Category: Philosophy & Ethics

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

Reincarnation in the Modern Western World--The Revival of Interest and Its Cause--Theosophical Society--Madame Blavatsky--The Western School of Yogi Philosophy: Its Fundamental Teachings--The Spiritists, and Their Doctrine--The Teachings of the "Elect Few" in Their Secret Soci...

Chapters

23. CHAPTER XI.

The honest consideration of any subject necessitates the examination of "the other side of the case," as well as the affirmative side. We have given much space to the presentati...

17. CHAPTER V.

While Reincarnation has been believed and taught in nearly every nation, and among all races, in former or present times, still we are justified in considering India as the natu...

24. CHAPTER XII.

"Karma" is a term in general use among the Hindus, and the Western believers in Reincarnation, the meaning of which is susceptible of various shades of definition and interpreta...

22. CHAPTER X.

To many minds the "proof" of a doctrine is its reasonableness and its adaptability as an answer to existing problems. And, accordingly, to such, the many arguments advanced in f...

18. CHAPTER VI.

In the modern thought of the Western world, we find Reincarnation attracting much attention. The Western philosophies for the past hundred years have been approaching the subjec...

21. CHAPTER IX.

In addition to the consideration of Justice, there are many other advantages claimed by the advocates of Reincarnation which are worthy of the careful consideration of students...

20. CHAPTER VIII.

There are three views entertained by men who believe in the existence of the soul--there are many shades of belief and opinion on the subject, but they may be divided into three...

19. CHAPTER VII.

One of the first questions usually asked by students of the subject of Reincarnation is: "Where does the soul dwell between incarnations; does it incarnate immediately after dea...

14. CHAPTER II.

After considering the existence of the doctrines of Reincarnation among the primitive peoples, and its traditional existence among the vanished peoples of the past, we find ours...

16. CHAPTER IV.

The early Jewish people had an Inner Teaching which embraced certain ideas concerning Reincarnation, although the masses of the people knew nothing of the doctrine which was res...

15. CHAPTER III.

One unfamiliar with the subject would naturally expect to find the Ancient Romans well advanced along the lines of philosophy, religion, and spiritual speculation, judging from...

13. CHAPTER I.

By "Reincarnation" we mean the repeated incarnation, or embodiment in flesh, of the soul or immaterial part of man's nature. The term "Metempsychosis" is frequently employed in...

28. Chapter III. Water Drinking--Why Man Needs Water--How Much Water He

Needs--What He Suffers from Neglecting the Normal Amount of Fluids--An Important Secret--Surprising Facts. Chapter IV. The Stomach and Intestines--A Plain, Practical, Scientific...

25. Chapter II. "Breath is Life"--Teachings of the Orient and Occident

Compared. Chapter III. The Exoteric Theory of Breath. Chapter IV. The Esoteric Theory of Breath--Prana. Chapter V. The Nervous System--Yogi Teachings Concerning the Solar Plexus...

26. Chapter XVI. Yogi Spiritual Breathing--Soul Consciousness--How

I received the copy of "Science Breath" promptly and I am very much pleased with it. The simple, clear, logical manner in which it is written will certainly be appreciated and w...

7. CHAPTER VII. BETWEEN AND BEYOND INCARNATIONS 117

How Long Between Incarnations?--Necessity for Mental and Spiritual Digestion and Assimilation--The Advanced Teachings--Earth-bound Souls--Advanced Souls and Their Rest Period--W...

9. CHAPTER IX. THE ARGUMENT FOR REINCARNATION 151

Natural Laws Universal--If the Soul is Immortal, it Must Have Always Been So--A Mortal Thing Cannot be Made Immortal Any More Than Nothing Can be Made Something--Future Life Imp...

8. CHAPTER VIII. THE JUSTICE OF REINCARNATION 134

The Contrasting Theories of the Soul and Its Future Life--Doctrine of Reincarnation the Only Philosophical Theory that Reconciles Facts with Theory--The Law of Karma Automatic a...

6. CHAPTER VI. THE MODERN WEST 95

Reincarnation in the Modern Western World--The Revival of Interest and Its Cause--Theosophical Society--Madame Blavatsky--The Western School of Yogi Philosophy: Its Fundamental...

27. Chapter I. The Hindu-Yogi Water Cure--An Important Branch of Hatha

Yoga--The Underlying Principle--Prana in the Water--How slow Water Loses Prana--How Water May be Pranaized. Chapter II. Nature's Great Remedy--Water the Basis of Life--The Impor...

10. CHAPTER X. THE PROOFS OF REINCARNATION 169

Actual Proofs of Personal Conscious Experience Demanded by Science--Such Proofs Possible and Have Occurred to Many of the Race--The Remembrance of the Details of Past Existence...

12. CHAPTER XII. THE LAW OF KARMA 222

What Karma Means--Does Karma Punish or is it but the Workings of a Natural Law?--The Various Kinds of Karma--The Advanced Mystical Doctrine--The End is Absolute Good--There is N...

3. CHAPTER III. THE ROMANS AND GREEKS 35

4. CHAPTER IV. THE JEWS, ESSENES, AND EARLY CHRISTIANS 49

11. CHAPTER XI. ARGUMENTS AGAINST REINCARNATION 192

2. CHAPTER II. THE EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS, DRUIDS, ETC. 20

1. CHAPTER I. THE EARLY RACES 7

5. CHAPTER V. THE HINDUS 64