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

Author: William Walker Atkinson

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Language: English

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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

NOTICE.--This book is protected by Copyright and
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

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 Se