Reincarnation

[Madurai S. Srirma <osu-eddie!msriram@GAFFA.MIT.EDU>]

In an earlier posting someone pointed out that reincarnation is not a
particularly esoteric belief, since it is the fundamental tenet of
Buddhism which is practiced by millions of people.  To this I would
like to add that it is also one of the most fundamental ideas of
Hinduism, a religion which is believed by many to be about 3000 years
old and is practised by some 750 million people.  The basic belief is
that the soul is imperishable, the material bodies it assumes from
lifetime to lifetime bear the same relationship to it as clothes to
the physical body, and finally, after many births and rebirths, a
process of purification results in the soul being re-united with the
Divine.

Incidentally, does anyone know whether Kate has been influenced at all
by Indian folk music.  Some of the tracks in 'Hounds of Love' are very
similar to this form.