Ghosts

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(The statue of Anna Chromý at the entrance to the Estates Theatre in Prague, where took place the first performance of Don Giovanni in 1787, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prag10p.jpg) A ghost is an apparition, a vision or illusion, interpreted as a supernatural manifestation … Read More

Fountain of Youth

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(The fountain of youth, seen by Lucas Cranach (1546)) The fountain of youth, fountain of life or fountain of immortality, is an immortality or perpetual rejuvenation symbol. This mythical fountain seems to derive from the Bible and classical mythology and … Read More

Funeral rites in France

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(The old cemetery of Vesoul, France, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vesoul_Ancien_cimeti%C3%A8re.jpg) Various ancient burial rites are known to have as origins the prehistoric, ancient and Gallic times. In the Middle Ages, the man seems relatively consenting to death but around the fourteenth century, the … Read More

Bridge game

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The bridge is a trick-taking card game, counting the number of completed tricks. It is played with a deck of 52 cards and four players, two opposing teams of two partners. It takes place in two phases: auctions that determine … Read More

Reincarnation

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(Representation of reincarnation in Hinduism, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reincarnation_AS.jpg?uselang=fr) Reincarnation (back in the flesh) is a survival process after death in which a certain immaterial and individual principle ( “soul”, “vital substance”, “individual conscience”, “energy” or “spirit”) would perform passages of successive lives … Read More

Mourning (Grief)

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Mourning is a reaction and a feeling of sadness experienced after the death of a relative. Often associated with pain, mourning is also seen as a necessary process of issuing, named resilience. When an event causes a crisis in the … Read More

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