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Sheldrake's conclusions and your own roughly correspond with mine. Where Gnostics are concerned, Gnosticism is - for the most part - a benign pool of knowledge. But it was also used in a dark, Satanic way. Hence in recent times Heaven's Gate - a suicide cult and Aleister Crowley's 'Gnostic Mass'. That in no way validates the Crusaders, but the Gnostic Cathars seem to have believed the Earth was Hell with consequent dark implications. Family Constellations seem to have been inspired by the originator's work with the Zulus. I'm sure so much ancient wisdom is contained in such tribal societies. Ah, if only I was an anthropologist!

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Thanks, Daniel. That's a pretty good analysis. Some aspects I didn't include, but are worthy of note. And that is if one person is affected by reincarnation, it's not always in isolation. So relatives or friends may also be involved. The thought that someone who is your father in one life may reincarnate as your son in another etc I personally find chilling. I'd prefer not to believe it, but there is some evidence for family reincarnations. It sounds like Weiss and Smith may shed some light. Also stone age ancestor worship, superseded by deity worship. I've had a little experience of 'Family Constellations' which can be expensive and complicated to set up but seems to work. Today, epigenetics - inherited trauma - is starting to be accepted. So there are numerous strands which would benefit from further exploration with accessible books. Thus I'm ruling out a book I once had called 'The origins of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind.' It's heavy going and the wikipedia entry is a welcome shortcut

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