The Gnostic Concept of Reincarnation

Some people had never heard of Gnosticism prior toOne of the passages in the Bible that they believe
"The Da Vinci code". In fact, the concept might still juststrongly substantiate their belief is Matthew 11:14 and
be the people who believe that Jesus had children.17:12-13 where the origin of John the Baptist is
There is a lot more to Gnosticism which is overlookeddiscussed and the fact that the prophet Elijah had
by the interest on the main topics of the movie. One ofalready come back.
them is their view on reincarnation.Regarding whether or not there is a memory of
The first interesting aspect is that Gnostics areprevious lives, the belief is that people do remember,
Christians, meaning they do believe that Jesus was theespecially as children. Normally this is dismissed and
Christ but in a different sense. They do not believediscouraged by concerned parents and so they forget,
Jesus came to sacrifice himself but to show the pathso throughout their life these children will remember,
to the real god, the way to knowledge even at thestart questioning certain preconceived ideas and then
cost of his life.rejoin the path to Gnosis where they left off.
That said Gnostics revolve around human's pursuit toDefinitely some interesting concepts to begin with,
attain Gnosis, the knowledge of our origin which will bethere is much more available out there and even some
revealed to people as they go from one life to another,other views within Gnosticism itself. Since their goal is
learning more and more. God's divine spark travelsto attain more knowledge they are constantly
from one life to the next and carries that knowledgechallenging their own ideas so there is always room
with it. Here they coincide with the Buddhist view onfor open discussions on all the main subjects,
reincarnation that there is no soul or body transfer.reincarnation being one of them.