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Metempsychosis

Metempsychosis (Greek: μετεμψύχωσις), also known as transmigration of souls or reincarnation, is the philosophical or religious concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life’s actions. It is a belief that … Read more