Plural of afterlife; beliefs about or depictions of existence after death in different religious and spiritual traditions.
Plural of afterlife, from 'after' (Old English æfter) and 'life' (Old English lif), meaning existence following death. The concept became formalized in theological writing by the Middle Ages.
Nearly every culture has conceptualized different afterlives—from Greek Hades to Christian heaven, Islamic paradise to Hindu reincarnation—revealing something profound: humans universally struggle with the idea of non-existence and seek continuity beyond death!
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