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Reincarnation: A Study in Human Evolution

Théophile Pascal

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 184 pages

An essayistic study by Théophile Pascal on reincarnation and human evolution, published in 1910 by the Theosophical Publishing Society. It discusses the soul and the bodies, the moral law, science, and the religious and philosophical consensus of the ages. Suitable for listeners interested in Theosophy and spiritual interpretations of existence.

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Dr. Pascal
REINCARNATION
A STUDY IN HUMAN EVOLUTION
The Resurrection of the Body
and
The Reincarnation of the Soul
BY
Dr. TH. PASCAL
Translated by Fred Rothwell
"Were an Asiatic to ask me for a definition of
Europe, I should be forced to answer him:—It is
that part of the world which is haunted by the
incredible delusion that man was created out of
nothing, and that his present birth is his first
entrance into life."—Schopenhauer.
(Parerga
and
Paralipomena,
Vol. 2, Chap. 15)

LONDON
The Theosophical Publishing Society
161 New Bond Street, W.
1910
CONTENTS
CHAP.
PAGE.
Sketch of the Author's Life
5
Author's Preface
11
I.   The Soul and the Bodies
15
II.   Reincarnation and the Moral Law
42
III.   Reincarnation and Science
99
IV.   Reincarnation and the Religious
and Philosophical Consensus of
the Ages
159
Conclusion
301
SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.
Théophile Pascal was born on the 11th of May, 1860, at
Villecroze, a village in the South of France. His
childhood was spent amid the pleasant surroundings of a
country life. Shortly after his sixteenth birthday, a
relative of his, a Catholic priest ministering in Toulon,
seeing that the youth showed considerable ability, sent

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Contents

  1. REINCARNATION
  2. A STUDY IN HUMAN EVOLUTION
  3. Dr. TH. PASCAL
  4. CONTENTS
  5. SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.
  6. AUTHOR'S PREFACE
  7. REINCARNATION
  8. CHAPTER I.
  9. CHAPTER II.
  10. CHAPTER III.
  11. CHAPTER IV.
  12. Conclusion.
  13. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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