The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c11.14

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c11.14

Like a will-o'-the-wisp the belief in transmigration¹ flares up in many parts of the world. We hear of it among the Egyptians and the Celts, but it has developed most significantly among the Greeks and Hindus. Its wide vogue is due to a fusion of some of the simplest observations and reasonings about life and death, such as can scarcely fail to come to the mind of primitive man. It is pure folk-lore. Three suppositions are required for this belief:

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