Metempsychosis
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In philosophy and theology, metempsychosis is the transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. The term is derived from ancient Greek philosophy, and has been recontextualized
A section of Metempsychosis (1923) by Yokoyama Taikan; a drop of water from the vapours in the sky transforms into a mountain stream, which flows into a great river and on into the sea, whence rises a dragon (pictured) that turns back to vapour; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Important Cultural Property)
Orphism
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Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who desc
Metempsychosis
…also associated with Friedrich Nietzsche. Another term sometimes used synonymously is palingenesis. A belief in metempsychosis has been associated with Orphism, the name given to a religious movement said in antiquity to have been founded by the legendary poet Orpheus. Orphism is said to hold that soul and…
Orphic mosaics were found in many late-Roman villas.
Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus (1900) by John William Waterhouse
Nymphs Listening to the Songs of Orpheus (1853) by Charles Jalabert
Gold orphic tablet and case found in Petelia, southern Italy (British Museum)