From; A lecture given by Speaker Gerald A. Polley at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, Ellsworth, ME, March 21, 1993.
REINCARNATION
A fundamental of Spiritism is reincarnation. The Soul is first created
by a microscopic organism, usually one that dwells in the sea. For these
are the only things that can draw ectoplasmic energy together, combine
it with matter and material energy, and form it into an organism that has
the possibility of growing into an Eternal Being.
Some of these Souls are quite unstable, and only live one or two lifetimes
before breaking down and returning to the ectoplasmic state. But some continue
to draw ectoplasmic energy and grow.
They pass through several stages- the primitive, the juvenile, the intelligent,
The Lords Of Light, finally to reach The Ultimate, where they go off to
join with other Souls to dance The Dance Of Life, and bring new life to
another world.
Sometimes Ultimates perform other functions, but this is the most common.
They go out into the universe, joining with Souls from other races, to
combine and make an entirely new animal line that will go on to eventually
make its own Ultimates, and keep The Circle Of Life forever going in the
Universe.
No Soul can make a new Soul. but by combining with other Souls They create
the new life that will eventually make new Souls that will go on to make
New Life.
This is the true nature of creation; life going on to make life, over
and over again...many species combining to insure the continued existence
of all.
Now, you're going to ask an important question that puzzled Spirit Teachers
for untold ages. If this process exists, where did it all start? Where
did the first Souls come from, to grow into Ultimates and start this Circle
Of Life?
This mystery was answered a few hundred-thousand years ago. The Original
Souls developed spontaneously in The Dawn Of Time, in the vast, empty spaces
between the suns. It is impossible to fully understand how they existed,
but it is understood that each individual Soul was enormous, filling vast,
empty spaces between the evolving suns.
Untold ages passed, while these creatures existed, before the evolving
of the first worlds that could sustain life. But no life form came, though
the possibility was there, until these Great Souls cast Their Essence into
one of these worlds, beginning The Circle Of Life that we observe now.