above.

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Searching for Spiritual Unity ... Can There Be Common Ground?

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Paulsen, David L.; Cook, Roger D.; Christensen, Kendel J. (2010).

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Pearson, Fred (1938). "Sheol and Hades in Old and New Testament".

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Studies have also been done on the widely reported phenomenon of

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journey) – give vivid descriptions of the pleasures of paradise (

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is not a tenet of the Jewish afterlife. According to the Talmud,

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100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

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Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion

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Lange, Christian (2016). "Introducing Hell in Islamic Studies".

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purged of the filthy contagion in his soul by the purifying fire

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Is there an afterlife: a comprehensive overview of the evidence

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John Renard The Handy Islam Answer Book Visible Ink Press 2015

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also raises questions regarding personal identity in his book,

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Maimonides' Introduction to Perek Helek, publ. and transl. by

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A Whiteheadian Conception of Immortality by Forrest Wood, Jr.

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Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture

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Having been judged, the resurrected will cross the bridge of

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argued for reincarnation in several dialogues, including the

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Modern Hebrew: The Past and Future of a Revitalized Language

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says, Ōmiya Hachiman-Schrein| Ways to Japan (16 July 2015).

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Modern Hebrew: The Past and Future of a Revitalized Language

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so that they might be "translated to a state of happiness".

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The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life After Death

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who is believed to have visited heaven and hell during his

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and are therefore incapable of becoming sons of perdition.

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Other well-known rabbis who are reincarnationists include

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Egyptians also believed that being mummified and put in a

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or spirit, which carries with it one's personal identity.

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FAQ Belief: What happens immediately after a person dies?

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of remorse and pleading for forgiveness will be in vain.

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In some views, this continued existence takes place in a

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I Am You: The Metaphysical Foundations for Global Ethics

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Anomalistic Psychology (Palgrave Insights in Psychology)

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Breaking the circle: death and the afterlife in Buddhism

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Ghazālī, Iḥyāʾ, v.157, trans. Winter p.221-2; quoted in

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The Rosicrucian Christianity Lectures (Collected Works)

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There is a view based on the philosophical question of

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although they have not received baptism, so still bear

3351:) as a place where the righteous dead, awaiting in the 8217:"Hachiman, Japanese God of War | History & Symbol" 7810:

Ibn Al-Arabi, Muhyiddin (2006). Angela Jaffray (ed.).

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see Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper, Philip L. Quinn,

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sought to measure the weight lost by a human when the

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Moreover, Orthodoxy includes a prevalent tradition of

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The Catholic conception of the afterlife teaches that

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did not directly discuss the afterlife. Nonetheless,

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