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How the dead continue to live in the spiritual world after death and how they finally descend to a new earthly incarnation after a longer or shorter time, was described in detail by Rudolf Steiner in many writings and lectures.

„How many there are today who still say: Well, what comes after death, that we shall see, we shall still become aware of it at the right time; here we want to refrain from it, want to serve life. When we enter that world on the other side, it will show us what it is like. - Yes, if one thing is right, that one is over there what one has imagined oneself to be here, something else is also right. Take the thought, which is not uncommon today. Someone dies and leaves behind relatives. If they are not thoughtless and yet are materialistically minded, they must have the thought: This relative who has died is decomposing in the grave, or what is left of him is what has been kept in the urn, and the like. - Only as long as people are thoughtless can they be materialists and not have this belief. If materialism were to triumph, people would have more and more faith: Everything that is left of the dead is decaying in the urn or in the grave. - But this thought is a real force. It is an untruth. If the one who remains here thinks: The dead is no longer alive, the dead is no longer there - it is a false thought, but this false thought is nevertheless real in the souls who think it, is nevertheless real. The dead person perceives this real thought; he perceives it as very significant for him. And it is not indifferent, but on the contrary of fundamental importance, whether the one who remains here cultivates the thought of the living dead, of the dead who is in the spiritual world, in a living inner soul life, or whether he more or less gives himself over to the thought of lamentation: The dead is dead, decayed. - Not only is this not indifferent, but it is a quite essential difference.“ (Lit.:GA 178, p. 111f)

Literature
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.
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