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Gnostics: "gnostics believe that we as humans are 'outsiders' to this material universe. Our immortal godlike souls were trapped here in a body by evil forces, and we are reincarnated continually, while our true spiritual identities are clouded from our memory. It is our task to discover the hidden knowledge, or gnosis, that will allow us to escape this evil material world of illusion and return to our rightful place. We keep reincarnating until we learn how to escape." - Jeff Jacobsen, "The Hubbard is Bare"
In 1907, an article was published in the magazine "American Medicine" about the weight of the soul weighing between 3/4 to 1.5 ounces. In 1996, a national news show did a segment about the soul weighing about 4 lbs. That is the subject was weight before death. At the moment of death, the body lost 4 lbs. See http://marlowe.wimsey.com/~rshand/streams/gnosis/cos.html, Encyclopedia Mystica Reincarnation.