Word: soule
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...life after death was conceived under two forms; life in the tomb, and life in another world. The body was supposed to live in the tomb. The body had its double, called the ka, which had the human form. Next came the ba, or soul; and lastly the ku, or "luminous." These really represent the amalgamation of different sets of ideas...
Osiris served as a centre for monotheistic speculation, but was assimilated with Ra. The final judgment of the soul was before Osiris. There was a complete organization of torture for punishment. The Egyptian hell did not last forever, but the soul was extinguished after sufficient punishment. There were various conceptions of the destiny of the righteous...
...Richard Montague conducted the services last evening in Appleton Chapel. During the service the choir sang the following selections: Anthem, "Deliver Me," Stainer; "Let Every Soul be Subject," Stainer; "Let the People Praise Thee," Costa...
...favor of practical morality. They believed in "transmigration of character," until all self - regarding aim is extinguished, and the craving which produced new beings was rooted out, and there was no further rebirth. The Buddhist taught that the eradication of all evil desires and the purification of the soul was the one fundamental aim of religion. As to the question as to whether the Buddha existed after the death, they refused to answer it. They believed in the existence of a realm beyond that of the phenomenal, the unborn, but the relation of the Buddha and the saints to this...
...hardly needs to call attention, he said, to the importance of the subject of immortality. It has a touch of humanity about it that must awaken our sympathy. In this course the roots of belief in the soul will be investigated, not through modern psychology but through the early experience of the human race...