Reincarnation: The Missing Link In Christianity

by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Erin L. Prophet

Overview

A long time ago Christians believed in reincarnation

“This is an extremely important book, a book providing profound insight and truth, a book which will open minds and remove fears.” —Brian Weiss, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters

This groundbreaking work makes the case that Jesus taught reincarnation and traces the history of reincarnation in Christianity—from Jesus and early Christians through Church councils and the persecution of so-called heretics. Using the latest scholarship and evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic texts, it also argues persuasively that Jesus was a mystic who taught that our destiny is to unite with the God within. Your view of Jesus—and of Christianity—will never be the same.

“Imaginative and provocative.... Elizabeth Clare Prophet's assertion that not only mystical Gnostics but also a Jewish wisdom teacher like Jesus taught reincarnation is sure to rattle your karmic chain.” —Marvin Meyer, author of The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780922729272
Publisher:	Summit University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1997
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	634,430
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Clare Prophet is a world-renowned author, spiritual teacher, and pioneer in practical spirituality. Her groundbreaking books have been published in more than thirty languages and over three million copies have been sold worldwide.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface xi

Foreword xv

Part 1 | What Reincarnation Means to Christians

chapter 1 A Martyr for Infinite Worlds 3

chapter 2 Unanswered Questions 12

chapter 3 Why They Believe 25

chapter 4 Gods in Ruins 38

Part 2 | Reincarnation in Jesus’ World

chapter 5 Reincarnation in Judaism 51

chapter 6 Becoming God 64

chapter 7 Moses Meets Plato 76

chapter 8 Routes into Palestine 84

chapter 9 Jesus’ Teaching on Reincarnation 96

chapter 10 Karma Implies Reincarnation 108

Part 3 | Early Christians and Reincarnation

chapter 11 Sifting the New Testament 119

chapter 12 What Is Gnosticism? 134

chapter 13 Seeking the “Things That Exist” 143

chapter 14 Does Resurrection Rule Out Reincarnation? 150

chapter 15 A Spiritual Resurrection 162

chapter 16 The Different Fates of Twins 172

Part 4 | The Church Rejects Reincarnation

chapter 17 The Mystery of God in Man 191

chapter 18 God in Man’s Image 203

chapter 19 The Stream Goes Underground 215

chapter 20 A New Explanation for Human Misery 224

chapter 21 Smoke Rises from Montségur 241

Part 5 | Jesus’ Secret Teachings on the God Within

chapter 22 Your Divine Image 265

chapter 23 The Original Christian Mystic 274

chapter 24 Where Is the Kingdom? 284

chapter 25 Breaking the Chain of Rebirth 298

Chronological Guide to People, Events and Ideas 319

Notes 329

Bibliography 394

Picture Credits 410

What People are Saying About This

Brian L. Weiss

This is an extremely important book, a book providing profound insight and truth, a book which will open minds and remove fears.

Editorial Reviews

"This is an extremely important book, a book providing profound insight and truth, a book which will open minds and remove fears." —Brian Weiss, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters

"Imaginative and provocative.... Elizabeth Clare Prophet's assertion that not only mystical Gnostics but also a Jewish wisdom teacher like Jesus taught reincarnation is sure to rattle your karmic chain." —Marvin Meyer, author of The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus

"Throughout the ages Christians have sought to bring the doctrinal stepchild of reincarnation into the mainstream of accepted belief. This massively documented work is a readable and highly sympathetic account of those men and women of good faith who have sensed that the Christian soul is on a millennial journey toward divine union."
—Quincy Howe, Ph.D., author of Reincarnation for the Christian

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