Reincarnation

About this book

What would it mean to have lived before, carrying the consequences of earlier choices into a life we cannot remember? Annie Besant answers from the standpoint of Theosophy.

She explains reincarnation alongside karma, the soul's education and a long sequence of human development. Her account draws selectively on Indian religious ideas while placing them within a distinctive modern occult system. Whether or not one shares her beliefs, the book makes clear why repeated lives seemed to her essential to understanding inequality, suffering and spiritual growth.