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 Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus. E.C.
(Reincarnation and the Law of Karma)
Copyright, 1908, by Yogi Publication Society All Rights Reserved
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I. THE EARLY RACES 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. THE EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS, DRUIDS, ETC. 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. THE ROMANS AND GREEKS 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. THE JEWS, ESSENES, AND EARLY CHRISTIANS 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.