Reincarnation

About this book

One life ends, another begins, and the person who lived the first can recall none of it. This anonymous Theosophical booklet takes that puzzling idea seriously, presenting rebirth as part of a long education of the soul.

Its argument draws on karma, spiritual evolution and the supposed persistence of individuality beyond the body. The scheme promises an explanation for unequal circumstances and unfinished human growth, though it cannot demonstrate the lives it proposes. The question of memory runs quietly underneath the doctrine: how can a person learn from experiences that seem to have been forgotten completely?