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Reincarnation and the Law of Karma / A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect

William Walker Atkinson

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 114 pages

This collection of essays from 1908 examines reincarnation and the law of karma as a spiritual doctrine. William Walker Atkinson surveys ideas of rebirth and cause and effect in ancient and religious traditions, including Egyptian, Greek, Jewish, and Christian thought. It offers a thoughtful introduction to a persistent theme in metaphysical literature.

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REINCARNATION
AND
THE LAW OF KARMA
A STUDY OF
THE OLD-NEW WORLD-DOCTRINE OF
REBIRTH, AND SPIRITUAL
CAUSE AND EFFECT
BY
WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON
PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY
YOGI PUBLICATION SOCIETY
MASONIC TEMPLE, CHICAGO, ILL.
LONDON AGENTS

L.N. FOWLER & CO., 7 IƽǙŧǡƗĵƯ AǡŕĵŠŧ, LǼŠƄĵǵŧ CƗǡŕǼǪ. E.C.
(Reincarnation and the Law of Karma)
CLjǙΏǡƗƄƒǵ, 1908, œΏ
YOGI PUBLICATION SOCIETY
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NLjǵƗŕŧ.—This
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Russia and other countries. All foreign rights reserved.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I. Tƒŧ EĵǡƯΏ RĵŕŧǪ
7
What is Reincarnation?—
Transmigration of Souls—
The
Something
That
Persists After Death—The
Soul Not a Fresh Creation,
but a Traveler on a Long
Journey.
CHAPTER II.
Tƒŧ
EƄΏǙǵƗĵƿǪ,
CƒĵƯŠŧĵƿǪ,
DǡǼƗŠǪ, ŧǵŕ
20
The Egyptian Idea of the
Soul—Forty Centuries of
Occult History—The Inner
Teachings of Egypt—The
Ancient
Chinese
Teachings and Doctrine—
The Ancient Druids and
Their Teachings.

CHAPTER III. ǵƒŧ RLjƽĵƿǪ ĵƿŠ GǡŧŧƫǪ
35
The Reasons of Rome's
Backwardness in Spiritual
Knowledge—Why
the
Greeks were Advanced—
Pythagoras;
Orpheus;
Plato—The
Various
Grecian
Teachings
Regarding the Soul and
Its
Future
Life—Plato's
Wonderful Teachings and
Philosophy.
CHAPTER IV. Tƒŧ Jŧ΅Ǫ, EǪǪŧƿŧǪ, ĵƿŠ EĵǡƯΏ
CƒǡƗǪǵƗĵƿǪ
49
The Inner Teachings of
the Jewish Priests—The
Jewish Rabbins and Their
Secret
Doctrines—The
Kaballah,
the
Zahar,
Nichema;
Ronach;
and
Nephesh—A
Mysterious
Brotherhood—The
Christian Inner Doctrine
—The Mysteries of Jesus.
CHAPTER V. Tƒŧ HƗƿŠǼǪ
64
India
the
Mother
of
Reincarnation, Past and
Present—The
Aryan
Teachings—The
History
of the Belief Among the
Hindus—Fundamental
Hindu Philosophy.
CHAPTER VI. Tƒŧ MLjŠŧǡƿ WŧǪǵ
95

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Contents

  1. REINCARNATION
  2. THE LAW OF KARMA
  3. Science of Breath
  4. The Hindu-Yogi System of Practical Water Cure
  5. THE KYBALION
  6. Yoga Lessons

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