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 All Rights Reserved NLjǵƗŕŧ.—This book is protected by Copyright and simultaneous publication in Great Britain, France, Germany, 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