Metempsychosis

  • 21metempsychosis — The passage of a soul from one body to another …

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  • 22metempsychosis — /mɛtəmsaɪˈkoʊsəs/ (say metuhmsuy kohsuhs) noun (plural metempsychoses /mɛtəmsaɪˈkoʊsiz/ (say metuhmsuy kohseez)) 1. the passage of the soul from one body to another. 2. the rebirth of the soul at death in another body either of human or animal… …

  • 23metempsychosis —   n. (pl. ses ) passage of soul into another body at death.    ♦ metempsychose, v.t. transfer a soul …

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  • 24metempsychosis — A belief that the souls of men, after death, pass into animals. Bonard s Will (NY) 16 Abb Pr NS 128, 182 …

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  • 25metempsychosis — n. (pl. psychoses) 1 the supposed transmigration of the soul of a human being or animal at death into a new body of the same or a different species. 2 an instance of this. Derivatives: metempsychosist n. Etymology: LL f. Gk metempsukhosis (as… …

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  • 26Reincarnation — For other uses, see Reincarnation (disambiguation). Past Lives redirects here. For the band, see Past Lives (band). Reincarnation in Hindu art Reincarnation best describes the concept where the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is… …

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  • 27GILGUL — (Heb. גִּלְגּוּל; transmigration of souls, reincarnation, or metempsychosis ). There is no definite proof of the existence of the doctrine of gilgul in Judaism during the Second Temple period. In the Talmud there is no reference to it (although,… …

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  • 28List of antagonists in Xenosaga — The following is a list of major villains/antagonists in the Xenosaga series. Contents 1 Dimitri Yuriev 2 Albedo 3 Wilhelm 4 Heinlein …

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  • 29Palingenesis — is a concept of rebirth or re creation, used in various contexts in philosophy, theology, politics, and biology. Its meaning stems from Greek palin, meaning again, and genesis, meaning birth. In biology, it is another word for recapitulation the… …

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  • 30Jacob Qirqisani — (Heb. Ya akov ben Ephraim ha Tzerqesi ; Arab. Abu Yusuf Yaqub al Qirkisani ) was a Jewish Karaite dogmatist and exegete who flourished in the first half of the tenth century. He was a native of Circassia, which at the time probably still fell… …

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