{"id":53708,"date":"2024-02-22T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/?p=53708"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:40:35","slug":"reincarnation-and-karma-as-a-developmental-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/reincarnation-and-karma-as-a-developmental-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Reincarnation and Karma as a Developmental Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"The idea of reincarnation belongs to the core of anthroposophical thinking and is currently the most widespread conception of what happens after death. However, both proponents and critics of the idea have not fully grasped its character in Western culture, and misinterpretations have been used to speak out against anthroposophy. Jens Heisterkamp wrote a small book on the subject and summarized his thoughts for us here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe religious scholar Helmut Obst once described reincarnation and karma as a \"successful trans-religious idea\". Indeed, more people around the world today believe in reincarnation than in the resurrection of Christ\u2014even in Western church circles. The concept has also long since found its way into everyday culture. Thus, for example, the words \"More eco\u2014higher ka<div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">Would you like to keep reading? We're pleased to present our Summer 2026 offer, valid until August 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/subscribe\/\"> three months of free access <\/a> \u2013 cancel anytime.\r\n<br><br>\r\nIf you're already a subscriber, <a href=\"#\" class=\"modal-tr\" data-type=\"latl\">please log in here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea of reincarnation belongs to the core of anthroposophical thinking and is currently the most widespread conception of what happens after death. However, both proponents and critics of the idea have not fully grasped its character in Western culture, and misinterpretations have been used to speak out against anthroposophy. Jens Heisterkamp wrote a small book on the subject and summarized his thoughts for us here. The religious scholar Helmut Obst once described reincarnation and karma as a &#8220;successful trans-religious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9409,"featured_media":52926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9115,8823],"tags":[8798,11484,11418],"class_list":["post-53708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consciousness","category-reflection","tag-deepening","tag-en2024-8","tag-2024-3-4-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}