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Afterlife Season 2     Episode 8 Episode 8     Episode 7 Episode 7     Episode 5 Episode 5     Episode 4 Episode 4     Episode 3 Episode 3 Image:GuideToTheAfterlife-CustodianForGoddessAmun-AltesMuseum-Berlin.png|320px|right|thumb|Ancient Egyptian papyrus depicting the journey into the afterlife. The '''afterlife''' or '''life after death''' is a generic term for a continuation of existence after death, typically in a Spirituality|spiritual or ghostlike afterworld. Deceased persons are usually believed to go a specific region or planes of existence| plane of existence in this afterworld, often depending on the type of person they are and the life they lived. Some believe the afterlife includes some form of preparation for the soul to be transferred to another body (reincarnation). The major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics. There are those who are skeptical of the existence of the afterlife, or believe that it is absolutely impossible, such as the materialism|materialist-reductionists, who state that the topic is supernatural, therefore does not really exist or is unknowable. Types of views on the afterlife There are two fundamentally different types of views on the afterlife: observation based views and faith based views. *The first type is based on some form of observation by a human or an instrument. These observations come from reincarnation research, near death experiences, out-of-body experiences, astral projection, electronic voice phenomena, mediumship, various forms of photography etcetera. They are studied by Survivalism (life after death)|survivalism. The work of people like Bruce Moen and Robert Monroe are also of this type. Also science|scientific research into the afterlife is based on observation. *The second type is based on some form of faith, usually faith in the myths that are told by ancestors or faith in the truth of religious books like the Bible, the Qur'an, the Talmud, the Vedas, the Tripitaka et cetera. This article is mainly about this second type. The afterlife in different metaphysical models The Cheers TV / Watch Afterlife online