Keynote Address: Reincarnation and Psychonoetic Body in Western Esotericism Pt 1

Hidden in Plain Sight Conference at Rosicrucian Park, July 22-25, 2010. Dr. Lee Irwin, PhD speaks on Reincarnation and Psychonoetic Body in Western Esotericism. Part 1 of 10 segments. This presentation will explore the topic of reincarnation in a historical review extending from Pythagoras to the present. The emphasis of the talk will focus on a variety of theories of reincarnation and the political context within which those theories were developed. He will also address the topic of participatory knowing and the importance of paranormal perceptions as an adjunct to reincarnational theories in western esotericism. Five explicit examples of theories on reincarnation will be presented: Plato, Origen, the Cathars, Jan Baptist van Helmont, and H. Spencer Lewis. Each example will be contextualized by culture and the religious environment to demonstrate issues of contestation or marginalization. Overall, the author's approach supports reincarnation as a viable theory for post-mortem existence.

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Education

Tags:

• Rosicrucian Order AMORC
• Lee Irwin
• Rosicrucian Park
• Reincarnation
• H. Spencer Lewis
• Hidden in Plain Sight
• Esotericism
• Mysticism
• educational
• spirituality. hermetism
• hermeticism
• metempsychosis
• transmigration

[iandavelongley]

Atheism for the WIN

[myprofound]

Good work! " Hidden in Plain sight" has been long overdue. I look forward to the other presentations; i know that they all, would be as enlightening as the keynote Address.