Immortality
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Immortality is the concept of eternal life and permanent resistance to death from natural causes. Some species possess "biological immortality" due to an apparent lack of the Hayflick limit.
The Fountain of Eternal Life in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is described as symbolizing "Man rising above death, reaching upward to God and toward Peace."
Adam and Eve condemned to mortality. Hans Holbein the Younger, Danse Macabre, 16th century
Representation of a soul undergoing punarjanma. Illustration from Hinduism Today, 2004
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Afterlife
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The afterlife or life after death is a speculation concerning existence after death, in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the dea
Immortality
…comparable will ever be possible for humans. Immortality in religion refers usually to either the belief in physical immortality or a more spiritual afterlife. In traditions such as ancient Egyptian beliefs, Mesopotamian beliefs and ancient Greek beliefs, the immortal gods consequently were considered to have…
A depiction of Idris visiting Heaven and Hell from a Persian illuminated manuscript version of the Islamic text Stories of the Prophets (1577)
The twelve nidānas in Buddhist artwork
Aztec mask depicting transformation and rebirth
Georgin François, The 3 Roads to Eternity, 1825