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Reincarnation and Life after Death - Pablo Sender
Reincarnation and Life after Death - Pablo Sender
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Death and Rebirth by Farthing
Reincarnation FAQ
It is recommended that you read through the relatively short Farthing article, Death and Rebirth, as a group before beginning the discussion questions.
Discussion questions
1- What principles of humans survive after death? What happens to the lower bodies, the lower vehicles, when man dies?
2- What is the difference in meaning between the word “ego” when used by Theosophy to refer to the Individuality, and the word “ego” as used by psychologists? How are the terms different and how are they similar?
3- In the Theosophical context, what is the difference between objective and subjective reality? Does it have the same meaning as in modern psychology?
4- What are the factors that influence the conditions and experience of the post-mortem state/process?
5- According to The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, what sort of being constitutes the “angel guide” of the average medium?
6a- Describe the state of Devachan.
b- Why is Devachan referred to as being a state and not a place?
7- What happens during the pre-vision state just before rebirth?
Proposed activities:
These are links to brief articles written by Theosophists on Reincarnation:
The Necessity for Reincarnation by A. Besant
http://hpb.narod.ru/NecessityReincarnation.htm
Reincarnation by A. Besant
http://hpb.narod.ru/Reincarnation.htm
Memory in the Dying by H. P. Blavatsky
http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/MemoryInTheDying.htm
Reincarnation by H. P. Blavatsky
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/rein_hpb.htm
Why Do We Not Remember Our Past Lives? by H. P. Blavatsky
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/blavatsky-past-lives.html
Reincarnation: Some Testimony From Nature by E. L. Gardner
http://hpb.narod.ru/ReincarNature.htm
Friends or Enemies in the Future by W. Q. Judge
http://www.blavatsky.net/judge/arts/FriendsOrEnemiesInTheFuture.htm
Respecting Reincarnation by W. Q. Judge
http://www.blavatsky.net/judge/arts/RespectingReincarnation.htm
Thinking about Reincarnation by Hugh Shearman
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/shearman5.html
Is Reincarnation True? by Ernest Wood
http://hpb.narod.ru/IsReincarnationTrue.htm
1- Each group member may take a single article on reincarnation from one of these, read through it, and write a short summary of its main ideas.
2- Share summaries of individual articles on reincarnation.
3- Review the Reincarnation FAQ from the Theosophical Perspective out loud as a group.
4- Share final ideas and impressions about Reincarnation.
Related resources
Books
Algeo, John, Reincarnation Explored, T AL34 RE
Bache, Christopher Martin, Lifecycles : Reincarnation and the Web of Life,129.4 BAC LC
Burnier, Radha, Truth, Beauty and Goodness, T B935 TBG
Cranston, Sylvia and Carey Williams, Reincarnation, a New Horizon in Science, Religion and Society, 129.4 CRA RNHS
Ducasse, Curt John, A Critical Examination of the Belief in a Life after Death, 129.4 DUC BLD
Moody, Raymond A., Coming Back : a Psychiatrist Explores Past Life Journeys, 616.8914 MOO CB
Talbot, Michael, Your Past Lives : A Reincarnation, 129.4 TAL YPL
Audio
(AR: audiocassette; CDA: Compact Disc)
Abdill, Ed, Guideposts for Living: The Voice of the Silence, CDA 0011
Algeo, John, Reincarnation Explored : Evidence for and Against, AR 0543.
Hodson, Geoffrey, Reincarnation : Fact or Fallacy, CDA 0121
MacGregor, Geddes, Reincarnation in Christianity, CDA 0410
Stevenson, Ian, Evidence for Life after Death, CDA 0048-2
Videorecordings
(VR: videocassette, DVD: Digital Video Disc)
Abdill, Edward, Guideposts for Living: The Voice of the Silence, DVD 0226
Shroder, Tom, In Another Life : Reincarnation in America, DVD 0019
Stevenson, Ian, Children Who Claim to Remember Previous Lives, DVD 0023
The Theosophical Society in America, Reincarnation, the Untrue Fact, DVD 0207
Download Handouts
Death and Rebirth by Farthing
Reincarnation FAQ
It is recommended that you read through the relatively short Farthing article, Death and Rebirth, as a group before beginning the discussion questions.
Discussion questions
1- What principles of humans survive after death? What happens to the lower bodies, the lower vehicles, when man dies?
2- What is the difference in meaning between the word “ego” when used by Theosophy to refer to the Individuality, and the word “ego” as used by psychologists? How are the terms different and how are they similar?
3- In the Theosophical context, what is the difference between objective and subjective reality? Does it have the same meaning as in modern psychology?
4- What are the factors that influence the conditions and experience of the post-mortem state/process?
5- According to The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, what sort of being constitutes the “angel guide” of the average medium?
6a- Describe the state of Devachan.
b- Why is Devachan referred to as being a state and not a place?
7- What happens during the pre-vision state just before rebirth?
Proposed activities:
These are links to brief articles written by Theosophists on Reincarnation:
The Necessity for Reincarnation by A. Besant
http://hpb.narod.ru/NecessityReincarnation.htm
Reincarnation by A. Besant
http://hpb.narod.ru/Reincarnation.htm
Memory in the Dying by H. P. Blavatsky
http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/MemoryInTheDying.htm
Reincarnation by H. P. Blavatsky
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/rein_hpb.htm
Why Do We Not Remember Our Past Lives? by H. P. Blavatsky
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/blavatsky-past-lives.html
Reincarnation: Some Testimony From Nature by E. L. Gardner
http://hpb.narod.ru/ReincarNature.htm
Friends or Enemies in the Future by W. Q. Judge
http://www.blavatsky.net/judge/arts/FriendsOrEnemiesInTheFuture.htm
Respecting Reincarnation by W. Q. Judge
http://www.blavatsky.net/judge/arts/RespectingReincarnation.htm
Thinking about Reincarnation by Hugh Shearman
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/shearman5.html
Is Reincarnation True? by Ernest Wood
http://hpb.narod.ru/IsReincarnationTrue.htm
1- Each group member may take a single article on reincarnation from one of these, read through it, and write a short summary of its main ideas.
2- Share summaries of individual articles on reincarnation.
3- Review the Reincarnation FAQ from the Theosophical Perspective out loud as a group.
4- Share final ideas and impressions about Reincarnation.
Related resources
Books
Algeo, John, Reincarnation Explored, T AL34 RE
Bache, Christopher Martin, Lifecycles : Reincarnation and the Web of Life,129.4 BAC LC
Burnier, Radha, Truth, Beauty and Goodness, T B935 TBG
Cranston, Sylvia and Carey Williams, Reincarnation, a New Horizon in Science, Religion and Society, 129.4 CRA RNHS
Ducasse, Curt John, A Critical Examination of the Belief in a Life after Death, 129.4 DUC BLD
Moody, Raymond A., Coming Back : a Psychiatrist Explores Past Life Journeys, 616.8914 MOO CB
Talbot, Michael, Your Past Lives : A Reincarnation, 129.4 TAL YPL
Audio
(AR: audiocassette; CDA: Compact Disc)
Abdill, Ed, Guideposts for Living: The Voice of the Silence, CDA 0011
Algeo, John, Reincarnation Explored : Evidence for and Against, AR 0543.
Hodson, Geoffrey, Reincarnation : Fact or Fallacy, CDA 0121
MacGregor, Geddes, Reincarnation in Christianity, CDA 0410
Stevenson, Ian, Evidence for Life after Death, CDA 0048-2
Videorecordings
(VR: videocassette, DVD: Digital Video Disc)
Abdill, Edward, Guideposts for Living: The Voice of the Silence, DVD 0226
Shroder, Tom, In Another Life : Reincarnation in America, DVD 0019
Stevenson, Ian, Children Who Claim to Remember Previous Lives, DVD 0023
The Theosophical Society in America, Reincarnation, the Untrue Fact, DVD 0207
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