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===Druze=== {{Druze|collapsed=1}} {{See also|Druze#Beliefs}} Reincarnation is a paramount tenet in the [[Druze]] faith.<ref>Seabrook, W. B., ''Adventures in Arabia'', Harrap and Sons 1928, (chapters on Druze religion)</ref> There is an eternal [[dualism (philosophy of mind)|duality]] of the body and the soul and it is impossible for the soul to exist without the body. Therefore, reincarnations occur instantly at one's death. While in the Hindu and Buddhist belief system a soul can be transmitted to any living creature, in the Druze belief system this is not possible and a human soul will only transfer to a human body. Furthermore, souls cannot be divided into different or separate parts and the number of souls existing is finite.<ref name=Dwairy2006>{{cite journal |last1=Dwairy |first1=Marwan |title=The Psychosocial Function Of Reincarnation Among Druze In Israel |journal=Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry |date=March 2006 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=29β53 |doi=10.1007/s11013-006-9007-1 |pmid=16721673 |s2cid=9132055 }}</ref> Few Druzes are able to recall their past but, if they are able to they are called a ''Nateq''. Typically souls who have died violent deaths in their previous incarnation will be able to recall memories. Since death is seen as a quick transient state, mourning is discouraged.<ref name=Dwairy2006/> Unlike other Abrahamic faiths, heaven and hell are spiritual. Heaven is the ultimate happiness received when soul escapes the cycle of rebirths and reunites with the Creator, while hell is conceptualized as the bitterness of being unable to reunite with the Creator and escape from the cycle of rebirth.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=James |title=The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions |publisher=Prometheus Books |year=2002 |isbn=1-61592-738-7}}</ref>
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