Where does the Smoke Go? A consideration of Reincarnation.

Reincarnation, the notion that some aspect of you and me is re-cycled into other physical forms upon our death, is an old idea. This ‘aspect’ of a living being is considered as being itself, non-physical and in many philosophies has been identified as being ‘the soul’.

The word reincarnation, from the Latin, means ‘entering the flesh again’ and is central to a…