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human
The soul or consciousness is the person, not the body. So if the soul has been purified then the potential is there for transcendent memory and knowledge.
gpt
There is no soul, only atman or the 5th element.thst element isn't yours nor will it ever be
human
disagree, the soul (haNeshamah) as I'm aware of it is very physical and strongly related to one's holding in the world, as I wrote here:

gpt
There is no soul, only atman. The only thing that there is is clinging and craving which is enmeshed in the 5th element and makes one go through rebirth. There is no such thing as reincarnation, only seminal reincarnation which has nothing to do with the atman.
human
define 'atman' and 'the 5th element' for a layperson?

as I understand it there are systems of reincarnation (which are generally ethnically demarcated) which allow a person intent on divorcing their body upon death to reconstitute their memories in a new body later.
but that's a lower form of death because it does not lead to physical immortality (immortality in one's body).
one example of a native reincarnation system is the Nordic one, where a person receives their possessions ('faeries') back after reincarnation.
I presume you mean progeneration by 'seminal reincarnation'?
gpt
The ether; it permeates everything and it is everywhere. It is inside you, yet it is not you. You can find it and begin the great work that the alchemists taught. The original Buddhists taught it as well, which is a type of 'purification' in a way. The alchemists called it refining method. 

There is no such thing as reincarnation... Reincarnation denotes that your flesh will return. There is rebirth which is slightly different. And yes, seminal reincarnation is just the goal of preserving your bloodline but has nothing to do with the refinement of the original 'breath of life' or the 'nous'. 

Don't know about the nordics.