Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that .. . As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms. Pythagoras
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In the following quote, the speaker is speaking about the soul. The idea of a soul as a “stamp” or a “figure” being one thing and being another is very intriguing. In this case, the speaker is saying that even though the soul has been incarnated in many different bodies during a person’s life, it is still the same soul, no matter how it looks different.

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