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A middle way in the reincarnation debate

Publicerad 2022-10-05 16:21:00 i David Thompson, Emanuel Swedenborg, New Age, Olof Jönsson, Paranormal phenomena, Reincarnation, Spiritual geography, The Spirit World, Victor Zammit,

Reincarnation, as it is usually taught and understood, i.e. in its eastern sense, is one of the most cruel dogmas ever invented by religion. It is only better than the dogma of eternal damnation, and reminds of it a lot. Think, having to live a thousand lives in an earthly body with all its sufferings. It is like an eternal hell that never ends. Because, truly, in comparison to heaven and indigenous, wild life in the djungle, civilized life is like living in a hell. 
 
Almost all spiritualists and New Age:rs nowadays believe in reincarnation (surprise, famous New Age:r Doreen Virtue stopped believing in reincarnation and became Christian 2017, of a quite fundamentalistic sort). That dogma has spread in the western world like an epidemic since its roots in nineteenth century Theosophy and Spiritualism. It was not so popular in the beginning. Both those traditions, Theosophy and Spiritualism, did not teach it in the beginning. Swedenborg did not believe in it, Andrew Jackson Davis (1826-1910) (founder of anglosaxic spiritualism) didn't believe in it, Arthur Findlay (1883-1964) didn't believe in it. 
 
But there is no need for black-and-white thinking here. There namely seems to be some evidence for a mild version of the dogma in e.g. the work of psychiatry professor Ian Stevenson (1918-2007). It might be explained by the idea that reincarnation may be a big exception in the universe, in the normal sense of the word reincarnation, that maybe very few people experience it, and then only once, and then only for a very special missionary purpose. Not to atone for sins or bad karma, that gives a horrible image of God, but for special heavenly "operations". Maybe only a few thousand people globally experience it in every generation. And these souls are very holy and brave and strong, they have to be it, so tough it is to live here on earth twice, and they do it often only after being for a long time in the Spirit World. 
 
I also believe there is a heavenly form of reincarnation, a heavenly cycle in the heavenly worlds, that one dies also in heaven, and is reborn in some higher sphere. The Swedish psychic from the fifties, Olof Jönsson (1918-1998) (who had the gift to astral travel), taught some version of this idea, the idea is also to be found in Victor Zammit's work *. Victor Zammit, important as a witness to David Thompson's spirit materialisations, has also stated that "Not everybody has to 'reincarnate'." (from this page)
 
 

"Ultimately, there will come a time when you have to increase your vibrations by increased spirituality to continue to spiritually refine and graduate to a higher realm where circumstances would be much more beautiful and better than the one you were in before.

 This “transition” to the next sphere happens gradually and naturally. You find yourself going into a deep sleep and awaken on the next level.

In the higher spheres, you will be able to recall and see any event in any period of your existence three dimensionally."

(from this page)

 

For further study, see:

"The Doctrine of Re-incarnation” by Emma Hardinge Britten, in The Spiritual Scientist for May 20, 1875 (An early spiritualist and medium skeptical of reincarnation)

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Lars Larsen

Born 1984 in Finland. Norwegian, lives in Stockholm, Sweden. Poet, ecotheologian and ecophilosopher (though not an academic such in both cases, although he studied theology for almost three years at Åbo Academy University), is also called "The monk" ("munken", he is monk in a self-founded monastery order, "Den Heliga Naturens Orden", "The Order of the Holy Nature"), he calls himself "Forest Man Snailson" (Skogsmannen Snigelson) because of certain strong ties to Nature and the animals, founded among other things through many years of homelessness living in tent, cot, cave and several huts in the Flaten Nature Reserve, the Nacka Reserve and "Kaknästornsskogen" outside of Stockholm. He debuted as a poet in 2007 with "Över floden mig" ("Across the river of me"), published by himself, he has also published an ecotheological work, "Djurisk teologi. Paradisets återkomst" (Animalistic theology. The return of paradise") on Titel förlag 2010. He has published the poem collection "Naturens återkomst" (The return of Nature) on Fri Press förlag 2018 together with Titti Spaltro, his ex-girlfriend. Lars's professions are two, cleaner and painter (buildings). Before he was homeless, but right now he lives in Attendo Herrgårdsvägen, a psychiatric group home for mental patients in Danderyd, Stockholm. His adress is: Herrgårdsvägen 25, 18239 Danderyd, Sverige. One can reach him in the comments section on this blog. His texts on this blog are without copyright, belonging to "Public Domain". He is the author of the texts, if no one is mentioned.

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