What do you believe happens after you die? Why do you believe that? Do you
think that
what you believe has been influenced by society? Some people say a belief in the
afterlife
is just the human race being arrogant; what do you think?

General concensus of opinion would have it that most pagans believe in some sort
of
afterlife, whether that be The Summerlands or just plain ol' Reincarnation. Some
believe in
a mixture of the two: that you Reincarnate as many times as it takes to maximise
your
spiritual learning, then you are granted access to the Summerlands. Some people
believe
that this act is voluntary also, that you may return to earth to teach others
their path.

The Ancient Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a series of tests, the
last of which was
the Weighing of the Heart, where the heart would be weighed against an ostrich
feather,
and if it was heavier than the feather (and thus weighed down with sin) you'd be
fed to a
crocodile goddess who'd eat you all up. If you passed, you'd become "Akhu" or a
blessed
ancestor. If you decided having your heart weighed was a bit risky and ran away,
you'd
become an angry dead person, or Muet. In this way, Egyptians explain the
presence of
sprit on earth, an afterlife, and a reason to live life well.

Personallly, i believe in reincarnation. It makes sense if you think about it or
have read
Phillip Pullman. When you die, you do physically become the earth: you rot and
disintegrate until you are part of the earth particles. And in turn, you help
the plants
around you to grow, so what used to be you can be part of a blade of grass, or a
tree, or a
leaf of corn.

As for the spiritual part, where my soul goes after i die...i don't think i want
to know that
just yet. I think it would spoil the surprise.

What do you think?
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Zelle

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