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palingenesis [‚pal·ən′jen·ə·səs] (embryology) Unaltered recapitulation of ancestral features by the developing stages of an organism. (petrology) In-place formation of new magma by the melting of preexisting rock material. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| If this analogy to the soul were pushed, then this would appear to resemble metempsychosis (the transmigration of souls), or at least palingenesis (the continual rebirth of souls), either of which would be a heresy in Christian terms, since souls were supposed to be created ex nihilo. In the eighteenth century, the chemical philosophy flourished "beyond the establishment" in a host of minor works on transmutation, palingenesis, and other "miracles of nature," but within mainstream science and medicine the Paracelso-Helmontians were a decided minority. |
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