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Reincarnation has been a core doctrine in many major belief systems:
* Hinduism (samsara & karma): Rebirth based on moral actions.
* Buddhism: No eternal soul, but continuity of consciousness through karmic causality.
* Jainism & Sikhism: Similar cyclical views of life, soul, and liberation.
* Ancient Greece: Pythagoras and Plato taught soul transmigration.
* Early Christianity: Some early sects (e.g., Origen) accepted preexistence of souls.
* Gnosticism & Kabbalah: Both contain concepts of soul migration (gilgul).
* Indigenous traditions (Africa, Native America, Druze, etc.): Often support ancestral rebirth or transmigration of souls.

Conclusion from Anthropology & Comparative Religion:
Reincarnation is nearly universal, independently arising across cultures, which suggests a deep archetypal or experiential grounding.