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  2. Afterlife - Wikipedia

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    The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after ...

  3. Glossary of spirituality terms - Wikipedia

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    Afterlife: (or life after death) A generic term referring to a purported continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, beyond this world, or a personal reputation that is so strong as to be capable of persistent social influence long after death. (see also soul)

  4. Psychopomp - Wikipedia

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    Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') [1] are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. [2] Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them.

  5. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Military code word used in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet states referring to the transportation of military casualties Cark-it [4] To die Informal, another version of 'croaked it'; common in UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand The guy was running, had a heart attack and carked it. Cash in one's chips [2] To die Informal, euphemistic [5]

  6. List of death deities - Wikipedia

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    The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.

  7. Elysium - Wikipedia

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    Goethe's Ankunft im Elysia by Franz Nadorp. Elysium (/ ɪ ˈ l ɪ z i. ə m, ɪ ˈ l ɪ ʒ ə m / [1]), otherwise known as the Elysian Fields (Ancient Greek: Ἠλύσιον πεδίον, Ēlýsion pedíon), Elysian Plains or Elysian Realm, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults.

  8. Afterlife (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Afterlife, a 1985 book on psychic research by Colin Wilson; Afterlife, a 2006 manga by Stormcrow Hayes and Rob Steen; Afterlife, a 2008 play by Michael Frayn on the life of Max Reinhardt, founder of the Salzburg Festival

  9. Rebirth (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Rebirth in Buddhism refers to the teaching that the actions of a sentient being lead to a new existence after death, in an endless cycle called saṃsāra. [1] [2] This cycle is considered to be dukkha, unsatisfactory and painful. The cycle stops only if Nirvana (liberation) is achieved by insight and the extinguishing of craving.