preexistence

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It is true—to do complete justice to neospiritualism—that its position offers certain advantages from the point of view of the almost inconceivable problem of the preexistence of the future.

From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

In any case, beyond certain limits, the preexistence of causes seems no clearer than that of effects.

From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

He was like some one lying in twilit, formless preexistence, and stretching out his hands lovingly towards many-coloured, many-sounding life. 

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Answer.—Some sages and philosophers believe that there are two kinds of preexistence: essential preexistence and preexistence of time.

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Question.—How many kinds of preexistence and of phenomena are there?

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá