preexistence

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If this were so, the case which would be one of latent illness or even of self-suggestion; and the preexistence of the future, without being entirely disproved, would be less clearly established.

From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

It is not that there are dim memories of a preexistence before birth, but there are always haunting dreams of a true friendship on earth.

From The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul by Jarrett, Bede

Question.—How many kinds of preexistence and of phenomena are there?

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Essential preexistence is an existence which is not preceded by a cause, but essential phenomena are preceded by causes.

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá

For it must be remembered that the preexistence of souls is a distinguishing tenet of this philosophy as of the Kabala.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various