Ya its an interesting thought. I've always wondered why so many of the ancients held such similar beliefs, I don't think a coincidence would be enough evidence to explain this (to me atleast). I guess my question would be why seperate the spirit and soul and have one with amnesia? I don't see a point to having one a lifetime without retaining atleast a tiny bit about who they were previously. Life is about learning and how can you learn while your constantly being refreshed? Whoever made that design did a crumby job.

Well, I don't know about the whole theory...but it is too coincidental to me too...but as to learning. You don't, or most of don't, remember past learning's...however, you do of course between schools (life)...and asses what you have learned before choosing your next class (life experience)

Well I hope your right, all the certifications I got better come in handy for the next lifetime or im getting my money back

I see it a little different not as the soul and the spirit having amnesia but the body that houses the soul.

The amnesia concept comes as people ask if we have past life why we don't remember them in this life, and the amnesia may be possible so we live each life with a purpose and a meaning.

Now the soul when is liberate after death it can be seen as the spirit due to the fact that that is possible to retained a some kind of form or shape of our self after death that reminds the living of the person that die calling this form a spirit.

In my believe I see we have the body earth body then we have the soul is pure energy but the soul also has the power to retained some form of formal self or body and that is the spirit that some people see or ghost.

Through the times people tend to interpret their experiences base on religion and when it can not be explain then is call evil.

The ancients had a better uderstanding of life and life after death that we do now a days.

marg, you bring up a few good points that may explain the little details that are missing from the equation. If only we have proof i'd sleep better at night. Maybe sometime in the future another gifted professor will show us the true way to life after death. With all the advances in technology and science you'd think we'd be hot on the trail for the answer. Maybe then we could finally understand what the ancients knew all along. We'd be wise not to underestimate them.