The psyche is the result of conscious and unconscious experiences

Reincarnation: The soul of a living being begins a new life in a different body after death central in Hinduism Buddhism Jainism Sikhism Paganism Judaism Gnostics the Indigenous peoples. Plato Pythagoras Socrates believed in metempsychosis. For Jainism the soul Jiva is eternal experience Saṃsāra and Karma transmigration and rebirth. For Buddhist Saṃsāra is death and rebirth without beginning or end is the wheel of existence liberation is Nirvana. Hindu: soul is the eternal essence of a living being reincarnates until self-knowledge. Jewish belief in an immortal soul Kabbalah teaches Gilgul transmigration of souls. In Christianity reincarnation is incompatible with the doctrine of salvation of the faithful after death. Taoist: Lao Tzu appeared on earth as different persons Chuang Tzu: Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. General G. Patton thought he was a reincarnation of the Carthaginian General Hannibal. For Plato and Benjamin Franklin the number of souls is finite. Hypnosis used in psychoanalysis for past life recall. Tibetan Chinese and Japanese schools believe in a bardo or intermediate state. Christians do not believe in reincarnation.