Editing Reincarnation (section)

===Origins===

The origins of the notion of reincarnation are obscure.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Theosophical Society in America|title=Reincarnation: The Hope of the World|page=15|author=Irving Steiger Cooper|year=1920}}</ref> Discussion of the subject appears in the philosophical traditions of [[Ancient India]]. The Greek [[Pre-Socratics]] discussed reincarnation, and the Celtic [[druids]] are also reported to have taught a doctrine of reincarnation.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]] thought the druids might have been influenced by the teachings of [[Pythagoras]]. Diodorus Siculus v.28.6; Hippolytus ''Philosophumena'' i.25.</ref>