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Second death
: Hell. 15th century. The second death, also known as eternal death, is an eschatological concept in various religious and esoteric traditions, prominently featured in Judaism, Christianity, and Mandaeism, where it generally refers to punishment after a first/initial death on Earth. However the concept also appears in classical antiquity, Egyptian mythology, and modern Western esotericism: in these non-Christian contexts, the "second death" typically signifies the natural post mortem dissolution of the human soul, which does not survive eternally.
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: Hell. 15th century. The second death, also known as eternal death, is an eschatological concept in various religious and esoteric traditions, prominently featured in Judaism, Christianity, and Mandaeism, where it generally refers to punishment after a first/initial death on Earth. However the concept also appears in classical antiquity, Egyptian mythology, and modern Western esotericism: in these non-Christian contexts, the "second death" typically signifies the natural post mortem dissolution of the human soul, which does not survive eternally.
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