preexistence

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

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

He was like some one lying in twilit, formless preexistence, and stretching out his hands lovingly towards many-coloured, many-sounding life. 

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Man, preexistence of, 6, 17;   an embodied spirit, 18;   fall of, 19, 29;   free agency of, 18, 29.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward